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281. Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pcmh.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

282. Methods of Instruction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/methods-of-instruction.html
     March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

283. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - clinics decreased overall by nearly 48 percent, while antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infection

284. Seeking the Right Balance: Addressing Behaviors That Undermine a Culture of Safety (pdf file)
     pcmh.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

285. Technical Bundles Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

286. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

287. Evidence Reports and Technical Reviews | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pcmh.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

288. The CUSP Method | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

289. Comparative Reports on Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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,

290. TeamSTEPPS Fundamentals Course: Module 1. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

291. Understand the Science of Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

292. AHRQ Views Blog: A Milestone Investment in Training for Learning Health Systems Scientists | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

293. Creating Capacity for Improvement in Primary Care, No. 1 (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2013 - care in the inpatient setting are often immediate and significant, such as death or hospital-acquired infections … Keystone Intensive Care Unit project generated 5 substantial decreases in catheter-related bloodstream infections … AHRQ Patient Safety Project reduces bloodstream infections by 40 percent. … Sustaining reductions in catheter-related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

294. Spreadnotes (doc file)
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     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

295. Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pcmh.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

296. CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/prevention-modules.html
     April 01, 2022 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

297. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcarae Meeting (pdf file)
     pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-nov2023.pdf
     March 01, 2024 - Tools that have been developed include: ▪ Blood Culture Contamination: An Overview for Infection … Epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) and Limitations of Current NHSN CDI Measure

298. Curriculum Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pcmh.ahrq.gov/prevention/curriculum/index.html
     January 01, 2021 - help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections

299. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pcmh.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/about.html
     March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

300. New Data Resources Provide Insights Into Patient Safety Risks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     pcmh.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/885.html
     October 01, 2023 - Prevent Antibiotic Resistance Using antibiotics excessively and unsafely increases antibiotic-resistant infections