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2381. Development of the AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Slide Presentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/ascwebinar/smith2slides.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Marcia Patrick, MSN, RN, CIC Association for Professionals in Infection

2382. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/subglottic-facguide.docx
      January 01, 2017 - Control and Prevention’s definition of a VAC includes conditions that are not necessarily related to infection

2383. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/antibiotic-targets-slides.pptx
      June 01, 2021 - Problems 5 Examples of Potential Harm Prescribing antibiotics without evidence of a bacterial infection

2384. Debrief Example - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-k.html
      May 01, 2017 - Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Nurse (PACU)   –  -  Physician Assistant   –  -  Infection

2385. Making Healthcare Safer IV | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs4/index.html
      May 01, 2025 - Rescue—Rapid Response Systems (March 25, 2024) Report Protocol Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection

2386. Engage Module Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/engage/alt-text.html
      April 01, 2013 - Worksheet for Senior Executive Partnership Staff Safety Assessment CEO/Senior Leader Checklist Infection

2387. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare July 2020 Meeting Summary (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-072320.pdf
      November 06, 2020 - 19 diagnostics are used, in Promotion addition to clinical management, for case identification and infection

2388. Engineering Safe Care Journeys for Vulnerable Older Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/safe-care-journeys-long-desc.html
      January 01, 2025 - nursing facility to improve antibiotic stewardship for older adults with a suspected urinary tract infection

2389. 060-Nursing-Protocol-Nasal-Iodophor (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/060-nursing-protocol-nasal-iodophor.docx
      October 01, 2024 - iodophor antiseptic vs nasal mupirocin antibiotic in the setting of chlorhexidine bathing to prevent infections

2390. Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship4.html
      August 01, 2024 - urinary tract symptoms, which can increase the risk of wrong (false positive) diagnosis of urinary tract infections

2391. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/index.html
      June 01, 2025 - Renal Disease Facilities Toolkit helps end-stage renal disease clinics prevent healthcare-associated infections

2392. Person-Centered Preventive Healthcare: Engaging in Challenging Conversations about Screening (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/research/engaging-challenging-full.pdf
      May 01, 2024 - Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021. … Hepatitis C virus infection in adolescents and adults: screening. U.S. … Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: screening. U.S. … ▪ Insufficient evidence for screening among heterosexual men who are at low risk for infection; however … HIV infection Recommendation for general age group (grade A):66 ▪ Screening in all pregnant persons

2393. AHRQ Views: Taking Needed Steps To Strengthen Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/933.html
      October 01, 2024 - Research and Evidence From AHRQ Hospital Differences in Adult Inpatient Stays with Healthcare-Associated Infections … Prevalence and Burden of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), 2016–2021 (PDF, 1.3 MB).

2394. Return on Investment Tool (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - For example, by reducing its infection rates, a hospital could eliminate the costs it had been incurring … to provide the extra care required to treat infections. … It also could enhance or protect its revenues, if insurers offered incentives for infection control … or imposed penalties for occurrences of infections. … For example, reducing infections will affect costs to insurers from changes in payments made to the

2395. Return on Investment Estimation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/f1_pdi_returnoninvestment.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - For example, by reducing its infection rates, a hospital could eliminate the costs it had been incurring … to provide the extra care required to treat infections. … It also could enhance or protect its revenues, if insurers offered incentives for infection control … or imposed penalties for occurrences of infections. … For example, reducing infections will affect costs to insurers from changes in payments made to the

2396. Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim5.html
      July 01, 2013 - thereby reducing not only overall catheter utilization during hospitalization, but also subsequent infections … Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the United States: A national comparative study

2397. Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-patient-safety.html
      May 01, 2024 - clinical presentation, evaluation, management, and outcomes for 1400 patients with lower respiratory tract infections … Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Program AHRQ's HAI program funds research and implementation projects

2398. Beyond the Dusty Shelf: Shifting Paradigms and Effecting Change (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/McNeill.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - five early outputs from the AHRQ patient safety portfolio to gauge the usefulness of the models: infection … gluconate is a superior, cost-effective alternative to betadyne to prevent catheter- related bloodstream infections … Second, while components of the infection control community support the use of chlorhexidine,6 not everyone … involved in clinical areas where infection control is a priority is necessarily committed to chlorhexidine … Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter- related infections.

2399. 5 Tk2 T3-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit Using Whonet To Create Your Antibiogram (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T3-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Using_WHONET_to_Create_Your_Antibiogram.doc
      May 01, 2014 - analyzing the first isolate found for each resident, so results are not biased by residents with recurring infections … Uses In addition to making and updating the antibiogram, you can use WHONET to answer more specific infection

2400. Final Progress Report: Disseminating a Web-Enabled Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) Toolkit for Designing Safer Healthcare Facilities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/taylor-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Scope: The SRA toolkit covers six safety areas – infection control, medication safety, falls, patient … mitigate underlying conditions of the environment that contribute to adverse safety events,” including infections … The workgroups were organized around six key safety areas: infection control, medication safety, falls … Of those four, three architects and the infection control practitioner said they would use the tool … Different members of the team mentioned ergonomics, security, safe patient handling, infection prevention