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3041. Meeting Minutes, July 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2022-07-nac/nacmtg072122-minutes.html
      December 01, 2022 - trials in the home healthcare setting, which has unique safety issues, including issues related to infection

3042. Final Progress Report: Cultural Competency and African Women’s Health Services (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/carroll-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Women commonly spoke of the importance of hand washing and maintaining a clean home to prevent against infections … “GYN check-up,” or “pelvic exam” and understood it to mean a vaginal examination done to check for infections

3043. Strategy 3: Nurse Bedside Shift Report Implementation Handbook (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.docx
      August 01, 2010 - can help catch potential medical errors in blood incompatibility, catheter-associated urinary tract infections … by 5 percent by the end of the fourth quarter Reduce the incidence of vascular catheter-associated infections

3044. Webinar Transcript - The 2014 Quality and Disparities Report and the National Quality Strategy: Working Together to Improve Health Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-2014-qdr-working-together-to-improve-health-care.html
      November 01, 2016 - initiative and everybody started focusing on patient safety, with readmissions in particular, and the infections … , the hospital based infections, and so we've gotten real improvement on that.

3045. Webinar Transcript - National Quality Strategy: 2013 Annual Progress Report Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/events/webinar-2013-annual-progress-report-update.html
      November 01, 2016 - seen some dramatic improvements i patient safety, particularly in things like central-line associated infections … improved access, and patient safety in several domains, including reducing central line and surgical site infections

3046. Final Progress Report: Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/nielsen2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 -  30  mSv), patients treated with radiation for benign conditions (e.g., mastitis, rashes, or fungal infections … For example, infection rates may be attributed to a  surgeon's performance, when in reality a number  …  of care provided  by an ED was partially measured by whether or not surgical patients had a higher infection

3047. Final Progress Report: Challenges and Opportunities for Stewardship of Urological Imaging (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/nielsen-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 -  30  mSv), patients treated with radiation for benign conditions (e.g., mastitis, rashes, or fungal infections … For example, infection rates may be attributed to a  surgeon's performance, when in reality a number  …  of care provided  by an ED was partially measured by whether or not surgical patients had a higher infection

3048. Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care: Slide Presentation—Part 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt3.html
      May 01, 2018 - patients age 18 years and over with length of stay of 4 or more days, excluding patients admitted for infection … patients age 18 years and over with length of stay of 4 or more days, excluding patients admitted for infection … more than a year before kidney failure are less likely to begin dialysis with a catheter, experience infections

3049. Improving Healthcare Safety by Enhancing Care Coordination (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/highlights/ps-project-highlights-care-coordination.pdf
      June 30, 2025 - services (EMS), and emergency departments (EDs) to reduce medication errors, delays in treatment, infections … improvement in documentation and sharing across 3 settings of care of key patient information, including infection … minimum data set (MDS) data showed considerable usefulness in gaining information on drug-resistant infections

3050. Final Progress Report: UIC Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics Tools for Optimizing Prescribing, Monitoring and Education (TOP-MED) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lambert2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - surveillance, decolonization, and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections … Vancomycin was the most commonly used antimicrobial for the treatment of various MRSA infections, followed … States varied in their policies and practices of surveillance, decolonization, and treatment of MRSA infections

3051. How To Use Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/how-to-use-bundles.html
      March 01, 2017 - How To Use Educational Bundles Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities The educational bundles are a curriculum that long-term care facility educators can use to educate. Each slide set includes facilitator notes and should take approximately 15 minutes to deliver. The training vid…

3052. Methods of Instruction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/methods-of-instruction.html
      March 01, 2017 - Methods of Instruction Review training materials, including notes and accompanying activity, to prepare for training. Determine how staff will be trained. See suggested ways to deploy education below. Giving a didactic presentation, then review and customize the slide set for staff and notes to prepare …

3053. Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/lepguide.pdf
      September 01, 2012 - profressional interpreters were not used at admissions and/or discharge.68 • Greater risk of line infections … , surgical infections, falls, and pressure ulcers due to LEP patients’ longer hospital stays compared … pneumothorax from central venous catheter placement, anaphylaxis to penicillin, postoperative wound infection … Similarly, postoperative wound infections count as adverse events even if the operation proceeded with … • LEP patients are at greater risk of line infections, surgical infections, falls, and pressure ulcers

3054. Primary Care Practice Facilitation Curriculum Module 5: Special Considerations When Working With Safety Net Practices (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-5-working-with-safety-net-practices.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - Clinica physicians have approved standing orders for RNs to treat positive strep throat infections, … uncomplicated conjunctivitis and ear infections, head lice, sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia … and gonorrhea, uncomplicated urinary tract and respiratory infections, and the management of warfarin

3055. Auditing Your Briefings and Debriefings Process: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/audit-briefing-fac-notes.html
      December 01, 2017 - operating room delays, reducing nursing time in the core, reducing complications, reducing surgical site infections

3056. Final Progress Report: Human Factors and Systems Integration in High Technology Surgery (HF-SIgHTS) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/catchpole-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - and displays, organization of tubes and lines, unnecessary movement, distractions, team performance, infection … and displays, organization of tubes and lines, unnecessary movement, distractions, team performance, infection

3057. AHRQ Issue Brief: Understanding the AI Wave: Foundational Knowledge for Improving Diagnosis and Beyond (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-brief-ai-wave.pdf
      June 01, 2025 - effective model, the selected biometric data typically include physiological variables known to indicate infection … count, c-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and more14—some of which may not be definitive indicators of infection

3058. 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Appendix A (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-appa5.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - adults 81.61 11.34 HCUP 2016 Hospital admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection … reasons 51.2 6.24 MEPS 2015 Hospital admissions with central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection

3059. The Prevalence of Mental Health Conditions Was on the Rise Before the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Pandemic Had a Negative Effect on Mental Health (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/qdr-mental-health-data-spotlight.pdf
      July 01, 2024 - the same years.2 During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health stressors were introduced, including infection

3060. Debrief Example Audio Transcript/Facilitator Notes - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-k-debrief-fac-notes.html
      May 01, 2017 - that I'm going to share relates to the surgical safety checklist, but if your QI project is focused on infection