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201. Multiple Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - : Ambulatory surgery centers Web: ahrq.gov/haiambsurgery Central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI) Web: ahrq.gov/CLABSItools Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)—hospitals … The toolkit addresses approaches to desgin tat target six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication

202. First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - Highlights Work of Amy Vogelsmeier To Improve Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections … Highlights Work of Amy Vogelsmeier To Improve Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections … to improve U.S. nursing homes’ ability to respond to high-risk respiratory and healthcare-associated infection … "An opportunity to minimize respiratory infections and the negative outcomes, not just from the illness

203. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 12, 2024 - Healthcare in the United States October 10, 2023 Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections … February 26, 2021 AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections

204. TO (doc file)
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     January 01, 2016 - measurement instrument that could be adapted for use at your hospital (using catheter-related bloodstream infections … For example, if thinking about catheter-related bloodstream infections, you could collect data on all … example below, let’s assume you decided to focus on improving performance on catheter-related bloodstream infections … EXAMPLE: Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Prevention Measurement Instrument A. … present |_| Assessment of need |_| Site inspected |_| Neither Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

205. How to Use the CUSP Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … That project focused on reducing central line-associated blood stream infections, Because these webinars

206. Human Factors in Surgery: Shifting the Paradigm on Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - Although surgical site infections account for nearly 1.7 million healthcare-acquired infections annually … Sterile processing departments directly affect productivity, efficiency, safety, and infection control

207. Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Preventing infection: Your doctor may give you a prescription for an antibiotic to take before your … surgery to help prevent infection. … This can help keep you safe from surgical infections and other complications.

208. Platelet-Rich Plasma for Wound Care: Technology Assessment (pdf file)
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     September 17, 2020 - PRP including provider, frequency of application, definition of standard of care, and handling of infections … (improvement of wound infection or reduced risk of developing wound infection) Amputation Hospitalization … In this systematic review, the effect of PRP on wound infections did not achieve statistical significance … Diabetic foot ulcers and infections: current concepts. … Management and prevention of diabetic foot ulcers and infections: a health economic review.

209. AHRQ Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - More >> Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home Susan … Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention Professor, Infectious Diseases, School of … Medicine University of California, Irvine Medical Center "Understanding how to prevent infections in … More >> Focusing on Patients to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections During Transitions to Home

210. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2022 - antibiotic-resistant bacteria and increase the risk of Clostridioides difficile ( C. diff ), a dangerous gut infection

211. 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

212. Project ECHO | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - and mentorship to nursing homes across the country to increase the implementation of evidence-based infection

213. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Historically, many researchers considered VAP to be perhaps the most deadly healthcare-associated infection … Evidence of infection or inflammation, and then, Adding in laboratory evidence of respiratory infection … complied with evidence-based recommendations for the prevention of two common health care-associated infections … : central line-associated blood stream infections, referred to as CLABSIs, and VAP.

214. Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Focused on Sepsis Prediction and Recognition (April 2024) Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection

215. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2013 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Staphylococcus aureus ) found that universal decolonization was the most effective intervention to reduce MRSA infections

216. AHRQ Views: The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency To Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2023 - May 23, 2023 AHRQ Stats: Americans Treated for Respiratory Infections The number of Americans treated … for acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections decreased significantly from 33.2 million in 2016 … increases in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and central-line associated bloodstream infections

217. 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

218. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - above 5 measures) 1,594,000 48.67 1,372,000 41.91 CAUTI MPSMS Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 370,000 11.30 350,000 10.58 CLABSI MPSMS Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous … Pressure Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,320,000 40.41 1,300,000 39.43 Surgical Site Infection

219. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - antibiotics use can reduce antimicrobial resistance and help retain the effectiveness of treatments for infection

220. Notice of Funding Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - 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