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321. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2003 - Project Report - Lean Sigma Guidelines to Prevent Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … Problem Vascular access device-associated infections increase morbidity, mortality, hospital length … Education of health care workers decreases healthcare-associated infections. … Infection elsewhere (remote, i.e., urinary tract infection or wound) — secondary source Colonization … Suspected C-VAD Infections (cont.)

322. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making in Long-Term Care 4x6 Cards (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Antibiotic Decision Making in Long-Term Care 4x6 Cards Does the resident have symptoms that suggest an infection … What type of infection is it? Have we collected appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Does the resident have symptoms that suggest an infection? What type of infection is it?

323. Comparison Tables for Making Healthcare Safer Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2025 - Infections Infection Control: Clostridioides difficile Infection Infection Control: Infections Due … to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Infection Control: Miscellaneous Topics Infection Control: Urinary … Control: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Patient Safety Practices MHS I (2001) MHS II … (2013) MHS III (2020) MHS IV (2023-24) Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … Control: Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Patient Safety Practices  MHS I (2001

324. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 ● HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT w … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 ● HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT … Upper respiratory infection (common cold). 5. … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT w

325. AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals - Appendix L. Intensive Care Unit Infographic Poster (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections … risk for urinary tract infections and may cause other complications such as multidrug-resistant organisms … could include: 4 • Respiratory tract infection • Gastrointestinal infection • Bloodstream infection … AACN Practice Alert: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. November 2011. 2. … Enhancing the Safety of Critically Ill Patients by Reducing Urinary and Central Venous Catheter-related Infections

326. 077-Contact-Precautions-One-Pager (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Contact Precautions Standard Precautions According to the CDC, standard precautions are the “minimum infection … prevention practices that apply to all patient care, regardless of suspected or confirmed infection … operating room, during the procedure, and after the procedure.6 Perioperative staff can also serve as infection … Standard Precautions. https://www.cdc.gov/dental-infection-control/hcp/summary/standard-precautions.html … recommendation: Strategies to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission and infection

327. PowerPoint Presentation
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     March 01, 2017 - Healthcare Research and Quality’s (or AHRQ’s) Safety Program for Long-term Care: Healthcare-Associated Infections … to how the environment and equipment in a facility can be a source of potential bacterial and viral infections … essential to providing quality resident care; however, improper care and maintenance can introduce infections … in residents, leading to CAUTIs and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). 3 Chain of Infection … Serratia marcescens nosocomial infections of the urinary tract associated with urine measuring containers

328. Exhibits 8 to 10 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U. …   Total Procedures 4525   19692   7467   3867   35551   Surgical Site Infections … 38 7.3 Total 116   221   103   78   518   SSI = surgical site infections

329. PowerPoint Presentation
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     April 01, 2025 - Expert Guidance SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to Prevent Healthcare Associated Infections … Most of the SSIs were MRSA infections. … SHEA/IDSA/APIC practice recommendation: strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through … Evidence of Hand Hygiene to Reduce Transmission and Infections by Multidrug Resistant Organisms in Health-care … Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update.

330. 014-Bcx-Algorithm-Decision-Support-Tool (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - Assess if severe sepsis/septic shock or endovascular infection is suspected. … Is the patient at risk for endovascular infection? ii. … Is the primary site of infection not readily available for culture? iii. … Infective endocarditis or at risk of endovascular infection iii. … Catheter-related bloodstream infection before catheter replacement · If Yes to any of these scenarios

331. Exhibits 59 to 61 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibits … Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U.

332. Exhibit 18. Counts of identified organisms by procedure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit … Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U.

333. Exhibit 19. HCUP estimates of the total number of target procedures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit … Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U.

334. Exhibits 41 to 43 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibits … Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U.

335. Exhibits 44 to 46 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibits … Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U.

336. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Insertion Facilitator Notes
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     April 01, 2022 - urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in adult ICUs. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2019 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections … A tiered approach for preventing cather-associated urinary tract infections. … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI). https://www.cdc.gov/HAI/ca_uti/uti.html. … Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update

337. Table 19E: SMI Subpopulation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - Heart Failure 3,732 3,250 3,841 2,896 3,635 2,723 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection …     Bacterial Pneumonia 4,973 4,587 4,952 4,425 4,595 5,012     Urinary Tract Infection … 2,977 2,458 2,964 2,222 2,613 2,619 Infection Due to Device or Implant 838 699 … Congestive Heart Failure 3,281 3,619 3,693 2,498 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection … 2,420 2,992 2,672 2,442 Infection Due to Device or Implant 668 882 749 716

338. Table 19B: Dually Eligible HCBS Participants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - Heart Failure 7,067 5,392 6,130 5,563 6,165 5,079 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection …     Bacterial Pneumonia 6,634 5,081 5,716 5,312 5,529 5,640     Urinary Tract Infection … 4,418 3,171 3,783 3,205 3,625 3,322 Infection Due to Device or Implant 847 686 … Congestive Heart Failure 5,786 6,139 6,259 4,539 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection … 3,490 3,677 3,664 3,123 Infection Due to Device or Implant 724 757 772 594

339. Table 17C: Medicaid-Only HCBS Participants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Heart Failure 3,318 2,321 2,909 2,882 3,157 2,746 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection …     Bacterial Pneumonia 3,290 2,882 3,447 2,920 3,477 2,916     Urinary Tract Infection … 2,092 1,404 1,907 1,734 2,245 1,552 Infection Due to Device or Implant 909 693 … Congestive Heart Failure 3,064 2,446 3,046 2,828 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection … 1,853 1,654 2,268 1,602 Infection Due to Device or Implant 807 841 971 757

340. Table 19C: Medicaid-Only HCBS Participants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - Heart Failure 2,970 2,861 2,994 2,731 3,152 1,877 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection …     Bacterial Pneumonia 3,293 3,045 3,229 2,937 3,142 3,011     Urinary Tract Infection … 2,211 1,635 1,944 1,569 1,877 1,491 Infection Due to Device or Implant 930 772 … Congestive Heart Failure 2,847 2,992 3,190 1,623 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection … 1,759 1,885 1,904 1,346 Infection Due to Device or Implant 725 1,021 817 815