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2401. Documentation of Heart Rate During Fluid Resuscitation for Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-232-fullreport.pdf
      June 01, 2018 - Sepsis is a potentially catastrophic condition that can escalate from infection to organ failure and … Children with infections often display the inflammatory triad of fever, tachycardia, and vasodilation … Other clinical signs of septic shock in children with a suspected infection include (1) hypothermia … Age is an important determinant of risk of bacterial infection, whether related to maturation of the … Group B streptococci, Escherichia coli, Listeria, and herpes simplex virus commonly cause neonatal infections

2402. Core-Discussion (doc file)
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      March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Training Module 2 — Core Team Discussion Guide Clean Equipment and Environment: Knowledge and Practice Directions Answer the following questions to help reflect on how you can prepare to discuss cleaning and disinfection practices at your facility. Discussion Questio…

2403. Skills-Answer-Key (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/hand-hygiene/skills-answer-key.docx
      March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI Training Module 1—Skills Questions Answer Key The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene 1. How long should you rub your hands with soap when you are hand washing? a. At least 5 seconds b. At least 15 seconds c. At least 30 seconds d. At least 60 seconds 2. How long should you …

2404. Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/spreading-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - North Carolina Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections Collaborative.

2405. Background and Overview: 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/battlesslides.pdf
      July 18, 2015 - implement a surgical safety checklist-centered quality improvement intervention to reduce surgical site infections

2406. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/psaw-2022/index.html
      December 01, 2024 - AHRQ's proven  tools  and  resources  for improving diagnostic safety, preventing healthcare-associated infections

2407. Team Checkup Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicomp5b.html
      January 01, 2013 - Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units Infections

2408. Through the Quality Kaleidoscope | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/gapkaleidtp.html
      April 01, 2018 - medication adherence interventions, effectiveness of public reporting, prevention of healthcare-associated infections

2409. Patient Safety Awareness Week | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/psaw-2021/index.html
      July 01, 2022 - AHRQ's proven tools and resources for improving diagnostic safety, preventing healthcare-associated infections

2410. Connecticut Hospital Reduces Pressure Injuries Using AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201802.html
      August 01, 2018 - Pressure injuries are painful, can lead to serious deep tissue infections, and can affect clinicians’

2411. Why Choose a CUSP Approach? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/cusp-approach.html
      October 01, 2024 - Contact Precautions Hand Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

2412. You Can Quit Smoking | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/tearsheets/prenatal.html
      October 01, 2014 - Your baby will have fewer colds and ear infections. Your baby will cough and cry less.

2413. You Can Quit Smoking (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/guidelines-recommendations/tobacco/clinicians/tearsheets/prenatal.pdf
      September 01, 2008 - Your baby will have fewer colds and ear infections. Your baby will cough and cry less.

2414. SNAC Member: Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2021 - His scientific work leveraging checklists to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections has saved

2415. Resource List - AHRQ Nursing Home Survey (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursinghome-resourcelist.pdf
      April 01, 2023 - living facilities to the principles of high reliability and how they can be applied to preventing infections … , diagnose and treat infection effectively, use antimicrobials wisely, and prevent transmission. 2. … Resources include guides to quality, useful websites, topic-specific resources, infection control resources … AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Prevention Applying High Reliability Principles to Infection … Applying High Reliability Principles to Infection Prevention and Control in Long Term Care 4.

2416. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet, Appendix B (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - ■ Fungal infections: can occur in the warm, moist environment beneath the barrier and erode skin … ■ Infection – Bronchitis/tracheitis may cause increase in purulent secretions with an increased … subsequent mental development in term/preterm infants as well as provide enhanced protection against infection … – Stomal infection requiring antibiotics (45%). … Pain or discomfort at periostomal site ■ Incorrect insertion ■ Infection ■ Failure of fixation

2417. A New Model of Tracheostomy Care: Closing the Research–Practice Gap (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Clair.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - These inconsistencies represented a patient safety threat in the form of nosocomial infections, prolonged … Far from being a benign procedure, tracheostomy, suctioning done incorrectly, can lead to nosocomial infections … Instillation of normal saline before suctioning in patients with pulmonary infections: a prospective

2418. 027-Cusp-Program-Sustainability-Fg (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/027-cusp-program-sustainability-fg.docx
      April 01, 2025 - QI project sustainability is part of the overall approach to preventing MRSA and other surgical site infections … achieve sustainability in QI programs involve ongoing education and training on CUSP, patient safety, infection … For MRSA and SSI prevention and evaluation, infection preventionists should be active participants in

2419. Improving Patient Safety in Nursing Homes: A Resource List (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-resource-list-2.0.pdf
      April 01, 2025 - long-term-care-facilities/hcp/respiratory-virus-toolkit/index.html This toolkit helps nursing home infection … home residents or healthcare personnel (HCP) who develop signs or symptoms of a respiratory viral infection … Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings has 12 steps in the following categories: prevent infection … , diagnose and treat infection effectively, use antimicrobials wisely, and prevent transmission. … Resources include guides to quality, useful websites, topic-specific resources, infection control resources

2420. CHIPRA 209: Section 1, Supplementary Tables (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-209-section-1-tables.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - , 77211, 77212, 77213, 77214 Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) Grades 3 & 4 77213, 77214 Any Infection … Any Infection Mean Std Dev Min Max IQR Deciles 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 1995 0.225 … Any Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) Grades 3 & 4 Any Infection … Any Infection Mean Std Dev Min Max IQR Deciles 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 1995 0.232 … Any Infection Mean Std Dev Min Max IQR Deciles 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 1995 0.232