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41. Technical Specifications for Timely Fluid Bolus for Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock (pdf file)
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    April 26, 2018 - Infection A suspected or proven (by positive culture, tissue stain, or polymerase chain reaction test … ) infection caused by any pathogen OR a clinical syndrome associated with a high probability of infection … Evidence of infection includes positive findings on clinical exam, imaging, or laboratory tests (e.g … Suspected infection Infection is suspected when one of the following is documented: • Orders for … ” OR • “Suspected infection” OR • “Rule out sepsis” OR • “Suspected sepsis” Section 2.

42. Implementing CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the hospital setting, and introduces … new, tiered interventional approach designed to help overcome challenges with persistently elevated infection … This guide identifies groups of resources to utilize throughout your journey to lower infections in your

43. Section 5.A, Table 4 (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2013 - They found eight articles related to penicillin prophylaxis for the prevention of life threatening infection … Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease … studied whether daily administration of oral penicillin reduced the incidence of life- threatening infection … The study was ended early because of an 84% reduction in incidence of infection among the intervention … can safely be stopped at age 5 for children with SCD who have no history of severe pneumococcal infection

44. Section 2, Technical Specifications (pdf file)
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    June 15, 2018 - Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in the presence of, or as a result of, suspected or proven infection … A suspected or proven (by positive culture, tissue stain, or polymerase chain reaction test) infection … caused by any pathogen OR a clinical syndrome associated with a high probability of infection. … Evidence of infection includes positive findings on clinical exam, imaging, or laboratory tests (e.g … ” OR o “Suspected infection” OR o “Rule out sepsis” OR o “Suspected sepsis 3 Term Definition

45. Timely Antiobiotics for Children With Severe Sepesis or Septic Shock Technical Specifications (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2014 - Infection A suspected or proven (by positive culture, tissue stain, or polymerase chain reaction test … ) infection caused by any pathogen OR a clinical syndrome associated with a high probability of infection … Evidence of infection includes positive findings on clinical exam, imaging, or laboratory tests (e.g … or spinal culture OR • Urine, blood or spinal culture drawn OR • Chart notation of: • “Rule out infection … ” OR • “Suspected infection” OR • “Rule out sepsis” OR • “Suspected sepsis” Organ dysfunctions

46. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff This guide is designed to provide long-term … care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. … All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Home—Events Related to Infections ​This document is a section of … high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections … helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention

47. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Why focus on neonatal blood stream infection (BSI)? … Implement Standard Infection Prevention Techniques To Prevent Neonatal Bloodstream Infections General … the incidence of neonatal bloodstream infections. … prevention techniques to prevent neonatal bloodstream infections • Implement general infection prevention … Infection control. Nosocomial bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.

48. 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

49. Instructional Modules | 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 … , 2 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word , 3.88 MB) Turn Data Into Action: Using HSOPS & Surgical Site Infection … Presentation ( PowerPoint , 4.34 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word ,4.1 MB) Build Your Surgical Site Infection … Presentation ( PowerPoint , 3,45 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word , 6.97 MB) Perform a Surgical Site Infection

50. AHRQ Releases Annual Update on U.S. Healthcare Quality, Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - stewardship programs and evaluate long-term impacts of antibiotic practice in patients with suspected infection … Of 364,506 emergency department admissions, about 44 percent had suspected infection and about 56 percent … Deaths were higher among those with sepsis compared with those with suspected infection (8.4 percent … and sepsis populations, over the course of hospitalization and across infection sources. … spending after durable left ventricular device implant: A mediation analysis of health care-associated infections

51. Resource List - AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2023 - Missed nursing care is linked to patient harm, including falls and infections. … (ASCs), preventing surgical site infections, using safe injection practices, and cleaning, sterilization … on the development and implementation of infection prevention programs that meet infection control standards … principles and methods of AHRQ’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent surgical site infections … Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet 10.

52. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - It concluded that there are currently few data that demonstrate a reduction in infection rates. … The role of facility design in preventing healthcare-associated infection: interventions, conclusions … This review assesses and synthesizes available evidence in the infection control and healthcare design … The purpose of this review was to assess and synthesize available evidence in the infection control and … It determined that current evidence clearly identifying the environment’s role in the chain of infection

53. National Implementation Project Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2016 - 2012, discusses accomplishments and next steps to in the neonatal central line-associated bloodstream infection … Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections . … infection prevention toolkit .  … Catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention toolkit .  Enrollment information .   … Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection Opportunity Estimator.

54. CHIPRA 209: Section 6, Tables 6 and 7 (pdf file)
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    June 14, 2019 - 0.5752 0.5748 Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) Grades 3 & 4 0.47288 0.45009 0.2357 0.2219 Any Infection … Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) 0.65107 Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) Grades 3 & 4 0 Any Infection

55. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - antibiotics appropriately—that is, using them only when truly needed and using the right antibiotic for each infection … , such as Clostridium difficile infections, to emerge in the nursing home. … homes are unnecessary. 3 Because it can be challenging to determine when a resident actually has an infection … for making clinical decisions about nursing home residents and choose the right antibiotic for each infection … Document which bacteria are present in a nursing home and which antibiotics are effective for treating an infection

56. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Four Moments Questions Moment 1: Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … decide on the appropriate empiric antibiotic treatment regimen based on what you think the source of infection … relevant patient factors such as severity of illness, immunocompromised status, history of drug-resistant infections … If there is no evidence of a bacterial infection, stop antibiotics. … improvement is observed and oral antibiotic therapy can be tolerated and is appropriate for the type of infection

57. 5 Tk2 P1T3-Checklist For Discussion With Local Hospitals Providers Ers Phase 1 (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - Health Care www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections … Emergency Department, it is reasonable to reach out also to hospital staff involved in microbiology, infection … Telephone Number ___________________________ Email Address ______________________________ Hospital infection-control … contact, such as the hospital epidemiologist or infection preventionist.

58. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Toolkit To Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics : This toolkit … improves antibiotic use for four infections common in nursing homes: urinary tract infections, lower … respiratory infections, skin and soft tissue infections, and gastrointestinal infections. … Toolkit To Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection : This toolkit … Prescribing clinicians can use an antibiogram to help them choose the most appropriate antibiotic for each infection

59. Section 5, Table 4 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - SCD who have fever greater than 38.5 degrees Celsius or 101 degrees Fahrenheit and other signs of infection … In a child with no obvious sources of infection, a minimum evaluation should include blood culture, … • Strongly consider adding vancomycin (10‐15 mg/kg IV) for severe illness or if CNS infection is … • The presence of a focus of infection does not alter the urgency of giving parenteral antibiotics

60. Gap Analysis for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - ☐ Urinary tract infection ☐ Asymptomatic bacteriuria ☐ Community-acquired pneumonia ☐ Healthcare-acquired … pneumonia ☐ Ventilator-associated pneumonia ☐ Intra-abdominal infections ☐ Skin and soft tissue infection … ☐ Bacteremia ☐ Sepsis ☐ Surgical prophylaxis ☐ Clostridioides difficile infection ☐ Other: ☐ Other: … pneumonia ☐ Intra-abdominal infections ☐ Skin and soft tissue infection ☐ Bacteremia ☐ Sepsis ☐ Surgical … prophylaxis ☐ Clostridioides difficile infection ☐ Neutropenic fever ☐ Other: ☐ Other: ☐ Other: ☐ N/