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461. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     August 01, 2014 - Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are incredibly common in both pediatric and adult medicine SSTIs … Managing skin and soft tissue infections: expert panel recommendations on key decision points. … Joseph Jones: infection with flesh eating bacteria. … Clinical and epidemiological aspects of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections in Denmark during … Determinants of mortality for necrotizing soft-tissue infections.

462. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2011 - 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.

463. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2015 - infliximab therapy should be initiated only after the stool studies were negative for infection. … As the current case illustrates, patients with Crohn disease are also at higher risk for infections, … Other risks, including other infections, acute and delayed infusion reactions, and lupus-like syndromes … high index of suspicion for intra-abdominal infection. … Clostridium difficile infection in the inflammatory bowel disease patient.

464. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)
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     September 01, 2008 - Even though diagnosis was not clear, most causes of infection had been ruled out Severe multi-system … disease without a clear diagnosis is more often caused by infection, malignancy, or systemic vasculitis … When Diagnosis is Unclear In absence of infection, appropriate to test hypothesis that problem … when high doses of glucocorticoids are indicated to diminish severe inflammatory manifestations of the infections … In severely ill patients with an undiagnosed systemic disease in whom most forms of infection have been

465. As she lay dying: how I fought to stop medical errors from killing my mom. | PSNet
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     December 19, 2012 - 5, 2014 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … October 31, 2014 Positive deviance: a new tool for infection prevention and patient safety … The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection … July 3, 2014 Healthcare-associated infections: a national patient safety problem and … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection

466. The aging physician and the medical profession: a review. | PSNet
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     May 27, 2010 - May 27, 2010 American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site … Infection Guidelines, 2016 Update. … February 1, 2017 Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection … October 23, 2018 Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area.

467. Relationship between systems-level factors and hand hygiene adherence. | PSNet
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     September 28, 2011 - Resources From the Same Author(s) Patient safety climate: variation in perceptions by infection … March 2, 2012 Financial incentives to reduce hospital-acquired infections under alternative … February 13, 2019 Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: … December 23, 2020 Hospital staffing and health care–associated infections: a systematic … October 3, 2018 Impact of laws aimed at healthcare-associated infection reduction: a

468. Rounding to influence. | PSNet
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     February 22, 2010 - The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection … October 4, 2013 Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. … 18, 2011 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract infection … June 1, 2011 Elimination of central-venous-catheter-related bloodstream infections from

469. Scientific inquiry. 100,000 lives campaign and the application to children. | PSNet
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     April 05, 2017 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Comparing catheter-associated urinary tract infection … April 5, 2017 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in acute … 2016 A national implementation project to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection … association between Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) measures and catheter-associated infections … 17, 2017 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection

470. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 31, 2014 - medications pose serious risks for patients due to adverse effects and the potential to cause complicated infections … 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 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-hospital-acquired-clostridium-difficile-infection-hospital-mortality … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-reduction-clostridium-difficile-infections-through-antimicrobial-stewardship

471. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 30, 2015 - effect-universal-glove-and-gown-use-adverse-events-intensive-care-unit- patients Glove and gown precautions are a cornerstone of infection … Prior studies have shown that patients under infection control precautions are more likely to experience … These results suggest that universal glove and gown precautions are safe enough to test as an infection

472. The effect of contact precautions on frequency of hospital adverse events. | PSNet
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     September 30, 2015 - November 16, 2022 View More Related Resources Hospital infection … March 6, 2019 Viewing prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection as a … 3, 2017 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection … June 9, 2011 Healthcare-Associated Infections.

473. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2018 - Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety culture (NHSOPS) measures and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety culture (NHSOPS) measures and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture and also measured rates of catheter- associated urinary tract infections … The authors recommend focusing on technical aspects of infection control such as standard protocols … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/program-prevent-catheter-associated-urinary-tract-infection-acute-care

474. Nurses as antimicrobial stewards: recognition, confidence, and organizational factors across nine hospitals. | PSNet
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     August 15, 2012 - Resources From the Same Author(s) Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care-associated infection … August 15, 2012 The impact of COVID-19 response on central line associated bloodstream infections … December 16, 2020 Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on hospital acquired infection rates in the United … November 25, 2020 Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections … January 27, 2021 Healthcare-associated infections in Veterans Affairs acute-care and

475. Don't Use That Port: Insert a PICC | PSNet
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     December 22, 2018 - for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections … The likelihood of infection would have remained lower than any alternative, and the additional risk for … Totally implantable central venous access port infections in patients with digestive cancer: incidence … The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.

476. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2005 - The delay in recognition of this patient's syphilis infection could have resulted in significant morbidity … Infection with syphilis and other ulcerative and non-ulcerative STDs increases the risk of HIV transmission … (i) Persons who are infected are quickly diagnosed and appropriately treated to control spread of infection … or a previously treated infection. … It is estimated that STD cases reported to CDC represent only 50%-80% of reportable STD infections in

477. Explaining Michigan: developing an ex post theory of a quality improvement program. | PSNet
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     April 04, 2011 - Resources 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 … November 7, 2018 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in … December 29, 2014 Reducing the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection

478. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 26, 2013 - patient-notification-toolkit This toolkit provides guidance and resources to help organizations inform patients about infection … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-notification-toolkit https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/infection-control-assessment-ambulatory-surgical-centers

479. Improving health care quality and patient safety through peer-to-peer assessment: demonstration project in two academic medical centers. | PSNet
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     March 14, 2018 - Each center examined its peer's prevention of central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI … October 7, 2015 Decreased incidence of cesarean surgical site infection rate with hospital-wide … 22, 2019 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection

480. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2013 - for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections … The likelihood of infection would have remained lower than any alternative, and the additional risk … Totally implantable central venous access port infections in patients with digestive cancer: incidence … Association between risk of bloodstream infection and duration of use of totally implantable access … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections.