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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851053/psn-pdf
June 28, 2023 - The simulation protocol
helped identify latent safety threats involving equipment, infection control … latent safety threats, including
improved accessibility of airway management equipment, a designated infection … situ-simulation-essential-tool-safe-preparedness-covid-19-pandemic
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March 23, 2011 - authors expected to identify an association between hand hygiene rates, accreditation outcomes, and infection … A qualitative study of interprofessional dissonance in hospital infection prevention and control. … 3, 2014
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.
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August 20, 2018 - Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates. … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates. … December 6, 2013
Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in … August 25, 2010
Preventing infections: how Portland hospitals compare.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46047/psn-pdf
May 17, 2017 - Medicare failed to investigate suspicious infection cases
from 96 hospitals. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-failed-investigate-suspicious-infection-cases-96-hospitals
The … Medicare to be insufficient, which hinders hospitals' ability to learn from factors that
contribute to infections … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-failed-investigate-suspicious-infection-cases-96-hospitals
https … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-healthcare-associated-infections-results-and-lessons-learned-ahrqs-hai-program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44975/psn-pdf
November 09, 2017 - American journal of infection control. 2016;44(7):750-7.
doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.02.033. … associated with point-of-care testing and treatment can contribute to the
spread of health care–associated infections … This position paper outlines how clinicians and infection
preventionists can reduce unsafe behaviors … injection-practices-among-clinicians-united-states-health-care-settings
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-associated-infections-hai … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-preventionist-checklist-improve-culture-and-reduce-central-line-associated
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June 21, 2016 - Association of safety culture with surgical site infection
outcomes. … Association of safety culture with surgical site infection outcomes. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-safety-culture-surgical-site-infection-outcomes
Safety culture … Surgical site infections are considered preventable adverse events. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-safety-culture-surgical-site-infection-outcomes
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October 17, 2017 - Study
Effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter–associated urinary tract infection … Effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a statewide … Effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a statewide … October 17, 2017
Comparing catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention programs … January 3, 2017
Health care-associated infections: a meta-analysis of costs and financial
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September 01, 2012 - Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/economic-evaluations-maintaining-patient-safety-systems-teaching-hospitals
January 15, 2009 - January 15, 2009
Cost of hospital-wide activities to improve patient safety and infection … June 12, 2008
Measuring hospital-wide activity volume for patient safety and infection … October 3, 2017
Health care-associated infections: a meta-analysis of costs and financial … May 1, 2013
Measuring hospital-wide activity volume for patient safety and infection … January 15, 2009
Cost of hospital-wide activities to improve patient safety and infection
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September 23, 2020 - Download Citation
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Referrals of infection … deterioration and hospital‐acquired complications in adult patients with isolation precautions for infection … October 14, 2020
Evidence of respiratory infection transmission within physician offices … could inform outpatient infection control.
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May 18, 2022 - March 4, 2020
American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site … Infection Guidelines, 2016 Update. … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection
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June 24, 2009 - Resources From the Same Author(s)
Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection … August 9, 2018
Global Guidelines on the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. … January 3, 2018
Patient engagement with surgical site infection prevention: an expert … October 3, 2012
Supplemental perioperative oxygen and the risk of surgical wound infection … February 3, 2011
Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection.
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January 29, 2015 - Emerging Threats Respiratory infections such as H1N1 influenza, SARS, and XDR-TB have emerged as global … The CDC provides guidance for infection control practices, based on transmission mechanisms and infection … Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998. … Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States. … for Disease Control and Prevention Hospital Infections Program Bioterrorism Working Group.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47452/psn-pdf
December 27, 2018 - The preventable proportion of healthcare-associated
infections 2005-2016: systematic review and meta … systematic review and meta-analysis, investigators sought to determine the proportion of HAIs
prevented by infection … A past PSNet perspective discussed infection prevention and
patient safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-hospital-acquired-clostridium-difficile-infection-hospital-mortality … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/how-does-infection-prevention-fit-safety-program
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38164/psn-pdf
July 02, 2009 - A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-
Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. … However, applying patient safety techniques as well as traditional
infection control methods has resulted … in significant successes in curbing these infections. … implementation strategies for
prevention of the four most common HAIs (catheter-related bloodstream infection … , ventilator-associated
pneumonia, catheter-associated urinary tract infection, and surgical site infection
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October 28, 2020 - with family and physicians, building confidence in treating in place and in the ability to contain infections … 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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49626/psn-pdf
May 01, 2011 - Emerging Threats
Respiratory infections such as H1N1 influenza, SARS, and XDR-TB have emerged as global … The CDC provides guidance for infection control practices, based on transmission mechanisms and
infection … Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998. … Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United
States. … for
Disease Control and Prevention Hospital Infections Program Bioterrorism Working Group.
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March 08, 2023 - A qualitative study of interprofessional dissonance in hospital infection prevention and control. … May 4, 2022
Fighting MRSA infections in hospital care: how organizational factors matter … September 1, 2018
Encouraging employees to speak up to prevent infections: opportunities … November 18, 2016
Impact of organizations on healthcare-associated infections. … May 7, 2014
Organizational culture and its implications for infection prevention and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41550/psn-pdf
March 22, 2014 - An infection, unnoticed, turns unstoppable.
March 22, 2014
Dwyer J. New York Times. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-unnoticed-turns-unstoppable
This newspaper article reports on … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-unnoticed-turns-unstoppable
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sepsis-emergency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43299/psn-pdf
December 23, 2016 - Preventing infection from the misuse of vials. … December 23, 2016
Preventing infection from the misuse of vials. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-infection-misuse-vials
The Joint Commission has issued a sentinel … event alert regarding infections caused by the misuse of vials,
prompted by at least 49 outbreaks related … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-infection-misuse-vials
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