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2221. About AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Work | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/index.html
      December 01, 2024 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Program. The Patient Safety Organization Program.

2222. How To Use the Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/how-to-use.html
      December 01, 2017 - kinds of materials: Guides (Word): The two guides provide the structure for preventing surgical site infections

2223. 038-Ss-Nasal-Iodophor-Protocol (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/038-ss-nasal-iodophor-protocol.docx
      April 01, 2025 - Does not require a physician order and can be used for nasal decolonization to prevent surgical site infections

2224. Tk3 T5 Minimum Criteria Nursing Staff Training (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/TK3_T5_Minimum_Criteria_Nursing_Staff_Training.docx
      October 01, 2016 - Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit Tool 5. … by using the suspected infection SBAR forms. … Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit Tool 5. … Skin and Soft Tissue Infection SBAR. … Lower Respiratory Tract Infection SBAR.

2225. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/040-ss-training-clinic-patient-ed.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - Services Teaching Patients How to Decolonize 1 Standardizing Your Process Note: The surgical site infection … Decolonization is proven to reduce bacteria on the body and the rate of surgical site infections. … asked to conduct 5 days of decolonization prior to their surgery, as this has been shown to reduce infections

2226. Why Checklists for Diagnosis Are Not Performing as Expected | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-5.html
      September 01, 2020 - For example, the first step in the well-known checklist to reduce central-line infections is “Wash your

2227. How To Avoid the Harms of Antibiotic Overuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/part-1-slides.html
      February 01, 2019 - Bacteriuria is not the same as a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), and vice versa. … Side effects are common Nausea, diarrhea Allergic reactions Antibiotic-related infections

2228. Study Finds More Health Risks for Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/950.html
      March 01, 2025 - Professional Literature Influence of psychological safety and safety climate perceptions on nurses' infection

2229. 116-Evaluating-Cleaning-Data-Collection-Tool (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/116-evaluating-cleaning-data-collection-tool.docx
      April 01, 2025 - I work with the infection control department and environmental care team [or appropriate hospital department

2230. Final Progress Report: Improving Transplant Med Safety through a Pharmacist-Led, mHealth-Based Program (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/taber-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - the impact of med errors and adverse drug events on clinical outcomes, including acute rejections, infections … Several studies suggest that adverse drug events, particularly surrounding infection from over-immunosuppression … Infections were defined as any diagnosed and treated infection. … The primary causes of hospitalization were infection, AKI, and cardiovascular- or gastrointestinal-related … The most common opportunistic infections were BK viremia and CMV.

2231. Continuing a 35-Year History, AHRQ Pursues Vital Pathways to Improve Patient Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/35-year-history.html
      May 01, 2024 - combines improvements in safety culture, teamwork, and communication to prevent healthcare-associated infections … results: 85 percent of hospitals have made progress on reducing at least one healthcare-associated infection

2232. New AHRQ SOPS™ Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals - Overview (Brady) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/healthitwebinar/sops-hit-webcast2-brady.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - Safety (CQUIPS) • Conducts programs that focus on: – Patient Safety Research – Healthcare-Associated Infections

2233. Appendix E | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program-ape.html
      April 01, 2018 - 12 426 Medical Complications 26 429  -- Delirium 2 427  -- Nosocomial Infections … Surgery 12 441  -- Postoperative Surgical Complications 9 453  ---- Surgical Site Infections

2234. Maternity Care Performance Measurement Set (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/CHIPRA-BMI-Maternity-Care-Measures.pdf
      February 23, 2012 - is good evidence that both standard and FDA-approved rapid screening tests accurately detect HIV infection … screening in the third trimester is recommended in certain jurisdictions with elevated rates of HIV infection … Late- onset infections occur in infants aged >1 week, with most infections evident in the first 3 months … Urinary tract infections caused by GBS complicate 2%--4% of pregnancies. … Reported complications of episiotomy include bleeding, infection, abscess formation, and dehiscence.37

2235. HF Measures For Public Comment (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0085maternitycare.pdf
      February 23, 2012 - is good evidence that both standard and FDA-approved rapid screening tests accurately detect HIV infection … screening in the third trimester is recommended in certain jurisdictions with elevated rates of HIV infection … Late- onset infections occur in infants aged >1 week, with most infections evident in the first 3 months … Urinary tract infections caused by GBS complicate 2%--4% of pregnancies. … Reported complications of episiotomy include bleeding, infection, abscess formation, and dehiscence.37

2236. HF Measures For Public Comment (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0084maternity.pdf
      February 23, 2012 - is good evidence that both standard and FDA-approved rapid screening tests accurately detect HIV infection … screening in the third trimester is recommended in certain jurisdictions with elevated rates of HIV infection … Late- onset infections occur in infants aged >1 week, with most infections evident in the first 3 months … Urinary tract infections caused by GBS complicate 2%--4% of pregnancies. … Reported complications of episiotomy include bleeding, infection, abscess formation, and dehiscence.37

2237. HF Measures For Public Comment (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0085maternity.pdf
      February 23, 2012 - is good evidence that both standard and FDA-approved rapid screening tests accurately detect HIV infection … screening in the third trimester is recommended in certain jurisdictions with elevated rates of HIV infection … Late- onset infections occur in infants aged >1 week, with most infections evident in the first 3 months … Urinary tract infections caused by GBS complicate 2%--4% of pregnancies. … Reported complications of episiotomy include bleeding, infection, abscess formation, and dehiscence.37

2238. HF Measures For Public Comment (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0082maternity.pdf
      February 23, 2012 - is good evidence that both standard and FDA-approved rapid screening tests accurately detect HIV infection … screening in the third trimester is recommended in certain jurisdictions with elevated rates of HIV infection … Late- onset infections occur in infants aged >1 week, with most infections evident in the first 3 months … Urinary tract infections caused by GBS complicate 2%--4% of pregnancies. … Reported complications of episiotomy include bleeding, infection, abscess formation, and dehiscence.37

2239. Types of Health Care Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/types.html
      July 01, 2015 - The rate of surgical complications or hospital-acquired infections.

2240. Final Progress Report: Videotaping communication between physicians and nurses: A methods study (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/manojlovich-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - improve end-of-shift handovers,10 the handover process from ambulance to emergency department,11 and infection … An innovative approach to strengthening health professionals’ infection control and limiting hospital-acquired … infection: Video-reflexive ethnography.