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121. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2016 - one of the tools designed to help prescribing clinicians choose the right antibiotic for treating an infection … Resources Needed Identify Potential Problems Help Prescribing Clinicians Identify an Infection … Medium Monitor and Sustain Stewardship Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections … Minimum Criteria for Three Infections Concise Antibiogram    High    … X     X X   Minimum Criteria for Three Infections X

122. Tennessee Hospital Association Uses AHRQ Tools To Boost Patient Safety, Saving $17 Million | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). … Central line-associated blood stream infection (CLABSI). Injuries from falls and immobility. … Surgical site infections. Venous thromboembolism (VTE). Ventilator-associated pneumonia. … The CUSP toolkit, meanwhile, helped the hospitals prevent infections that can lengthen hospital stays … Topic(s): Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Healthcare Costs, Healthcare-Associated Infections

123. Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2017 - Department of Health & Human Services National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections … The overall program goal was to reduce infections and enhance patient safety in ASCs through use of … Anticipated benefits for ASCs participating in the program included— • Reduction in surgical site infections … This investigation will include increased process measurement looking for causes for increased infections … Infection Prevention Infographic This infographic describes infection control practices important to

124. Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - The data for the three remaining event types in CFER-H V1.2 (Healthcare-Associated Infection, Surgery … Subsequent to the development of the CFER-H, reporting Healthcare-Associated Infection through the … Additionally, Healthcare-Associated Infection and Venous Thromboembolism EVENT TYPES were excluded … As Incident is the only REPORT TYPE possible for Fall, Healthcare-Associated Infection, Perinatal, … December 31, 2022, AHRQ has elected not to report any Healthcare-Associated Infection data beyond

125. Culture | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Use these tools to help your team make lowering infections part of your culture.​ … 272.4 KB) Audio interview with Pat Posa – How To Have Difficult Conversations With Colleagues Around Infection … :57 minutes;  Transcript , PDF, 252.2 KB) Video – Having Difficult Conversations About Preventing Infections

126. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - Evidence of infection or inflammation. Laboratory evidence of respiratory infection. … IVAC = Infection-related ventilator-associated complication. 8. … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infection in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan ICUs: observational study … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infection in the ICU.

127. AHRQ Tools To Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Catheter-associated urinary tract infection … (CAUTI): Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Central line-associated blood stream infections … build the foundation to make care safer and tackle specific HACs, including healthcare-associated infections

128. C | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 04, 2024 - atención médica Cancer: Colorectal Cancer Care Coordination Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … (CAUTI) Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Challenges Children's Health Insurance … Support (CDS) Clinical Practice Guidelines Clinician-Patient Communication Clostridium difficile Infections … Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud) Community-Acquired Infections Community-Based Practice

129. Program Evaluation - PowerPoint Presentation
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     July 01, 2023 - traditional causes of maternal mortality represented by hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, infection … 13.1 11.9 7.6 2.5 3 5.6 3.6 8.7000000000000011 1991-1997 Hemorrhage Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy Infection … 18.2 15.9 13.2 11.3 8.6 1.6 6.2 7.7 4.7 12 1998-2005 Hemorrhage Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy Infection … 10.199999999999999 7.5 1.2 12.4 11.6 6.2 13.2 2006-2010 Hemorrhage Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy Infection … 11.4 9.4 13.6 9.6 5.3 0.7 14.6 11.8 6.2 12.7 2011-2013 Hemorrhage Hypertensive disorder of pregnancy Infection

130. Mourning the Loss of Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Standardized Surveillance Definition May Help Reduce Infections From Home-Infusion Therapy . … Standardized Surveillance Definition May Help Reduce Infections From Home-Infusion Therapy An AHRQ-funded … study published in  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology  found that a home-infusion central line-associated … bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance definition is valid, feasible and acceptable. … Researchers sought to track infection reduction efforts in home infusion therapy as well as implement

131. Winners Selected in Challenge Competition To Create TeamSTEPPS Training Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Apply by Sept. 12: AHRQ Seeks Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division . … Apply by Sept. 12: AHRQ Seeks Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division AHRQ is seeking … applicants to serve as the director of its Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Division and senior … Compliance with central line maintenance bundle and infection rates . … Reevaluating the significance of infection preventionists and infection prevention and control departments

132. Dailygoals (doc file)
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     January 01, 2003 - Yes |_| No |_| N/A |_| Other—please explain: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)/ infection … |_| White blood cells > 12K |_| < 4K |_| > 10% bands |_| No current SIRS/sepsis issues |_| Known infection

133. Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections … by providing specific tools focused on the surgical setting to help hospitals reduce surgical site infections … hospitals, implementation of the project was associated with a significant reduction in surgical site infections

134. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - -$128,210,000 -400 -400 C difficile Infection (CDI) -$133,200,000 -$162,430,000 -300 -400 Falls … 18) and Without Instrument Pressure Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers Surgical Site Infection … In the 2010-2014 method, Clostridium difficile Infection data were included in “All Other HACs” rather … Data for the six Patient Safety Indicators and the Surgical Site Infection data from CDC are also wholly … Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 0643,23 21.62 708,301 23.81 704,906 23.69 Surgical Site Infection

135. Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Infection Prevention Infographic ( PDF , 266 KB; Text Version ) This infographic describes infection … Endoscopy Infographic ( PDF , 636 KB; Text Version ) This infographic describes steps to prevent infection

136. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2017 - For example, no data on costs associated with infections were found, and such infections could be costly … differed in the conditions that were counted as maternal adverse events (all four studies included infection … deliveries), followed by eclampsia/hypertensive complications (48 to 63 per 100,000 deliveries), and infection … Only two studies were explicit about the types of infection included in their definition of SSI. … Finally, few studies used clinical definitions of C. difficile infection and instead relied on ICD-

137. 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - site infections (SSIs) dropped as much as 20 percent. … Effect of education and performance feedback on rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in U.S. hospitals … Reduction of urinary tract infection and antibiotic use after surgery: A controlled, prospective, before-after … VA healthcare-associated infections activities/initiatives.

138. On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits Functional Specs (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2017 - • Urinary Tract Infection. • Sepsis, Fever, or Infection. • Dehydration. … Sepsis or Fever or Infection Dehydration 1 Cardiopulmonary 2 Shortness of breath (SOB): … Transfer Note Fever/possible infection IF Other Changes in Condition = fever/possible infection … , then display Fever/Possible Infection column. …  Abdominal Urinary tract infection Other __________________________      Cardiac 

139. Cellulitis-One-Page (doc file)
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     November 01, 2019 - Cellulitis and Soft Tissue Infections. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 6;168(3):ITC17-32. PMID: 29404597. … Staphylococcus aureus colonization in an area of endemic community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections … Tedizolid phosphate vs linezolid for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections: … Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

140. Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections … The materials below address multiple types of respiratory tract infections, divided into those for which … There are also materials covering non–respiratory tract infections and assessment of allergies. … Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection … Abscesses Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections