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281. How To Use the Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

282. Seeking the Right Balance: Addressing Behaviors That Undermine a Culture of Safety (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Health Care-Associated Infections: A Meta-analysis of Costs and Financial Impact on the US Health Care … The five most common hospital acquired infections (HAIs) cost the US $9.8 billion annually… …and … Undermine Safety Culture Slide 47 Hand Hygiene Improvement Strongly Correlates with Low Infection

283. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2016 - Pressure ulcers cause pain, disfigurement, and increased infection risk and are associated with longer

284. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Caregiving (223) Care Management (225) Case Study (101) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERTs) (12) Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … (55) Colonoscopy (37) Communication (383) Community-Acquired Infections (59) Community-Based … ) Family Health and History (71) Genetics (96) Guidelines (364) Healthcare-Associated Infections … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) (217) Uninsured (80) Urban Health (92) Urinary Tract Infection

285. Navigating Hierarchy in the Clinical Setting: Working and Communicating with Others | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

286. AHRQ Safety Program for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities – Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2015 - The ESRD Toolkit was created to help end-stage renal disease clinics prevent healthcare-associated infections … The ESRD Toolkit was developed during a 2-year project called the National Opportunity To Improve Infection

287. Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2023 - that causes severe inflammation of multiple organ systems, was vastly underreported following COVID-19 infection … A qualitative examination of interprofessional teamwork for infection prevention: development of a model

288. Heart Failure Patients’ Risk of Adverse Events Higher in Poor-Performing Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Characterizing infection prevention programs and urinary tract infection prevention practices in nursing

289. AHRQ-Funded Studies Highlight Dental Antibiotic Prescribing Trends | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - prescribing remained steady across the United States between 2012 and 2019, an AHRQ-funded review in  Infection … Articles featured this week include: Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care units

290. Download the CUSP Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

291. Antibiotic Use Significantly Reduced in Long-Term Care Facilities Participating in AHRQ-Funded Project | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - CUSP, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has reduced the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infection … it also saved an estimated $385,000 in healthcare costs that would have been incurred to treat the infections … in place, the process by which PICC lines are inserted and maintained is clear and consistent, and infections

292. Spreadnotes (doc file)
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     August 28, 2012 - Slide 13 SAY: Hospital-acquired infections can often be prevented if the appropriate steps to protect … Catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTIs, are an example of hospital-acquired infections … Working in small groups, develop a spread plan to decrease CAUTI rates by using the Healthcare Infection

293. Toolkit to Engage High-Risk Patients In Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

294. AHRQ Views: Commemorating 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … AHRQ is funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and

295. AHRQ COVID-19 Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2019 - AHRQ-supported clinics addressing the debilitating symptoms that persist after recovery from acute COVID infection

296. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcarae Meeting (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2024 - Tools that have been developed include: ▪ Blood Culture Contamination: An Overview for Infection … Epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) and Limitations of Current NHSN CDI Measure

297. Auditing Your Briefings and Debriefings Process: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … TECHNICAL WORK: Reducing Surgical Site Infections : Emerging evidence [Skin preparation, Normothermia … communication and teamwork, feasible given current workload. 3 Reduce rate of complications, surgical site infections

298. Working Together to Tackle Our Most Pressing Safety Issues | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - diagnostic safety, I’m reminded of the progress we’ve made with our successful Healthcare-Associated Infections … is dedicated to understanding the problems that can harm patients, identifying what works to prevent infections

299. Notice of Funding Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Care Facilities (R18) PA-21-265 Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

300. HHS To Award $9 Million in Grants to Clinics Designed to Help People with Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2023 - broadly defined as signs, symptoms, and conditions that continue or develop after initial COVID-19 infection … While estimates vary, up to one-third of people with COVID-19 infections may experience Long COVID.