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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/joseph3-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Surgical
site infections and errors are key concerns in ORs. … supplies, patient, equipment, information) that impact patient safety outcomes, such
as surgical site infections … Scope
The incidence of adverse events, such as surgical site infections and surgical errors, is an
immense … Two to five percent of all patients who undergo an operation will
develop a surgical site infection, … articles, which helped identify
key categories of OR outcomes (e.g., disruptions, errors, satisfaction, infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/research-summaries/index.html
March 01, 2024 - logistics, and technologies) can improve patient outcomes, reduce injuries and hospital-associated infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/caregiver-nicu-long-desc.html
April 01, 2022 - Decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections. … improvements of UPEs, very low birth weight infant nutrition, and central line-associated blood stream infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/apply/index.html
July 01, 2018 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/measuring.html
June 01, 2023 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/assemble/index.html
July 01, 2018 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module2-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections … the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/methods-of-instruction.html
March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/antibiotic-prescribing.html
July 01, 2022 - clinics decreased overall by nearly 48 percent, while antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infection
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/webinars/2015-materials/teamstepps-monthly-webinar-sept2015.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Health Care-Associated Infections: A Meta-analysis of Costs and Financial Impact on the US Health Care … The five most
common hospital
acquired infections
(HAIs) cost the US
$9.8 billion
annually…
…and … Undermine Safety
Culture
Slide 47
Hand Hygiene Improvement Strongly
Correlates with Low Infection
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/technical-bundles.html
March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/cauti-hospitals/toolkit-sustain.html
December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/epc.html
August 01, 2018 - Science Series
Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, No. 208: Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/index.html
December 01, 2023 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/comparative-reports/hospitals.html
December 01, 2022 - performed, childbirth practices, complication rates, use of recommended practices, hospital-acquired infection … Aspects of care covered by the website include cardiovascular, emergency department care, infections,
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/fundamentals/module1/igintro.html
June 01, 2019 - Prevent central line infections.
Prevent surgical site infections. … of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … this effort would lead to the development and deployment of similar interventions to address other infection … types, such as catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), surgical site infections (SSIs
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/understand/index.html
July 01, 2018 - More topics in this section
Healthcare-Associated Infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/897.html
January 01, 2024 - An important element of this work is research on the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections … one percent increase in efficacy between 10 percent and 50 percent could avert an additional 395,000 infections
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/spread/spreadnotes.docx
August 28, 2012 - Slide 13
SAY:
Hospital-acquired infections can often be prevented if the appropriate steps to protect … Catheter-associated urinary tract infections, or CAUTIs, are an example of hospital-acquired infections … Working in small groups, develop a spread plan to decrease CAUTI rates by using the Healthcare Infection
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pbrn.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
June 01, 2022 - and was proven effective through a national project that reduced central line-associated blood stream infections … strategies can help prevent harmful events such as medication errors, bed sores, and healthcare-associated infections … effective antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) with the potential to reduce Clostridium difficile infection … can suffer adverse outcomes and even fatal complications, and clinicians can be exposed to injury or infection