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1. Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Tracking Tool (xls file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/hand-hygiene-observational-audit-tool-tt.xlsx
   December 01, 2021 - Wets hands and applies enough soap to cover all surfaces of hands 4. … Wets hands and applies enough soap to cover all surfaces of hands 4. … Wets hands and applies enough soap to cover all surfaces of hands 4. … Wets hands and applies enough soap to cover all surfaces of hands 4. … Wets hands and applies enough soap to cover all surfaces of hands 4.

2. It Takes a Team: Preventing Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-l.pdf
   May 01, 2017 - . • Clean hands when moving from a dirty to a clean task on the same patient or after touching the patient … Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization Environment of Care Safe Injection Practices • Clean hands … Hand hygiene is one of the most important ways to prevent infections. … Health care personnel will clean their hands before and after patient care. … to prevent surgical site and other infections at ASCs are— ▶ ASK staff if they have washed their hands

3. Appendix L. Infection Prevention Infographic - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-l.html
   May 01, 2017 - Patients and families should be encouraged to— Ask staff if they have washed their hands. … Always cleaning their own hands. … Hand hygiene is one of the most important ways to prevent infections. … Health care personnel will clean their hands before and after patient care. … Safe Injection Practices Clean hands before handling medications or syringes .

4. Collection of Microbiological Cultures (pdf file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiological-cultures.pdf
   June 01, 2021 - Wash your hands and put on new sterile gloves before obtaining your specimen. 2. … Wash hands and use new gloves. 2. Obtain an early morning specimen. 3.

5. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4d_combo_psi07-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
   May 20, 2016 - The checklist should have all of the following4,6-7:  Date, start time, end time, hands washed … o Providers (including any assistants) should wash their hands before and after palpating catheter … o After inserting and dressing the catheter site, remove gown and gloves and then wash hands. …  Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. …  Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.  Remove sutures.

6. 6 Tk1 T3-Resident Information Sheet Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Final (pdf file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.pdf
   October 01, 2016 - people or to places on your body where the bacteria might cause an infection: • Always wash your hands … • Remind your visitors to wash their hands when they come in to and leave the nursing home.

7. Distribute Your Health Care Quality Report to Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2017 - comparative information to distribute, you need to be thinking about how and when to get it into the hands … What channels can you use to get the information into the hands of your audience?

8. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4y_combo_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
   May 17, 2016 - The checklist should have all of the following12-14:  Date, start time, end time, hands washed prior … ○ Providers (including any assistants) should wash their hands before and after palpating catheter … ○ After inserting and dressing the catheter site, remove gown and gloves and then wash hands. …  Perform hand hygiene and put on clean gloves. …  Repeat hand hygiene and don sterile gloves.  Remove sutures.

9. Hand Hygiene Competency Validation Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/hand-hygiene-competency.html
   May 01, 2022 - Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Hand … Hygiene Competency Validation Tool Resource: Hand Hygiene Competency Validation Tool ​​This … tool has been developed to assess staff competency in carrying out effective hand hygiene. … Page last reviewed May 2022 Page originally created May 2022 Internet Citation: Hand … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/hand-hygiene-competency.html  

10. Module 7—Hand Hygiene—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Home Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Module 7—Hand … At the conclusion of this module, participants will be able to: 1. describe the role of hand hygiene … resources to educate residents and visitors about the importance of hand hygiene. … reviewed April 2022 Page originally created April 2022 Internet Citation: Module 7—Hand … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/module-7-hand-hygiene.html  

11. USER GUIDE: Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Data Tracking Tool for Use in Skilled Nursing Facilities (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/hand-hygiene-audit-tool-userguide.pdf
    April 01, 2021 - using soap and water, using alcohol-based hand rub, or both. • Identify the specific steps in the hand … Items #1- #8 relate to hand hygiene with soap and water, items #9 and #10 relate to hand hygiene with … alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR). … and water and hand hygiene with ABHR audit data recording. … Figure 70 - Hand hygiene compliance rates by job title.

12. Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products: Transcript/Facilitator Notes - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-p-fac-notes.html
    May 01, 2017 - Slide 5: Understanding Hand Hygiene Product Evaluation Hand hygiene products are evaluated for their … hand sanitizers that reduce bacteria on the skin. … WHO method one protocol for evaluating hand hygiene products. … hygiene and hand hygiene improvement strategy. … Then the link to WHO method one and method two is available from World Health Organization Clean Hands

13. Appendix P. Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-p.html
    May 01, 2017 - Slide 4: Multimodal Strategies for Hand Hygiene Image: multimodal strategies for hand hygiene diagram … Reduction of bacteria on the hands. Effectiveness Real-world conditions. In vivo testing. … “Hand sanitizer to help reduce bacteria on the skin.” “Surgical hand scrub product.” … for evaluation of hand hygiene products ©World Health Organization 2009. … Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products - Implementation Guide.

14. Apr. 9-11: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - The remainder of the second and entire third day is designed to hands-on sessions in 3 programming languages

15. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-p-transcript.docx
    April 13, 2017 - Evaluating and Selecting Hand Hygiene Products Transcript/Facilitator Notes Tim: (Slide 1) Hello … hand sanitizers that reduce bacteria on the skin. … Importantly, there is an FDA label indication for a surgical hand scrub product. … and that also there is some persistence of effect for these surgical hand scrubs. … Then the link to WHO method one and method two is available from World Health Organization Clean Hands

16. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Hand Hygiene Competency Validation Tool ​​This tool has been developed to assess staff competency in … carrying out effective hand hygiene. … Hand Hygiene Implementation Toolkit ​​This hand hygiene toolkit contains many ready-to-use practical … Hand Hygiene Tracking Tool and User Guide The Hand Hygiene Observational Audit Tracking Tool and companion … Hand Hygiene When and How This poster demonstrates how to thoroughly wash your hands.

17. Measure 1, Section 2, Attachment 2 (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-2-attachment-3.pdf
    January 17, 2017 - Often fidgets with hands or feet or squirms in seat when sitting still is expected. 2.

18. Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-m.pdf
    May 01, 2017 - Implementation Guide Empower patients and families to insist that all team members wash their hands … before providing care; encourage patients and families to perform hand hygiene as well.

19. Breaking Down Barriers to Aseptic Catheter Insertion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/breaking-down-barriers-slides.html
    December 01, 2017 - Contamination of sterile field 22 (27%) Nurse touched items on sterile field with bare non-sterile hands … Breach of sterile barrier 31 (38%) Sterile gloved hand used to swab genitalia (without tongs); … same hand used to insert catheter. … Slide 8 Barriers to Aseptic Insertion Technique Inconsistent or inconvenient locations for hand … Perform hand hygiene immediately before and after insertion.

20. Appendix O. Part 2—Disinfection/Sterilization Record Keeping: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-o-fac-notes.html
    May 01, 2017 - the scopes are handled, they can actually become contaminated just from the bacteria of personnel's hands … That prevents the bacteria from the caregiver's hands going on to the scope. … high-level disinfectant, that it is always handled with non-latex gloves to prevent bacteria from our hands