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21. 6 Tk1 T1-Talking With Residents Checklist Version Final (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - • Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. …  How do people get bacterial infections? …  When are antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … • A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any party of the urinary system, including … Not all respiratory tract infections need to be treated with an antibiotic.

22. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Checklist Version Final (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - • Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. …  How do people get bacterial infections? …  When are antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … • A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any party of the urinary system, including …  When are antibiotics used to treat lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs)?

23. The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - urinary tract infections (CAUTI). … Slide 3: Health Care Workers' Hands Spread Infections 1 1-3 million serious infections estimated … Hand hygiene is one of most important ways to prevent the spread of infections. … A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 … A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014

24. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … in residents, leading to CAUTIs and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … in residents, leading to CAUTIs and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … Serratia marcescens nosocomial infections of the urinary tract associated with urine measuring containers … Serratia marcescens nosocomial infections of the urinary tract associated with urine measuring containers

25. Decolonization – Universal and Targeted | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - Tools Decolonization – Universal and Targeted Decolonization is an infection … It can keep them from developing an infection themselves or passing the germs on to others. … MRSA infections. … nursing homes, the 14 who used universal decolonization reduced resident transfers to a hospital for infection … REDUCE-MRSA Trial In a cluster-randomized trial comparing universal decolonization to two routine infection

26. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Guides Implementation: Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Sustainability: Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff ( PDF , 2.97 MB) This guide provides

27. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - "For an older person, having an infection and needing to be transferred to the hospital can be life-threatening … Each year, 3 million healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) such as MRSA, bloodstream infections, and … proactively removing these potentially harmful bacteria can reduce the chance that a person develops an infection … "CDC is excited to see the results of a nursing home-focused infection prevention intervention being … The study, "Nursing Home Decolonization for Infection and Hospitalization Prevention," was published

28. Spanish Language Infection-Prevention and Antibiotic-Use Tools for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - Home Topics Information in Spanish Spanish Language Infection-Prevention … SHARE: Spanish Language Infection-Prevention … Consumers These Spanish-language resources can educate patients about healthcare-associated infections … November 2022 Page originally created November 2022 Internet Citation: Spanish Language Infection-Prevention

29. Best Practice Summaries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - These resources are designed to help nursing homes consider best practices on topics such as infection … Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes Best Practices … Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents   Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection … Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes (PDF, 1 MB) This resource addresses infection control and … nursing home staff can help residents and their families balance the need for social involvement with infection

30. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Assessment of safety culture and infection control policies and procedures. … of these infections. … and catheter-associated urinary tract infections. … CUSP reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates by 54 percent in more than 400 nursing … CUSP reduced surgical site infection rates in hospitals by 25 to 40 percent, depending on the type of

31. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2017 - Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care … (CAUTIs) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … Infection Prevention Failures in infection control was the most common type of deficiency cited in LTC … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Urinary tract infections in Long-term-care facilities.

32. ChristianaCare Used AHRQ Resources to Reduce Blood Infections, Expedite Stroke Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2020 - Patient infection rates dropped after ChristianaCare implemented CUSP strategies to promote improved … The number of central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) decreased … "The CUSP initiative gave each ICU 'ownership' of its infection rates. … directors to clinicians to others, such as the cleaning staff—that focused on ways to reduce bloodstream infection … Over time, the results have been very positive," said Marci Drees, M.D., M.S., ChristianaCare's chief infection

33. Implementing 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) in the hospital setting, and introduces … new, tiered interventional approach designed to help overcome challenges with persistently elevated infection … This guide identifies groups of resources to utilize throughout your journey to lower infections in your

34. Urinary Catheter Types and Care for Residents With Catheters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Engineering out the risk of infection with urinary catheters . … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. October 2015. … Infection Prevention: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection. 2016. … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. October 2015. … Infection Prevention: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection. 2016.

35. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff This guide is designed to provide long-term … care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. … All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Home—Events Related to Infections ​This document is a section of … high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections … helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention

36. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff This guide is designed to provide long-term … care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. … All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Home—Events Related to Infections ​This document is a section of … high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections … helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention

37. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Why focus on neonatal blood stream infection (BSI)? … Implement Standard Infection Prevention Techniques To Prevent Neonatal Bloodstream Infections General … the incidence of neonatal bloodstream infections. … prevention techniques to prevent neonatal bloodstream infections • Implement general infection prevention … Infection control. Nosocomial bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.

38. Instructional Modules | 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 … , 2 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word , 3.88 MB) Turn Data Into Action: Using HSOPS & Surgical Site Infection … Presentation ( PowerPoint , 4.34 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word ,4.1 MB) Build Your Surgical Site Infection … Presentation ( PowerPoint , 3,45 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word , 6.97 MB) Perform a Surgical Site Infection

39. AHRQ Releases Annual Update on U.S. Healthcare Quality, Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - stewardship programs and evaluate long-term impacts of antibiotic practice in patients with suspected infection … Of 364,506 emergency department admissions, about 44 percent had suspected infection and about 56 percent … Deaths were higher among those with sepsis compared with those with suspected infection (8.4 percent … and sepsis populations, over the course of hospitalization and across infection sources. … spending after durable left ventricular device implant: A mediation analysis of health care-associated infections

40. Resource List - AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2023 - Missed nursing care is linked to patient harm, including falls and infections. … (ASCs), preventing surgical site infections, using safe injection practices, and cleaning, sterilization … on the development and implementation of infection prevention programs that meet infection control standards … principles and methods of AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent surgical site infections … Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet 10.