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41. Nursing Protocols | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Decolonization Protocols (pick one): Standing Order Protocol for Mupirocin (Protocol from the 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.

42. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff This guide is designed to provide long-term … care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. … All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Home—Events Related to Infections ​This document is a section of … high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections … helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention

43. FAQs (Staff): Nasal Iodophor for MRSA-Positive Patients With Devices (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - over-the-counter antiseptic most known for its use in cleaning scrapes, cuts, and wounds to prevent infections … germs that commonly live in the nose, including MRSA, which is known to cause thousands of invasive infections … Many recent studies have shown the effectiveness of decolonization in reducing risk of infections due … Because having MRSA in the nose is a known risk factor for later infection, your hospital has decided … to adopt the use of iodophor to prevent transmission and infection in your patients who have medical

44. AHRQ Tool – Competency Check vs Observational Audit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2021 - AHRQ, supports the use of observational audits which assist in identification of staff compliance with infection … Source: AHRQ Topic(s): Safe Operations; Infection Prevention & Control Audience(s): Clinical Leaders

45. It Takes a Team: Preventing Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - Infection Prevention Infographic AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide … Surgical site infections are infections that can occur after surgery in the part of the body where … Surgical site infections are one of the most common healthcare-associated infections, but most of them … are preventable.2 * Because ASCs do not yet report surgical site infection data, these statistics … Learn more about infection prevention at ambulatory surgical centers at www.ahrq.gov/haiambsurgery.

46. Best Practices to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2022 - to Help Nursing Home Residents and their Families to Reduce the Impact of Social Isolation Many infection … Although strict infection control precautions were necessary to prevent the spread of the virus, prolonged … home staff can help residents and families balance the need for social involvement with necessary infection … to encourage residents to stay connected to others, even when physical distancing is necessary for infection … guidance allows for in-person visitation in most cases and includes details about core principles of infection

47. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia
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    November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Use – Acute Care The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection … , vertebral osteomyelitis/discitis, severe skin and soft tissue infections, systemic infection and asplenia … , suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection Isolated tachycardia, leukocytosis, hypotension … Treatment options for carbapenem-resistant Enteriobacteriaceae infections. … Infection. 2004 Apr;32(2):72-7. PMID: 15057570. Beganovic M, Luther MK, Rice LB, et al.

48. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - are safe and effective and provides links to data on vaccine effectiveness and vaccine breakthrough infections … Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Nursing … ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN) This course provides a general introduction to Acute Respiratory … Infections and basic hygiene measures to protect against infection. … Factors Associated With Racial Differences in Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents With COVID-19 Infection

49. 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.

50. PowerPoint Presentation
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    March 13, 2017 - at least 1 of which is bacteria >100,000 colonies (≥105 CFU/ml) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … CAUTI) Criteria for defining CAUTI in long-term care residents: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … CAUTI) Criteria for defining CAUTI in long-term care residents: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … CAUTI) Criteria for defining CAUTI in long-term care residents: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … + Presence of fever, even if due to another cause, should still be counted as part of meeting an infection

51. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - infections. … , prosthetic valves) who have signs and symptoms of infection. … On the other hand, they can also cause true infection. … , prostatitis, or a biliary tract infection. … infections or prosthetic joint infection.

52. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Nasal Iodophor for MRSA Carriers With Devices (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - over-the-counter antiseptic most known for its use in cleaning scrapes, cuts, and wounds to prevent infections … germs that commonly live in the nose, including MRSA, which is known to cause thousands of invasive infections … Many recent studies have shown the effectiveness of decolonization in reducing risk of infections due … Because having MRSA in the nose is a known risk factor for later infection, your hospital has decided … to adopt the use of iodophor to prevent transmission and infection in your patients who have medical

53. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Resources Additional resources that ambulatory surgery centers can use for surgical site infection … Infection Prevention Tools Hand Hygiene Webinar Infection Prevention Infographic Poster Endoscopy

54. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Four Moments Questions Moment 1: Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … decide on the appropriate empiric antibiotic treatment regimen based on what you think the source of infection … relevant patient factors such as severity of illness, immunocompromised status, history of drug-resistant infections … If there is no evidence of a bacterial infection, stop antibiotics. … improvement is observed and oral antibiotic therapy can be tolerated and is appropriate for the type of infection

55. FAQs (Staff): Nasal Mupirocin for MRSA-Positive Patients With Devices (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Mupirocin is a topical antibiotic ointment to prevent infections. … germs that commonly live in the nose, including MRSA, which is known to cause thousands of invasive infections … Many recent studies have shown the effectiveness of decolonization in reducing risk of infections due … Because having MRSA in the nose is a known risk factor for later infection, our hospital has decided … to adopt the use of mupirocin to prevent transmission and infection in your patients who have medical

56. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note (pdf file)
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    June 29, 2017 - bleed  G tube  Hematuria  Nausea or vomiting  Renal failure  Rule out kidney or urinary tract infection … Condition, Not Specified Elsewhere:  Abnormal lab results  Failure to thrive  Fever/possible infection … Genitourinary problems  GI bleed  Hypotension  Hypertension  Hypoglycemia  Hyperglycemia  Kidney infection … Respiratory, other nonpneumonia  Renal disease  Seizure  Sepsis/urosepsis  Surgical complications or infection …  Syncope  Urinary tract infection  Other __________________________ Principal   

57. Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - The ABATE (Active Bathing to Eliminate) Infection Trial,1 which included nasal decolonization of MRSA … patients with the medical devices noted above resulted in a 32 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections … patient understands that they are refusing a protective product that has been proven to reduce their 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.

58. Standing Order Protocol: Nasal Mupirocin (pdf file)
    preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/nursing-protocols/standing-order-protocol-mupirocin.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - The ABATE (Active Bathing to Eliminate) Infection Trial,1 which included nasal decolonization of MRSA … with the medical devices noted above resulted in a 32 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections … patient understands that they are refusing a protective product that has been proven to reduce their 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.

59. Systemic and Public Policy Changes Needed To Improve Care for Patients With Psychiatric Conditions and Substance Use Disorders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2023 - Researchers Identify Barriers to Infection Prevention Training for Home Infusion Therapy Staff . … Researchers Identify Barriers to Infection Prevention Training for Home Infusion Therapy Staff AHRQ-funded … researchers found a lack of formal infection prevention and surveillance training for home infusion … therapy staff, according to a study published in American Journal of Infection Control .  … home infusion staff, primarily nurses, and identified three main barriers to training in-home infusion infection

60. Standardized Nursing Protocol: Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (CHG) No-Rinse Bathing Cloths and Showering With 4% CHG Liquid Soap (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - midline catheters, and lumbar drains) resulted in a 32 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections … Use of CHG on these areas kills germs and helps prevent infections. … in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial. … Decolonization to reduce post-discharge infection risk among MRSA carriers. … Chlorhexidine-based decolonization to reduce healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant