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181. Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … KB) This data collection tool collects the incidences of VAEs, ventilator-associated conditions, infection-related

182. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A Profile (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), a highly effective method of preventing healthcare-associated infections … projects that addressed various HAIs and produced CUSP toolkits to help clinicians prevent these infections … than 1,000 U.S. intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections … ICUs that used CUSP methods and tools were able to reduce these bloodstream infections by 41 percent … system’s greatest challenges, including: – Reducing antibiotic overuse and health care- associated infections

183. CUSP Onboarding Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … They are good first steps in the work to lower infections in your ICU as well as establishing key actions

184. Module 1: Using the Comprehensive Long-Term Care Safety Modules: Applying Safety Principles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Supplement technical interventions to reduce healthcare-associated infections, including catheter-associated … urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). … Slide 4: Why Is Infection Prevention Important? … PLAY VIDEO: Video 2.1: Importance of Infection Prevention Slide 5: Is Your Facility Safe?

185. Examples of Nursing Home Quality Measures for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2019 - Percentage of residents with a urinary tract infection.

186. Clinical Decision Support Found To Improve Use of Blood Clot Prevention Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … , logistics and technologies) can improve patient outcomes, reduce injuries and hospital-associated infections … 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

187. AHRQ Tools Improve Care, Safety for St. Luke’s University Health Network Obstetric Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2019 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program ( CUSP ) and Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … Safety Culture Topic(s): Care Coordination, Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Outcomes, Patient Safety, Quality

188. Collection of Microbiological Cultures (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - suspected—not for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, or upper respiratory tract infections … administration NOTE: A positive specimen does not necessarily mean that the organism is causing an infection

189. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Resistance AHRQ is funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections … Prevalence of and spending on ear, nose, throat and respiratory infections among children with chronic

190. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals The Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

191. Appendix 5: Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Line Insertion Care Team Checklist Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections

192. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections This tool, checklist, and

193. Patient and Family Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Project: Preventing CAUTI in Long-Term Care Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections

194. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2017 - Preventing central line-associated blood stream infections, the top-ranked mortality risk among all hospital-acquired … , or CUSP, at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, he nearly eliminated central line-associated blood stream infections … to more than 1,100 intensive care units nationwide and reduced central line-associated blood stream infection … AHRQ’s and other HHS investments have led to central line-associated blood stream infections declining … is receiving medical care) is now within striking distance for central line-associated blood stream infections

195. How To Use This Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … use the materials in each section to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections

196. Toolkit Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a proven method for preventing harms—including healthcare-associated infections—that

197. N2: Building a Network of Safety Net PBRNs (pdf file)
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     October 31, 2017 - , integrating patient-reported outcomes, and interventions for conditions such as HIV/Hepatitis C infection … //www.pcori.org/research-results/2014/patient-centered-cer-home-based-interventions-prevent-ca-mrsa-infection … //www.pcori.org/research-results/2014/patient-centered-cer-home-based-interventions-prevent-ca-mrsa-infection … projects, including: Patient-centered CER Study of Home-based Interventions to Prevent CA-MRSA Infection … Community-based Research Training & Education Webcast Library Interventions to Prevent CA-MRSA Infection

198. Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2015 - which are all included in the QI Toolkit as well - to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … that works on patient safety and quality) Quality measure Central line-associated bloodstream infections … Methods Overview (Tool D.1) • Best Practices for Central Venous Catheter (CVC)-Related Bloodstream Infections … included representatives from hematology, oncology, stem cell transplant, pediatric intensive care, infection … to gaining physician support: Best Practices for Central Venous Catheter (CVC)-Related Bloodstream Infections

199. Team-Antibiotic-Review-Form (doc file)
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     November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic: Indication: Moment ONE Question 3: Does the patient have a suspected or confirmed infection

200. 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.