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421. Liver Failure After Chemotherapy: Did We Forget Something? | PSNet
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     May 01, 2019 - Take-Home Points Remember to screen for hepatitis B infection in populations that are at risk ( Table … Patients with chronic infection may qualify for long-term antiviral therapy and should have HBV viral … American Society of Clinical Oncology provisional clinical opinion: chronic hepatitis B virus infection … Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in the Asia-Pacific region. … Epidemiology of hepatitis B infection in the Western Pacific and South East Asia.

422. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 16, 2019 - Health Care-Associated Infections October 16, 2019 APSF Newsletter. October 2019;34:29-56. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-associated-infections-0 Surgical patients are at increased … risk for harm due to healthcare associated infection. … This special issue explores the anesthesiologist's role in infection prevention and the importance of … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-care-associated-infections-0

423. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     August 25, 2010 - Infection Control in the Intensive Care Unit. August 25, 2010 Crit Care Med. 2010;38:S265-S404. …   https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-control-intensive-care-unit Articles in this special … issue describe strategies to reduce infections in the intensive care unit, including human factors design … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-control-intensive-care-unit https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-factors-and-ergonomics-patient-safety

424. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 20, 2011 - Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care–Associated Infection Worldwide. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/report-burden-endemic-health-care-associated-infection-worldwide This report … reviewed the literature on health care–associated infections and found it to be the most prevalent … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/report-burden-endemic-health-care-associated-infection-worldwide

425. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2018 - Patients with neutropenia—such as the patient in this case—are at increased risk of developing an infection … Infection in a neutropenic patient can be fatal. … , skin or soft-tissue infection, pneumonia, hemodynamic instability, or severe mucositis.(9) https: … Patients with neutropenia are at high risk for infection and should not be prescribed suppositories to … Prevention and Treatment of Cancer-Related Infections, Version 2.2016, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines

426. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 03, 2012 - Surgical site infections in colon surgery: the patient, the procedure, the hospital, and the surgeon … Surgical site infection rates varied widely among individual surgeons in this Swiss study. … The infection rates among the worst-performing surgeons could not be explained by patient or procedural … factors, or adherence to infection control guidelines. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections

427. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 28, 2010 - Systematic review: antimicrobial urinary catheters to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Systematic review: antimicrobial urinary catheters to prevent catheter- associated urinary tract infection … types of antimicrobial urinary catheters and found that the evidence supports their ability to prevent infection

428. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - Infection prevention and control in pediatric ambulatory settings. … November 1, 2017 Rathore MH, Jackson MA, AAP Committee on Infections Diseases. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-prevention-and-control-pediatric-ambulatory-settings Patient … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-prevention-and-control-pediatric-ambulatory-settings https://psnet.ahrq.gov

429. Safety trade-offs in home care during COVID-19: a mixed methods study capturing the perspective of frontline workers. | PSNet
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     September 01, 2021 - Patient Safety. 2021;3(3):6-17. doi:10.33940/infection/2021.9.1. … Patient Safety. 2021;3(3):6-17. doi:10.33940/infection/2021.9.1. … May 19, 2021 The association of acute COVID-19 infection with Patient Safety Indicator … Residing in Nursing Homes February 24, 2022 Home health staff perspectives on infection

430. Finding the right balance: an evidence-informed guidance document to support the re-opening of Canadian nursing homes to family caregivers and visitors during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. | PSNet
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     November 18, 2020 - August 19, 2020 Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications … 2021 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring … September 15, 2021 Nursing homes fined for COVID infection control lapses.

431. Learning during crisis: the impact of COVID-19 on hospital-acquired pressure injury incidence. | PSNet
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     August 25, 2021 - August 14, 2019 Hospital acquired infections in surgical patients: impact of COVID-19 … -related infection prevention measures. … 20, 2022 The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare-associated infections … (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring … February 24, 2021 Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on hospital acquired infection rates in the United

432. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 26, 2021 - He requested screening for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and reported his exposure to syphilis … He reported no personal history of prior syphilis infection and denied any penile lesions, discharge … MD, MPH, and Joy Vongspanich Dray, PharmD Though the origins of syphilis remain disputed, syphilis infections … syphilis in the US in 2018 was 156,000 cases in men and women of reproductive age, but 71.8% of these infections … were in men.5 Of the men infected in 2018 who identified the sex of their partners, 77.6% of infections

433. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2008 - Invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the United States. … National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. … Siegel JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L, and Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory … Safety of patients isolated for infection control. JAMA. 2003;290:1899-1905. … [go to PubMed] https://www.cdc.gov/infection-control/media/pdfs/guideline-isolation-h.pdf?

434. Avoiding potential harm by improving appropriateness of urinary catheter use in 18 emergency departments. | PSNet
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     June 08, 2016 - Resources From the Same Author(s) A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection … (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring … February 7, 2022 Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections … 22, 2022 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … September 26, 2016 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in

435. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 14, 2018 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/peggy-lillis-foundation Clostridium difficile infections are considered … a serious hospital-acquired infection. … grassroots foundation employs educational, policy, and advocacy strategies aimed at reducing C. difficile infections … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ethics-empowering-patients-partners-healthcare-associated-infection-prevention … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-reduction-clostridium-difficile-infections-through-antimicrobial-stewardship

436. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2024 - An exploratory analysis of the association between healthcare associated infections & hospital financial … An exploratory analysis of the association between healthcare associated infections & hospital financial … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/exploratory-analysis-association-between-healthcare-associated-infections … (CAUTI), and central line- associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) infection rates. … of the HAIs was positively associated with increased hospital costs, underscoring the importance of infection

437. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 10, 2024 - adverse events including well documented problems, such as medication errors, health care–associated infections … preventionists AHRQ infection control training Detailed instructions, policies and procedure guidelines … , and other training materials The ongoing infection control challenges is one piece of evidence of … primer/medication-errors-and-adverse-drug-events https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections … place to prevent specific clinical harms (such as falls, pressure ulcers, and health care–associated infections

438. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 31, 2021 - No source of infection was found, and she was discharged after three days. … The physical examination triggered concern about a necrotizing soft tissue infection. … Fournier’s Gangrene is a rare complication of infection that is accompanied by a high mortality rate, … an incontinent patient with skin breakdown on the “backside” should have raised an alarm, as wound infections … As a result, a developing skin infection could have been missed by the nursing staff.

439. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 19, 2023 - Preventing surgical site infections: implementing strategies throughout the perioperative continuum. … Preventing surgical site infections: implementing strategies throughout the perioperative continuum. … and the roles that infection surveillance, infection prevention bundles, and a culture of safety play … a substantial role in decreasing the rate of surgical site infections. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/surgical-site-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consensus-bundle-prevention-surgical-site-infections-after-major-gynecologic-surgery

440. Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs in Acute Care Hospitals 2014. | PSNet
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     July 02, 2009 - , Clostridium difficile infections, surgical site infections, central line-associated bloodstream infections … 2020 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring … June 22, 2022 Clostridium Difficile infection in the United States: a national study … September 11, 2023 Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction