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2361. Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) Collaborates with Medical Product Users to Create Specialty Subnetworks (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Engleman_86.pdf
      June 04, 2008 - facilities about problems with cells, tissues, and related products, in addition to the problem of infections … Many of these personnel are infection control practitioners, tissue managers, operating room staff with … Infection- related MedSun reports are routinely investigated by CBER’s Tissue Safety Team to detect any … In one case, for example, a MedSun site reported a serious infection in an Achilles tendon. … helpful to them, especially for complying with the new Joint Commission requirement for reporting on infections

2362. Chronic Kidney Disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2018 - more than a year before kidney failure are less likely to begin dialysis with a catheter, experience infections … more than a year before kidney failure are less likely to begin dialysis with a catheter, experience infections … hemodialysis patients, a usable arteriovenous fistula was associated with the lowest risk of death, infection

2363. AHRQ Final report: Designing for Patient Safety: Developing Methods to Integrate Patient Safety Concerns in the Design Process (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/joseph1-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - including the failure to reduce postoperative, bloodstream, and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … room layout, and others, contribute to adverse patient safety outcomes like healthcare-associated infections … backgrounds, including architecture, interior design, human factors, engineering, medicine, nursing, infection … of collecting baseline data around key patient safety outcomes, such as falls, healthcare-associated infections … findings from using these tools as well as documentation from other risk assessments, such as the Infection

2364. 111-Cusp-Program-Sustainability (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/111-cusp-program-sustainability.docx
      October 01, 2024 - achieve sustainability in QI programs involve ongoing education and training on CUSP, patient safety, infection … For MRSA prevention and evaluation, infection preventionists or IPs should be active participants in

2365. AHRQ Quality Indicators Prioritization Worksheet Example (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c2_combo_prioritizationworksheetexample.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - $36,576 $ 36,576 N 2 1 1 Y Y Y Y Y PSI 7 Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections … Mortality Rate 0.0 2.5 0 $ - N 8 10 9 Y Y Y Y Y NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … - N 5 5 5 Y Y Y Y Y PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter- Related Blood Stream Infection

2366. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4g_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
      May 17, 2016 - physicians and other providers, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists from infection … conditions that can contribute to respiratory failure9: o Appropriate antibiotic use for respiratory infections

2367. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4u_combo_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
      May 17, 2016 - physicians and other providers, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists from infection … conditions that can contribute to respiratory failure9: o Appropriate antibiotic use for respiratory infections

2368. Final Progress Report: Reduction of Nephrotoxic Medication-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Children (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/goldstein-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - .41-44 Exclusion criteria: Patients with chronic kidney disease, kidney transplant, or urinary tract infection … Decreasing PICU catheter-associated bloodstream infections: NACHRI's quality transformation efforts. … International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 36 countries, for … American journal of infection control 2012;40:396- 407. PMID: 21908073. 19. … Financial impact of failing to prevent surgical site infections.

2369. Communicating With Patients and Families About Antibiotic Decisions (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/communicating-decisions-one-pager.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - Communication practices and antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in children.

2370. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/042-ss-training-preop-nasal-iodophor.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - Nasal decolonization has been shown to be effective at preventing surgical site infections (SSIs).

2371. Join the IDEAS Project To Advance Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/966.html
      July 01, 2025 - Prevention in adults of transmission of infection with multidrug-resistant organisms: an updated systematic

2372. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4e_pdi06-heartsurgery-bestpractices.pdf
      May 16, 2016 - CongenitalHeartDefects/Congenital-Heart- Defects_UCM_001090_SubHomePage.jsp • IHI How-to Guide: Prevent Surgical Site Infection … echocardiography Communication • Education on policy/protocol of monitoring and treatment of bloodstream infections

2373. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4s_combo_pdi06-heartsurgery-bestpractices.pdf
      May 16, 2016 - CongenitalHeartDefects/Congenital-Heart- Defects_UCM_001090_SubHomePage.jsp • IHI How-to Guide: Prevent Surgical Site Infection … echocardiography Communication • Education on policy/protocol of monitoring and treatment of bloodstream infections

2374. Appendix B. Journal Articles Included in Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2017 - Economic impact of infections among patients with primary immunodeficiency disease receiving IVIG therapy … The direct cost of chlamydial infections: estimates for the employer-sponsored privately insured population … Treatment cost of acute gonococcal infections: estimates from employer-sponsored private insurance claims … Costs of adverse events among patients with HIV infection treated with nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase

2375. During National Hispanic Heritage Month, AHRQ Salutes Promotores de Salud | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/hispanic-heritage-month-2023.html
      September 01, 2023 - It includes important information for patients about healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic

2376. Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules.html
      August 01, 2022 - Harms such as hospital-acquired infections or medication errors can happen during any stage of care.

2377. Navigating Hierarchy in the Clinical Setting: Working and Communicating with Others | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/navigating-hierarchy-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

2378. Presentation: Program Overview
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/science-of-safety-slides.pptx
      January 01, 2017 - Ventilated Patients 15 Where To Find Defects Adverse event reporting systems Sentinel events Claims data Infection

2379. Engaging Senior Executives in Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/engaging-sr-exec-slides.html
      February 01, 2017 - the SSA responses grouped by commonly identified defect categories such as equipment, teamwork, and infection

2380. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-o-part2.pptx
      June 02, 2025 - Objectives After viewing this video you will be able to— List basic endoscope processing steps Explain infection