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601. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T4-Common_Suspected_Infections_Tools_to_Improve_Communication_and_Decision_Making.ppt
     May 01, 2014 - Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decision Making for Four Infections Tool 4. … In wound infections among soldiers in the Middle East, multidrug resistant acinetobacter infections have … and ear infections and sinusitis in adults. … Do you know why a resident DOES NOT need a fever to have an infection? … 2 or more symptoms/signs of other infection?

602. B3A Pdi Chartsforpresentations (xls file)
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     January 01, 2006 - Remove the "Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate" part of the title and revise it to reflect your … Remove the "Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate" part of the title and revise it to reflect your … Remove the "Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate" part of the title and revise it to reflect … Remove the "Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate" part of the title and revise it to reflect your … Remove the "Neonatal Blood Stream Infection Rate" part of the title and revise it to reflect

603. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/esrd/using-checklists/checklistandauditslides.pptx
     September 03, 2014 - Evaluation of team infection control practices Regular review and evaluation of infection control practices … For dialysis patients and facilities, this means that infections occur when infection control practices … In the first half of 2013, the facility reported 3 bloodstream infections for an infection rate of 1.23 … infections per 100 patient months. … In the first half of 2014, they only had 1 bloodstream infection for a rate of 0.41 infections per 100

604. Understand the Science of Safety Module Alternate Text | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - : infection rate of 0 with an incidence rate ratio of 0.56 7-9 months: infection rate of 0 with an … months: infection rate of 0 with an incidence rate of 0.37 16-18 months: infection rate of 0 with … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Ending health care-associated infections, AHRQ, Rockville, MD, 2009. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

605. Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other Than CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - billion direct healthcare cost per year Developing new antibiotics is more important than preventing infections … and preventing the spread of resistance Slide 8 4 Core Actions to Fight Deadly Infections ( … CDC; Antibiotic Resistance Threats, 2013) Preventing infections and preventing the spread of resistance … Enterobacteriaceae (N=72) from three communities, by selected characteristics–United States, Emerging Infections … Catheter (MMWR 2013; 62(9):165-70 Implications of the findings: Higher mortality than other infections

606. Chapter 5. Project Expansion | 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. … electronic detection algorithm created in Chapter 2 for use in everyday surveillance of surgical site infections … site infection (go to Exhibit 51 ).

607. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T5-Minimum_Criteria_for_3_Infections_Training_Slides-final.pptx
     October 01, 2016 - Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit [Name] [Organization] AHRQ Pub. … by using the suspected infection SBAR forms. … Antibiotics are great for treating bacterial infections. … More frightening is that prescribing antibiotics for urinary tract infections is much more difficult … Researchers developed guidelines for a few key infections that are common in nursing homes.

608. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - origin     1 Myocardial infarction 5 Resident B 81 1     1 Urinary tract infection … Failure Myocardial Infarction Angina Pneumonia or Bronchitis Asthma or COPD Urinary Tract Infection … Sepsis or Fever or Infection Resident A 79     X           Resident … Pain or MI Pneumonia or Bronchitis Mental Status Change or Neurological Symptoms Urinary Tract Infection … Sepsis or Fever or Infection Dehydration Resident A 79     1 1       1

609. Tool: Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - How will the next patient develop a surgical site infection on your unit? … What do you think can be done to prevent this surgical site infection? … ASSESS RISK FOR SURGICAL SITE INFECTION Please describe how you think the next patient in the operating … room will get a surgical site infection. … Please describe what you think can be done to prevent this infection.

610. Graphics for Section 5. Evidence or Other Justification for the Focus of the Measure (pdf file)
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     November 26, 2013 - They found eight articles related to penicillin prophylaxis for the prevention of life threatening infection … prophylaxis for children with SCD under age 5 years significantly reduced the incidence of pneumococcal infection … Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children wih sickle cell disease … administration of oral penicillin reduced Prophylaxis with oral the incidence of life-threatening infection … study was ended early because of an 84% reduction in incidence of Engl J Med 1986;314(25):1593- infection

611. Table A: Indicator Rates for the HCBS and Full Medicaid Populations (Rates of Admission per 100,000 Persons) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - 1,424 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) 4,814 1,790 Composite: Potentially Preventable Infection … 7,477 3,181    Bacterial Pneumonia 4,587 1,983    Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) … 2,928 1,238 Infection Due to Device or Implant 731 284 Dehydration 1,869 723

612. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2013 - ICHE 2011 ) Preventive practices are variably used Infections due to devices are especially common … causes over 40% of hospital-acquired infections, making it the most common nosocomial infection. … Most of these infections are due to urinary catheters. 25% of inpatients are catheterized at some time … Silver-coated catheters are one such intervention used to prevent catheter-related infection. … They may lead to urinary tract infections and cause mechanical trauma to the urethra and bladder.

613. 3 Tk1 T5-Draft Policies And Procedures For The Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - antibiotic use include adverse drug reactions or interactions, the development of Clostridium difficile infections … Records [List any records that will be kept in conjunction with the program (for example, the infection … Use in all situations when a resident has a new problem and infection may be suspected, and is being … Procedure Patients suspected of having an infection are assessed and referred to a prescribing clinician … The form is used on an as needed basis any time an infection is suspected, regardless of type of infection

614. Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - 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. … beneficial for the electronic identification of hospital-acquired wounds than bacteremias, UTIs, respiratory infections

615. Engage Residents and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - resident and family engagement is and how to engage with long-term care facility staff as partners in infection-prevention … train local ombudsmen to educate and engage residents and families in catheter-associated urinary tract infection … and other infection prevention efforts.

616. 3 Tk1 T5-Draft Policies And Procedures For The Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - antibiotic use include adverse drug reactions or interactions, the development of Clostridium difficile infections … Records [List any records that will be kept in conjunction with the program (for example, the infection … Use in all situations when a resident has a new problem and infection may be suspected, and is being … Procedure Patients suspected of having an infection are assessed and referred to a prescribing clinician … The form is used on an as needed basis any time an infection is suspected, regardless of type of infection

617. 5 Tk1 T6-Sample Distribution Plan For An Antibiogram Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Nursing home prescribing clinicians: If a resident is suspected of having an infection, the nurse should … For phone notifications regarding a suspected infection, the nurse should fax a copy of the antibiogram … For example, near the fax machine or the infection log. … antibiogram in instructions related to communication with physicians about residents with suspected infections … : Antimicrobial stewardship policies and procedures Procedures for residents suspected of having an infection

618. Opening Materials: Attribution, Objectives, Introduction, and Main Menu | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Slide 2 CAUTI: Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection Attribution Slide 3 Funded by … of nosocomial infections. … Avoiding unnecessary procedures will eliminate the risk of infection for those patients. … With decreased infection rates, costs for extended hospitalizations and additional treatments are also … Slide 7 Benefits of reducing inappropriate catheter placements: Reduced infection rates, costs

619. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2019 - Explain how overtreating urinary tract infections (UTI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … Every year 23,000 die from antibiotic-resistant infections. … Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States. N Engl J Med 2015; 372: 825-834. … Tracking infection prevention data has double value HAI prevention. … Burden of Clostridium difficile Infection in the United States.

620. Tk3 T5 Minimum Criteria Nursing Staff Training (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit Tool 5. … by using the suspected infection SBAR forms. … Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit Tool 5. … Skin and Soft Tissue Infection SBAR. … Lower Respiratory Tract Infection SBAR.