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201. Clinical Decision Support Found To Improve Use of Blood Clot Prevention Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … , logistics and technologies) can improve patient outcomes, reduce injuries and hospital-associated infections … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … AHRQ is funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and

202. Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - into the design of health care facilities can minimize such safety problems as health care-associated infections … The toolkit: Targets six areas of safety—infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries of … preparation rooms, where to place sinks, how to ensure separation of clean and soiled materials to reduce infection

203. Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Preventing infection: Your doctor may give you a prescription for an antibiotic to take before your … surgery to help prevent infection. … This can help keep you safe from surgical infections and other complications.

204. Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … KB) This data collection tool collects the incidences of VAEs, ventilator-associated conditions, infection-related

205. Section 1, Table 1. Definitions of Three Levels of Medical Complexity (pdf file)
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     June 28, 2017 - Children without Chronic Disease Acute Non-Chronic Conditions: A physical, developmental or ear infection

206. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Resistance AHRQ is funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections … Prevalence of and spending on ear, nose, throat and respiratory infections among children with chronic

207. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - above 5 measures) 1,594,000 48.67 1,372,000 41.91 CAUTI MPSMS Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 370,000 11.30 350,000 10.58 CLABSI MPSMS Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous … Pressure Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,320,000 40.41 1,300,000 39.43 Surgical Site Infection

208. Long-Term Care Safety Toolkit Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (includes audio and video)   Video clips embedded in PowerPoint slide set:        Importance of Infection … en español: Word , 2.39 MB)   Video clips embedded in PowerPoint slide set:        Importance of Infection

209. New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic Use at Long-term Care Facilities Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2022 - antibiotic medications to improve patient outcomes, reduce antibiotic resistance, and decrease the spread of infections … which are often ordered without clear indications and provide results that do not reliably indicate an infection … , M.D., M.S., who is a co-author of the study and a medical officer in AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections

210. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease: Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2015 - with sickle cell anemia increases survival rates through the prevention of overwhelming bacterial infections … cell anemia and continued daily until the child is 5 years of age, reduces susceptibility to serious infection … Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease.

211. C1 Prioritization Matrix (xls file)
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     July 01, 2016 - 0.5 0.6 1 $36,576 $ 36,576 N 2 1 1 Y Y Y Y Y PSI 7 Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections … NQI 02 Neonatal Mortality Rate 0.0 2.5 0 $ - 0 N 8 10 9 Y Y Y Y Y NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … 0.0 1.1 0 $76,737 $ - 0 N 5 5 5 Y Y Y Y Y PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection

212. Preventing CAUTI in Specialized Patient Populations: The ICU | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … efforts, staff empowerment Staff Nurses: Heart of operation, implement CUSP at the bedside Infection … Team assess for indication during daily rounds Catheter alternatives are used on a regular basis Infection … Plaques and articles displayed in the units Continuing to coordinate with Performance Improvement, Infection

213. Search Evidence-Based Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2021 - Health & Science University Report Status: Final Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection … EPC—Oregon Health & Science University Report Status: Final Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection

214. Fundamentals of Medicare Patient Safety Surveillance: Intent, Relevance, and Transparency (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2004 - abstraction involved data collection and analysis for adverse events in the following topics: bloodstream infections … Table 2: MPSMS Topics Production Pre-production Developmental Bloodstream infections* CVC* Hip … postoperative stays has shifted the diagnostic location for a large percentage of postoperative wound infections … is limited to early infection (occurring during inpatient convalescence) and very severe infections … report that in the MPSMS production sample we are examining charts for eight topics (bloodstream infections

215. Appropriate Emergency Department Fever Management for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2018 - They may not be receiving prophylactic antibiotics to help prevent bacterial infections, and they … Children with SCD are at high risk of developing bacterial infections because of the loss of splenic … : pneumonia was diagnosed most often at 13.8 percent, followed by bacteremia and urinary tract infections … Infections such as osteomyelitis that are often caused by Staphylococcus aureus or other organisms, … Incidence of serious bacterial infections in febrile children with sickle cell disease.

216. Reducing Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

217. Table 4. Evidence for Prompt Antimicrobial Therapy for Treatment of Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2014 - provide empiric coverage for pathogens expected for age and that penetrate the presumed source of the infection … of patient- related characteristics, such as drug intolerance, recently used antibiotics, previous infections … Awareness of the prevalence of infections caused by specific organisms can provide clinicians with

218. Daily Goals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

219. Psychological Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

220. The 4 E's | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections