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41. 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.

42. Assessing Progress on CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … regular check-ins using these three tools will help move your team’s central line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention work forward. … ICU Assessment The ICU assessment helps teams find an area to focus their infection prevention efforts … This will help define the specific areas the team wants to work on to reduce infections.

43. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Long-Term Care Facilities helps long-term care (LTC) facilities reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … (CAUTI) and improve practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … The toolkit includes instructional materials and resources in infection prevention best practices (e.g … ., foundational infection prevention strategies, CAUTI prevention, antibiotic stewardship), resident

44. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - antibiotics appropriately—that is, using them only when truly needed and using the right antibiotic for each infection … , such as Clostridium difficile infections, to emerge in the nursing home. … homes are unnecessary. 3 Because it can be challenging to determine when a resident actually has an infection … for making clinical decisions about nursing home residents and choose the right antibiotic for each infection … Document which bacteria are present in a nursing home and which antibiotics are effective for treating an infection

45. Staff Training Documents and Video Links | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Training materials for implementing decolonization based on the A ctive Bat hing to E liminate (ABATE) Infection … Chlorhexidine versus routine bathing to prevent multi drug-resistant organisms and all-cause bloodstream infection … in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.

46. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Infection prevention strategies can only be sustained if they are embedded into the culture and norms … Guide Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … KB; Text Version ) The Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 161.2 KB; Text Version ) This tool guides facilities through an assessment of different areas of the infection

47. Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ specifically supports this National Action Plan in three ways: Funding research on infection prevention … This work is part of AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, which focuses on improving antibiotic … Every infection prevented is one less instance of antibiotic use, and using fewer antibiotics significantly … reduces the risk for resistant infections.

48. AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2021 - Events AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that at least 2.8 million infections and 35,000 … The program also demonstrated a 19.5 percent reduction in C. difficile infections over the one-year … "Every infection prevented reduces the need for antibiotics, and using fewer antibiotics significantly … reduces the risk of resistant infections."  

49. New Toolkit Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - the number of people who filled prescriptions to treat acute bronchitis and other upper respiratory infections … COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Associated With Financial Distress . … Care and Recovery addresses common surgical complications such as surgical site and urinary tract infections … COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Associated With Financial Distress An analysis of more than … with individuals whose data were measured after their COVID-19 infection.

50. 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.

51. AHRQ’s Unique Effort to Advance Care for People Living with Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - the CDC, in 2022, at least 9 million people throughout our country were struggling with post-COVID-19 infection … estimates and other studies suggest that 10 percent or more of the U.S. population may experience the post-infection … cardiovascular and cognitive impairment, that develop or continue for weeks, months, or even years after initial infection

52. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2019 - Explain how overtreating urinary tract infections (UTI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … Every year 23,000 die from antibiotic-resistant infections. … Major risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection. Driver of antibiotic resistance. … Tracking infection prevention data has double value HAI prevention. … Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States.

53. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … non-intensive care units, surgical services, and long-term care facilities measurably decrease invasive MRSA infections … the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated there were 323,000 cases of invasive MRSA infection … annually based on 2017 data, and over 10,000 deaths. 1 Unfortunately, MRSA infections increased 13 … participants in this 3-year project will be compiled into a toolkit, allowing other providers to reduce MRSA infection

54. Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Determine Whether To Treat Three toolkits provide guidance on the decision to treat a potential infection … Sustain an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection

55. Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Sustain an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection … Toolkits To Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics A key … infections. … : UTIs, lower respiratory infections, and skin and soft tissue infections. … Toolkits To Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection Nursing

56. AHRQ Efforts To Address Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - defined as signs, symptoms, and conditions that continue or develop after initial COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 infection … The signs, symptoms, and conditions are present for four weeks or more after the initial phase of infection … with the possibility of severe and life-threatening events or disability even months or years after infection

57. 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.

58. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections … ), Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has reduced the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections … This was the highest number since the hospital started tracking infection rates, according to Kelsey … "Our goal is zero [infections]," said Hebel. "This was kind of a first step. … (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Patient

59. Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … 1 Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use Linda Greene, RN,MPS,CIC Manager Infection … Slide 10 Clear Lessons and Culture Image: Screen shot of top of American Journal of Infection Control … status quo\ Giving them an opportunity to give feedback Slide 35 Rewarding the Behavior žInfection … Slide 37 Lessons Learned žWe all own this:  Infection Control, Nursing, Physicians …..

60. About AHRQ's Nursing Home Network | 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 … Recognizing AHRQ’s leadership in patient safety and infection control, as well as the Agency’s experience