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1. A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2021 - Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog A Unit Guide To Infection … Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff Resource:  A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term … The guide is meant to provide infection prevention information to frontline staff, and was developed … using materials from the Infection Preventionist’s Guide to Long-Term Care and other sources. … https://www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/guide-infection-prevention.html  

2. Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) provides long-term care facilities with a system to track CAUTI and other infections … Quantitative Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection-Related Data Definitions Tool ( PDF , 373 KB … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Case Review Form ( Word , 299.4 KB; Text Version ) A

3. Urinary Tract Infections
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   November 01, 2019 - Urinary Tract Infections Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis Acute Care AHRQ Safety … Vancomycin covers MRSA and is not always needed Community-acquired pneumonia Intra-abdominal infections … pneumonia Community-acquired intra-abdominal, skin and soft tissue, and urinary tract infections The … patient’s severity of illness The patient’s past infections and previous antibiotic exposure3 The patient … of infection and culture data are available to guide narrowing of therapy Evidence of infection and

4. Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2023 - Keeping patients safe from harms such as healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is an AHRQ priority … can pass the MRSA germ on to others who then may develop an infection. … to having health conditions that increase their risk of an infection. … Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, which advises on infection prevention and surveillance … Related AHRQ Resources AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections Program .

5. Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2022 - Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes … Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection … Nursing home staff should use best practices for infection prevention to help keep residents, staff, … Quick testing and responses to possible cases can mean the diff erence between infection spreading … For complete recommendations, please reference the latest CDC guidance (Interim Infection Prevention

6. Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2017 - Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures Appendix M. … Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures More than 20 million gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic … While rare, patients have acquired infections from these procedures due to: • Poor cleaning/disinfection … of equipment and/or • Lapses in infection prevention practices and/or • Defective or poorly maintained … Standards of Infection Prevention in Reprocessing Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes. 2016: http://

7. Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections … vancomycin-resistant enterococcus positive clinical cultures, and a 32 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections … in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.

8. Applying COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2022 - Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Applying COVID-19 Infection … Resources Catalog News Best Practice Summaries Applying COVID-19 Infection … Prevention and Control Strategies in Nursing Homes Resource: Applying COVID-19 Infection Prevention … Source: CDC Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention Audience(s): Clinical Leaders, Clinicians, Nursing … April 2022 Page originally created April 2022 Internet Citation: Applying COVID-19 Infection

9. Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19 Infection in the US | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2022 - Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19 Infection … Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19 Infection … Resource: Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19 Infection … These differences were associated with factors such as larger nursing home size and higher infection … Source: JAMA Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention Audience(s): Clinical Leaders Format: Webpage

10. Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). … and these infections are largely preventable Source: HAI Data . … infections Source: Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) . … Attributable mortality of central line associated bloodstream infection: systematic review and meta-analysis … Infection. 2015 Feb;43(1):29-36. Epub 2014 Oct 21.

11. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    (CLABSI) Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), are a type … of healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and … Research Studies Implementing and validating a home-infusion central-line-associated bloodstream infection … The need to expand the infection prevention workforce in home infusion therapy. … Effectiveness of ultraviolet-c disinfection on hospital-onset gram-negative rod bloodstream infection

12. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - HAI Bulletin: Subscribe for updates on Infection Prevention and Combating Antimicrobial Resistance … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).  … toolkit helps nursing homes and long-term-care facilities reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices This toolkit can help hospital infection … Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection A June 2013 New England Journal

13. Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Events Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection … Today's Headlines: Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection . … Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection Nonadherence to the Society … isolation and test characteristics in children with tracheostomies with and without acute respiratory infection … The impact of surgical volume on hospital ranking using the standardized infection ratio.

14. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
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    November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Best … Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Acute Care … Peri-rectal infection Bites Aquatic injury Severe surgical site infection involving the groin or abdominal … Cellulitis and soft tissue infections. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 6;168(3):ITC17-32. PMID: 29404597. … Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

15. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - Four Moments Questions Moment 1: Does the resident have symptoms that suggest an infection? … Moment 2: What type of infection is it? … First , what type of infection does the resident have? … Make sure the type of infection being treated , such as urinary tract infection or bacterial pneumonia … The residents reviewed should be individuals who are being evaluated for or treated for an infection.

16. Comparison Tables for Making Healthcare Safer Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Infections Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile Infection Infection Control: Infections … Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Infection Control: Miscellaneous Topics Infection Control … Control: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Patient Safety Practices  MHS I (2001 … ) MHS II (2013) MHS III (2020) Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … Control: Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Patient Safety Practices  MHS

17. Talking Points (Patients) on Nasal Mupirocin (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - purpose of mupirocin is to help get rid of bacteria in the nose such as MRSA, which can cause serious infections … such as pneumonia, blood infections, and skin infections. … The mupirocin nose ointment is given twice a day for 5 days to help protect you from infection. … Large clinical trials have found that mupirocin reduces infections in patients who have MRSA and who … Large clinical trials have found that mupirocin reduces infections in patients who have MRSA and also

18. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - and biliary tract infections. … Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? 2. … a recurrent intra- abdominal infection by four days. … depends on the severity of illness and whether the infection is complicated or uncomplicated. … About 20 percent of included patients had an intra-abdominal source of infection.

19. PowerPoint Presentation
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    November 01, 2019 - PowerPoint Presentation Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections … Identify options for empiric antibiotic therapy for diverticulitis and biliary tract infections Discuss … the importance of source control in the management of intra-abdominal infections Identify options for … antibiotic therapy for diverticulitis and biliary tract infections after additional clinical data are … The Surgical Infection Society revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection.

20. 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.