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61. New Toolkit Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - the number of people who filled prescriptions to treat acute bronchitis and other upper respiratory infections … COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Associated With Financial Distress . … Care and Recovery addresses common surgical complications such as surgical site and urinary tract infections … COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Associated With Financial Distress An analysis of more than … with individuals whose data were measured after their COVID-19 infection.

62. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - . 2 Background Infections that develop in health care settings are known as HAIs. … American Hospital Association University of Michigan Abt Associates Association of Professionals in Infection … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Impact of infection preventionists on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid quality measures in Maryland … SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility.

63. Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Toolkits To Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics A key … nursing homes: UTIs, lower respiratory infections, skin and soft tissue infections, and gastrointestinal … infections. … : UTIs, lower respiratory infections, and skin and soft tissue infections. … Toolkits To Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection Nursing

64. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (CAUTI) and improve practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … The toolkit includes instructional materials and resources in infection prevention best practices (e.g … ., foundational infection prevention strategies, CAUTI prevention, antibiotic stewardship), resident

65. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Infection prevention strategies can only be sustained if they are embedded into the culture and norms … Guide Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … KB; Text Version ) The Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 161.2 KB; Text Version ) This tool guides facilities through an assessment of different areas of the infection

66. Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
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    March 15, 2016 - One example would be to inspect laboratory documentation of infections to search for missed line infections … (“selected infections due to medical care”). … Central line infections can be localized to skin and subcutaneous tissues (T80212A), bloodstream infection … PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter- Related Bloodstream Infections (CV-CRBI) X Bloodstream infections … Central line infections can be localized to skin and subcutaneous tissues (T80212A), bloodstream infection

67. Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use | 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 … 1 Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use Linda Greene, RN,MPS,CIC Manager Infection … Slide 10 Clear Lessons and Culture Image: Screen shot of top of American Journal of Infection Control … Slide 37 Lessons Learned žWe all own this:  Infection Control, Nursing, Physicians …..

68. Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - It uses criteria from the SBAR forms included in the Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit. … To use the tool, first select the type of suspected infection. … CHOOSE POTENTIAL INFECTION (CHOOSE ONE): Urinary Tract Infection 2    Skin and … Soft Tissue Infection 11    Lower Respiratory Tract Infection 15 … Deeper infections such as bursitis may present with similar signs/symptoms.

69. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - (55) Colonoscopy (37) Communication (383) Community-Acquired Infections (59) Community-Based … Characterizing infection prevention programs and urinary tract infection prevention practices in nursing … Keywords: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Nursing Homes, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … (CAUTI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Prevention Jardon C , Choi KR COVID- … Keywords: Surgery, Antibiotics, Medication, Prevention, Obesity, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs

70. Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections …   The Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) can help … Reports Alternate Format Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … January 2012 Internet Citation: Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections

71. Staff Training Documents and Video Links | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Training materials for implementing decolonization based on the A ctive Bat hing to E liminate (ABATE) Infection … Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infection … in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.

72. Assessing Progress on CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention work forward. … ICU Assessment The ICU assessment helps teams find an area to focus their infection prevention efforts … This will help define the specific areas the team wants to work on to reduce infections.

73. Antibiotic Stewardship Slides, Part 2
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    March 01, 2017 - completion of this webinar, participants will be able to— Describe how antibiotic stewardship is linked to infection … will die from their resistant infections. … residents High risk of side effects and adverse events Major risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection … Tracking infection prevention data has double value HAI prevention Informs antibiotic stewardship programs … Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States. N Engl J Med 2015; 372: 825-834.

74. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated there were 323,000 cases of invasive MRSA infection … annually based on 2017 data, and over 10,000 deaths. 1 Unfortunately, MRSA infections increased 13 … participants in this 3-year project will be compiled into a toolkit, allowing other providers to reduce MRSA infection

75. Search Evidence-Based Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2023 - Syntheses Affiliation: AHRQ Report Status: In Progress Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection … Risk of Reinfection From SARS-CoV-2 – An Update of an Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection … Scientific Resource Center Report Status: Final Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection … Rapid Evidence Product Affiliation: Scientific Resource Center Report Status: Final Infection

76. TeamSTEPPS 2.0: Evaluating TeamSTEPPS Worksheet (pdf file)
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    March 20, 2014 - Worksheet – D-10-25 Measurement Evaluating TeamSTEPPS Worksheet SCENARIO Three nurses and the infection … As a result, the unit has a relatively high surgical site infection rate.

77. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - News Newsletter AHRQ News Now Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections … Today's Headlines: Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes . … Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes Nursing homes using a chlorhexidine … Each year, 3 million healthcare-associated infections in U.S. nursing homes cause 150,000 hospital admissions … routine, known as decolonization, two residents per month avoided transfers to the hospital due to infections

78. Catheter Care and Maintenance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Boyce, JM, Pittet D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee et al. … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control … Patients' bath basins as potential sources of infection: a multicenter sampling study. … Boyce, JM, Pittet D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee et al. … Patients' bath basins as potential sources of infection: a multicenter sampling study.

79. Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections. … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Infection of the urinary tract that occurs subsequent … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Infection of the blood stream that occurs subsequent … Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Infection that occurs prior to discharge and within 30 days following … Clostridium difficile Infections (CDI) An infection of the gastrointestinal tract, in patients 2 years

80. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - aims to help hospital intensive care units (ICUs) reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). … current CLABSI and CAUTI prevention efforts, has resources to help ICUs overcome common challenges in infection-reduction … Safe Surgery This toolkit helps surgical units improve safety culture and reduce surgical site infections … These tools help implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections