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161. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4i_pdi11-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - $76,737 in excess charges.1 • Proper identification of patients at risk, prevention of surgical site infections … physicians and other providers, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists from infection … prior to surgery, where relevant.3,4 Recommended Practice: Reduce the incidence of surgical site infections … Surgical Site Infection (SSI) http://www.cdc.gov/hai/ssi/ssi.html Policies/Protocols • WHO Surgical … Hospital, 2003 http://www.who.int/surgery/publications/en/SCDH.pdf Tools • CDC Surgical Site Infection

162. Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide.html
     May 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Infection Prevention Infographic ( PDF , 266 KB; Text Version ) This infographic describes infection … Endoscopy Infographic ( PDF , 636 KB; Text Version ) This infographic describes steps to prevent infection

163. Part One: Traditional Practice and Recommendations for Change (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/ena-slides/part1a.html
     October 01, 2015 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … It was stated earlier that CAUTIs represent about 35 % of nosocomial infections. … Why is there such a high rate of infection? … Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology . 2014;35(6):685-91.

164. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Topic Cleaning & Disinfection (17) Cohorting (8) Environmental Safety (13) Infection … evidence-based prevention and safety practices within nursing homes to protect residents and staff from infection

165. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
     November 19, 2015 - Site Infections Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias (Post-op) Venous Thromboembolisms All Other HACs … Site Infections Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias (Post-op) Venous Thromboembolisms All Other HACs … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Falls Obstetric Adverse Events Pressure Ulcers Surgical … Site Infections Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias (Post-op) Venous Thromboembolisms All Other HACs 5 … 400,000 250,000 150,000 38% $150,000,000 3,495 Central Line- Associated Bloodstream Infections

166. Appendix M. Endoscopy Infographic - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - Endoscopy Infographic - Implementation Guide Preventing Infections in Endoscopic … While rare, patients have acquired infections from these procedures due to: Poor cleaning/disinfection … of equipment and/or Lapses in infection prevention practices and/or Defective or poorly maintained … To help prevent infections, health care professionals in the endoscopy suite should: Verify that ALL … Standards of Infection Prevention in Reprocessing Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes . 2016.

167. Overcome Common Challenges | 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 … engagement among all relevant hospital personnel to support the success and sustainability of your infection … interaction of the multidisciplinary team members and specific patient care actions in order to reduce infections … that support ICU teams to overcome mindsets that hold them back from believing that achieving zero infections

168. Health Literacy and Patient and Family Engagement: Strategic Tools to Prevent CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/health-literacy-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … I can get a serious infection if the bag is not positioned correctly. … I can get a serious infection if staff don't clean their hands before caring for me. … “Also, urinary catheters cause urinary infections which could spread to your blood and lead to a longer

169. Module 4: Summary and Next Steps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … In Module 1, you learned that hospital-acquired urinary tract infections impact almost 560,000 people … of the infections. … break the catheter life cycle, consider these ABCDE prevention strategies: A, for adhering to sound infection

170. ACTION III 2019 Project Summaries (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - project is to disseminate decolonization as a best practice and to educate hospital staff in preventing infections … aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) clinical cultures and all-cause bloodstream infections … Background and Significance Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a worldwide problem that causes … describe and disseminate decolonization as a best practice and that educate hospital staff in preventing infections … Describe a protocol hospital leaders may want to adopt for infection prevention.

171. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2017 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Instrument Pressure Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers/Pressure Injuries Surgical Site Infection … In the 2010–2014 method, Clostridioides difficile Infection data were included in “All Other HACs” rather … 647,096 21.75 699,790 23.52 676,834 22.75 682,984 22.96 Ulcers/Pressure Injuries Surgical Site Infection … journals/jama/fullarticle/2583369 or risk-adjusted physician-diagnosed catheter-associated urinary tract infection … 0.730) 0.144 VTE $17,367 ($11,837–$22,898) $8,723 0.043 (0.040–0.078) 0.104 Clostridioides difficile Infection

172. Presentation: Program Overview
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     January 01, 2017 - Patients 13 Building on Previous State-Level Success… Reduced central line-associated blood stream infections … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infection in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan ICUs: observational study … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infection in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan ICUs: observational study

173. Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … This checklist provides sequential critical steps that have shown to reduce central line-associated infections … Clinicians can take steps to prevent central line-associated infections. … checklist from Johns Hopkins Medicine provides critical steps that have been shown to reduce these infections

174. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4_combo_bestpracticescover.pdf
     June 05, 2016 - Count • PSI 06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate • PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection … Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate (bundled with the best practices for PDI 05) • NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … • PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate • PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection

175. Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014FinalHACreport4Web-13Dec2016.pdf
     December 01, 2016 - Site Infections Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias (Post-op) Venous Thromboembolisms All Other HACs … Site Infections Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias (Post-op) Venous Thromboembolisms All Other HACs … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Falls Obstetric Adverse Events Pressure Ulcers Surgical … Site Infections Ventilator-Associated Pneumonias (Post-op) Venous Thromboembolisms All Other HACs … 400,000 250,000 150,000 38% $150,000,000 3,495 Central Line- Associated Bloodstream Infections

176. Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - Ask: Do you get data reports from your infection prevention department, through the NHSN portal, or … Did you reduce surgical site infections? … You can also share data about individual cases that represent the infections. … Each case should be investigated to determine potential sources of infection. … Make it clear that greater compliance leads to fewer infections.

177. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2013 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Department of Health and Human Services' National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections … : Roadmap to Elimination focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection … from professional societies well known throughout health care: the Association for Professionals in Infection

178. Toolkit To Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … principles and methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent surgical site infections … sections that your facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections … resources that your facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections

179. Toolkit Sections | 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 … Implementation Guide : It may be helpful to review this guide before starting a project to reduce infections … your ambulatory surgery center team in implementing a program to improve safety culture and reduce infections … Resources This section provides links to key resources on infection prevention and patient and family

180. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Feeding Tubes (pdf file)
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     December 13, 2013 - – Stomal infection requiring antibiotics (45%). … Pain or discomfort at periostomal site ■ Incorrect insertion ■ Infection ■ Failure of fixation