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221. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 10, 2023 - Impact of patient safety climate on infection prevention practices and healthcare worker and patient … Impact of patient safety climate on infection prevention practices and healthcare worker and patient … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-patient-safety-climate-infection-prevention-practices-and-healthcare … if adherence to standard precautions and safety climate were associated with healthcare associated infection … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-patient-safety-climate-infection-prevention-practices-and-healthcare-worker-and

222. Associations between negative patient safety climate and infection prevention practices. | PSNet
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     May 10, 2023 - Study Associations between negative patient safety climate and infection prevention … Associations between negative patient safety climate and infection prevention practices. … Associations between negative patient safety climate and infection prevention practices. … October 18, 2023 Preventing surgical site infections: implementing strategies throughout … More See More About The Topic Hospitals Medical/Surgical Nursing Nosocomial Infections

223. CA-MRSA Skin Infections: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure | PSNet
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     March 01, 2005 - Concurrent infection of actual spider bites is very rare. … or progression to deep tissue infection or more complicated disease). … of skin infection. … MRSA Infections. Prevention Information and Advice for Athletes. … Skin Infections in Wrestling.

224. Long-Term Care and the Response to COVID-19 | PSNet
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     October 28, 2020 - or Medicaid have in place an Infection Prevention and Control Program and an Infection Preventionist … Rural LTC facilities in particular may suffer from a dearth of infection prevention expertise. … The toolkit covers topics such as infection control and workforce/staffing. … Changes in US nursing home infection prevention and control programs from 2014 to 2018. … with family and physicians, building confidence in treating in place and in the ability to contain infections

225. Statewide collaborative to reduce surgical site infections: results of the Hawaii Surgical Unit-Based Safety Program. | PSNet
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     March 21, 2012 - -related infection prevention measures. … January 11, 2017 The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: … an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings. … August 2, 2015 Readmission after delayed diagnosis of surgical site infection: a focus … August 13, 2014 Identifying opportunities for quality improvement in surgical site infection

226. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 27, 2021 - Applying decision science to the prioritization of healthcare-associated infection initiatives. … Applying decision science to the prioritization of healthcare- associated infection initiatives. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-decision-science-prioritization-healthcare-associated-infection … leadership when prioritizing quality improvement initiatives related to four common healthcare-associated infections … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applying-decision-science-prioritization-healthcare-associated-infection-initiatives

227. Organisational conditions for safety management practice in homecare and nursing homes, pre-pandemic and in pandemic. | PSNet
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     August 03, 2022 - COVID-19 were high in nursing homes for both residents and staff with wide variation in implementing infection … This study describes the gaps between infection control work-as-imagined and work-as-done in nursing … Resources COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection … October 12, 2022 Healthcare-related infections within nursing homes (NHS): a qualitative … March 10, 2021 Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications

228. Expanding frontiers of risk management: care safety in nursing home during COVID-19 pandemic. | PSNet
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     February 15, 2023 - This article presents a COVID-19 infection prevention and control plan for nursing homes , emphasizing … protections for healthcare professionals, prevention of infection spread among residents, management … Resources COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection … October 12, 2022 Healthcare-related infections within nursing homes (NHS): a qualitative … May 20, 2020 Preparedness for COVID-19: in situ simulation to enhance infection control

229. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 04, 2022 - A qualitative study of interprofessional dissonance in hospital infection prevention and control. … a qualitative study of interprofessional dissonance in hospital infection prevention and control. … what-needed-sustain-improvements-hospital-practices-post-covid-19- qualitative-study Hospital transmission of COVID-19 has necessitated review of organization infection … policies implemented during the pandemic, such as encouraging all healthcare workers to speak up about infection … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/psychological-safety-and-infection-prevention-practices-results-national-survey

230. Hospital infections hard to gauge. | PSNet
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     July 20, 2011 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Hospital infections hard to gauge. … piece details efforts to collect, analyze, and utilize state-wide reports on health care–associated infections … May 8, 2019 Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of seniors to gruesome deaths. … 29, 2012 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract infection

231. Spotlight
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     January 01, 2024 - Rarely, these infections can develop into life-threatening, rapidly progressing necrotizing soft tissue … infections. … infection because skin perfusion is less robust. 34 34 Risk of Infection and Role of Antibiotics … evidence strongly supports antibiotic administration prior to elective surgical incisions to reduce wound infections … Imaging Modalities in Wounds and Superficial Skin Infections.

232. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2017 - American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 … American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 … infection-guidelines Surgical site infections are a persistent and costly challenge to patient safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/american-college-surgeons-and-surgical-infection-society-surgical-site-infection-guidelines … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nursing-and-physician-attire-possible-source-nosocomial-infections

233. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 25, 2024 - Rarely, these infections can develop into life-threatening, rapidly progressing necrotizing soft tissue … infections. … Risk of Infection and the Role of Antibiotics High risk wounds require attention to reducing infection … evidence strongly supports antibiotic administration prior to elective surgical incisions to reduce wound infections … Imaging Modalities in Wounds and Superficial Skin Infections.

234. The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection prevention: a multi-center qualitative study. | PSNet
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     May 08, 2017 - The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection … organizational and contextual factors that influenced the success of an effort to reduce health care–associated infections … Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections … June 22, 2011 Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State Reporting … Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections.

235. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 14, 2021 - Patient and family engagement in catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention: a systematic … Patient and family engagement in catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention: a systematic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-and-family-engagement-catheter-associated-urinary-tract-infection … - cauti-prevention Interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) can … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-and-family-engagement-catheter-associated-urinary-tract-infection-cauti-prevention

236. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2014 - More recently, the cost of these infections was estimated to be up to 10 billion dollars annually.(2 … per 100 licensed acute care hospital beds had significantly lower rates of hospital infections.(3) … Healthcare-Associated Infections in Hospitals. … Healthcare-Associated Infections in Hospitals. … National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care–Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination.

237. Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. | PSNet
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     February 27, 2019 - exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics by 30% would lead to a 26% reduction in Clostridium difficile infection … Alison Holmes spoke about infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship in a recent AHRQ WebM&M … 1, 2015 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection … Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections.

238. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 06, 2019 - Hospital infection prevention: how much can we prevent and how hard should we try? … Hospital Infection Prevention: How Much Can We Prevent and How Hard Should We Try? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-infection-prevention-how-much-can-we-prevent-and-how-hard-should … improvements, some infections are not preventable. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-infection-prevention-how-much-can-we-prevent-and-how-hard-should-we-try

239. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2019 - Infection prevention in long-term care: re-evaluating the system using a human factors engineering approach … Infection prevention in long-term care: re-evaluating the system using a human factors engineering approach … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-prevention-long-term-care-re-evaluating-system-using-human-factors … - engineering Health care–associated infections are a persistent challenge in all care environments … This commentary explores conditions in long-term care settings that enable infections to spread.

240. Evaluation of the association between Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) measures and catheter-associated infections: results of two national collaboratives. | PSNet
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     December 21, 2017 - December 21, 2017 Comparing catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention programs … April 5, 2017 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in acute … September 19, 2012 Clostridium Difficile infection in the United States: a national study … November 18, 2016 Positive deviance: a new tool for infection prevention and patient … August 11, 2014 Organizational culture and its implications for infection prevention