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41. Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ specifically supports this National Action Plan in three ways: Funding research on infection prevention … This work is part of AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, which focuses on improving antibiotic … Every infection prevented is one less instance of antibiotic use, and using fewer antibiotics significantly … reduces the risk for resistant infections.

42. New Toolkit Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - the number of people who filled prescriptions to treat acute bronchitis and other upper respiratory infections … COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Associated With Financial Distress . … Care and Recovery addresses common surgical complications such as surgical site and urinary tract infections … COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Associated With Financial Distress An analysis of more than … with individuals whose data were measured after their COVID-19 infection.

43. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - . 2 Background Infections that develop in health care settings are known as HAIs. … American Hospital Association University of Michigan Abt Associates Association of Professionals in Infection … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Impact of infection preventionists on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid quality measures in Maryland … SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility.

44. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (CAUTI) and improve practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … The toolkit includes instructional materials and resources in infection prevention best practices (e.g … ., foundational infection prevention strategies, CAUTI prevention, antibiotic stewardship), resident

45. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Infection prevention strategies can only be sustained if they are embedded into the culture and norms … Guide Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … KB; Text Version ) The Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 161.2 KB; Text Version ) This tool guides facilities through an assessment of different areas of the infection

46. Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
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    March 15, 2016 - One example would be to inspect laboratory documentation of infections to search for missed line infections … (“selected infections due to medical care”). … Central line infections can be localized to skin and subcutaneous tissues (T80212A), bloodstream infection … PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter- Related Bloodstream Infections (CV-CRBI) X Bloodstream infections … Central line infections can be localized to skin and subcutaneous tissues (T80212A), bloodstream infection

47. Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … 1 Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use Linda Greene, RN,MPS,CIC Manager Infection … Slide 10 Clear Lessons and Culture Image: Screen shot of top of American Journal of Infection Control … Slide 37 Lessons Learned žWe all own this:  Infection Control, Nursing, Physicians …..

48. Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - It uses criteria from the SBAR forms included in the Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit. … To use the tool, first select the type of suspected infection. … CHOOSE POTENTIAL INFECTION (CHOOSE ONE): Urinary Tract Infection 2    Skin and … Soft Tissue Infection 11    Lower Respiratory Tract Infection 15 … Deeper infections such as bursitis may present with similar signs/symptoms.

49. Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections …   The Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) can help … Reports Alternate Format Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … January 2012 Internet Citation: Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections

50. Antibiotic Stewardship Slides, Part 2
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    March 01, 2017 - completion of this webinar, participants will be able to— Describe how antibiotic stewardship is linked to infection … will die from their resistant infections. … residents High risk of side effects and adverse events Major risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection … Tracking infection prevention data has double value HAI prevention Informs antibiotic stewardship programs … Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States. N Engl J Med 2015; 372: 825-834.

51. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated there were 323,000 cases of invasive MRSA infection … annually based on 2017 data, and over 10,000 deaths. 1 Unfortunately, MRSA infections increased 13 … participants in this 3-year project will be compiled into a toolkit, allowing other providers to reduce MRSA infection

52. TeamSTEPPS 2.0: Evaluating TeamSTEPPS Worksheet (pdf file)
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    March 20, 2014 - Worksheet – D-10-25 Measurement Evaluating TeamSTEPPS Worksheet SCENARIO Three nurses and the infection … As a result, the unit has a relatively high surgical site infection rate.

53. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - News Newsletter AHRQ News Now Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections … Today's Headlines: Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes . … Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes Nursing homes using a chlorhexidine … Each year, 3 million healthcare-associated infections in U.S. nursing homes cause 150,000 hospital admissions … routine, known as decolonization, two residents per month avoided transfers to the hospital due to infections

54. Catheter Care and Maintenance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Boyce, JM, Pittet D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee et al. … Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control … Patients' bath basins as potential sources of infection: a multicenter sampling study. … Boyce, JM, Pittet D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee et al. … Patients' bath basins as potential sources of infection: a multicenter sampling study.

55. AHRQ Efforts To Address Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - defined as signs, symptoms, and conditions that continue or develop after initial COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 infection … The signs, symptoms, and conditions are present for four weeks or more after the initial phase of infection … with the possibility of severe and life-threatening events or disability even months or years after infection

56. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2016 - (BSIs) Why Focus on Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)? … • Starting in 2015, the central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection PSI will be one of …  Inspect central line site daily for signs of infection. …  Over a guide wire if the patient is suspected of having catheter-related infection. … How-to guide: prevent central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI).

57. Advancing Diagnostic Equity Through Clinician Engagement, Community Partnerships, and Connected Care (pdf file)
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    November 15, 2022 - For example, Black, His- panic, and Asian patients experience significantly higher rates of infection … COVID-19 racial disparities in testing, infection, hospitalization, and death: analysis of Epic data … 12, 2021. https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue- brief/covid-19-racial-disparities-testing-infection-hospitalization-death … dx.doi.org/https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/covid-19-racial-disparities-testing-infection-hospitalization-death-analysis-epic-patient-data … dx.doi.org/https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/covid-19-racial-disparities-testing-infection-hospitalization-death-analysis-epic-patient-data

58. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2008 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs … ) are among the most common types of healthcare-associated infections. … (CAUTIs), among the most common types of healthcare-associated infections. … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), are a type of healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and is associated with significant morbidity

59. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2008 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs … ) are among the most common types of healthcare-associated infections. … (CAUTIs), among the most common types of healthcare-associated infections. … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), are a type of healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and is associated with significant morbidity

60. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2008 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs … ) are among the most common types of healthcare-associated infections. … (CAUTIs), among the most common types of healthcare-associated infections. … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), are a type of healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and is associated with significant morbidity