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21. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - 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 … frontline and other staff with basic knowledge about LTC facility infection prevention guidelines.

22. Toolkit 2. Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2016 - Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections Toolkit Effectiveness … tract infections (UTIs), (2) lower respiratory tract infections, (3) skin and soft tissue infections … , and (4) gastrointestinal infections. … Nurses should be trained to use the pocket cards whenever an infection is suspected. … Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections.

23. Antibiotic-Time-Out-Tool (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - pneumonia ☐ Ventilator-associated pneumonia ☐ Clostridioides difficile infection ☐ Biliary tract infection … ☐ Diverticulitis ☐ Intra-abdominal infection ☐ Urinary tract infection (UTI) ☐ Osteoarticular infection … with ciprofloxacin 400/500 mg twice-daily for 10 days for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections … Once daily, extended release ciprofloxacin for complicated urinary tract infections and acute uncomplicated … Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

24. 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

25. 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

26. Spanish Language Infection-Prevention and Antibiotic-Use Tools for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - SHARE: Spanish Language Infection-Prevention and Antibiotic-Use … 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

27. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 ● HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT w … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 ● HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT … Upper respiratory infection (common cold). 5. … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT w

28. 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.

29. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section 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

30. 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)?

31. The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … 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

32. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet Appendix 3. … You can eliminate infections, and any infection should be viewed as a defect. … Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … American Journal of Infection Control 1998;26:522-533. … Nosocomial bloodstream infections in the critically ill.

33. Instructional Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … PowerPoint , 3.13 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word , 6.21 MB) Engage Senior Executives in Surgical Site Infection … , 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

34. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Topic Cleaning & Disinfection (17) Cohorting (8) Environmental Safety (13) Infection … 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

35. National Implementation Project Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2016 - 2012, discusses accomplishments and next steps to in the neonatal central line-associated bloodstream infection … Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections . … infection prevention toolkit .  … Catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention toolkit .  Enrollment information .   … Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection Opportunity Estimator.

36. Viral immune surveillance: Toward a TH17/TH9 gate to the central nervous system | Practice-Based Research Networks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2015 - Recent evidence suggests converging pathways through which viral infection, and its associated immune … Here, we expand upon the recent "gateway theory", by which viral infection and other immune activation … of any state of immune activation and sustained chronic inflammation, whether associated with viral infection … , Brain, Central Nervous System, decision, Dentistry, electronic, etiology, factors, Family, Human, Infection

37. Urinary Catheter Types and Care for Residents With Catheters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … 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.

38. Supplemental Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Protocol Supplemental Tools Surgical Care Audit Tools Surgical Site Infection … Investigation Tool ( Word , 1.8 MB) This tool will help your safety program team understand lapses in infection … prevention processes that may have contributed to the surgical site infection case.

39. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2013 - and $10,000-$20,000 per surgical site infection, central line-associated bloodstream infection, or … Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization … infection bloodstream events. … o Infection Prevention Program: The hospital Infection Prevention and Control program may be one of … infections)

40. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Four Moments Questions Moment 1: Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … decide on the appropriate empiric antibiotic treatment regimen based on what you think the source of infection … relevant patient factors such as severity of illness, immunocompromised status, history of drug-resistant infections … If there is no evidence of a bacterial infection, stop antibiotics. … improvement is observed and oral antibiotic therapy can be tolerated and is appropriate for the type of infection