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201. Implementation-Guide-Appendix-I (doc file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-i.docx
     August 07, 2015 - indwelling urinary catheter is indicated, the following interventions should be in place to help prevent infection

202. Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/index.html
     June 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent complications such as surgical site infections … , venous thromboembolism, and urinary tract infection, and improve perioperative safety culture.

203. Protecting the Most Vulnerable Through Partnership: Helping Nursing Homes Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/protecting-most-vulnerable.html
     March 01, 2021 - Recognizing AHRQ’s leadership in patient safety and infection control, as well as our experience helping … provides free training and mentorship to help nursing homes increase the implementation of evidence-based infection

204. What Is Patient Safety Culture? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - scores had: Fewer hospital-acquired pressure ulcers and patient falls. 1 Lower surgical site infection … Nursing Home Five-Star Quality ratings. 5 Lower risks of resident falls, long-stay urinary tract infections … Association of safety culture with surgical site infection outcomes.

205. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/monitoring-fac-guide.html
     February 01, 2017 - Those categories are ventilator-associated conditions or VAC, infection-related ventilator-associated … The next tier is the infection/inflammation component. … Here, you will see generalized evidence of infection or inflammation which is considered the definition … just respiratory infections—included in this criteria. … included in the assessment of IVAC since they are not likely to be used to treat a lower respiratory infection

206. Implementing a Staff Vaccination Program in Your Nursing Home (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/implement-staff-vaccination-program.pdf
     March 01, 2022 - Nursing home staff should continue maintaining infection control and prevention best practices even … • Interim Guidance for Managing Healthcare Personnel with SARS-CoV-2 Infection or Exposure to SARS-CoV … -2 (CDC) Information and guidance on work restrictions for healthcare personnel with COVID-19 infection

207. AHRQ Quality Indicators Fact Sheet (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a1a_pdi_pdifactsheet.pdf
     October 01, 2015 - Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate 0.18 NQI 02 Neonatal Mortality Rate 2.25 NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate 1.12 PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection

208. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-p.pptx
     January 01, 2015 - Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide Appendix P Association for Professionals in Infection … Guide to Hand Hygiene Programs for Infection Prevention. 2015.

209. Fact Sheet on Pediatric Quality Indicators (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a1c_combo_pdifactsheet.pdf
     October 01, 2015 - Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate 0.18 NQI 02 Neonatal Mortality Rate 2.25 NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate 1.12 PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection

210. Eliminating CAUTI: A National Patient Safety Imperative (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cauti-interim.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - : Roadmap to Elimination focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … : Roadmap to Elimination focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … Translating health care–associated urinary tract infection prevention research into practice via the … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: denominator matters. … Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the United States: A national comparative

211. Tips for Implementing Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/tips.html
     March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … the team can work together to improve resident safety and reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections … (CAUTIs) and other healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs).

212. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … about 28 percent from pressure ulcers, and about 16 percent from catheter-associated urinary tract infections … of above 5 measures) 1,360,000 41.4 CAUTIs MPSMS (2014) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 250,000 7.6 CLABSIs MPSMS (2014) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters

213. National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Health Care Safer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2016 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … about 23 percent from pressure ulcers, and about 15 percent from catheter-associated urinary tract infections … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data for surgical site infections (SSIs) are also … 270,000 8.2 CLABSIs MPSMS (2015) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters

214. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A Profile (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/profile/ahrq-profile16.pdf
     May 01, 2016 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), a highly effective method of preventing healthcare-associated infections … projects that addressed various HAIs and produced CUSP toolkits to help clinicians prevent these infections … than 1,000 U.S. intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections … ICUs that used CUSP methods and tools were able to reduce these bloodstream infections by 41 percent … system’s greatest challenges, including: – Reducing antibiotic overuse and health care- associated infections

215. High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … specific practices and "success factors" for reducing and eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections … " titled "Extending the Search for High-Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) in Healthcare-Associated Infection … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) initiative, designed to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections

216. AHRQ's 35th Anniversary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Similarly, Michigan hospitals’ ICUs stopped central line-associated bloodstream infections for up to … Researchers found that 60 percent of the 80 ICUs evaluated went 1 year or more without an infection, … and the 28 Inpatient Quality Indicators. 2013 Patient safety programs reduce neonatal ICU infections … Central line-associated bloodstream infections in newborns were reduced by 58 percent in less than a … The Network is established to provide free training on evidence-based infection prevention practices

217. Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - included adverse medication events such as those associated with the use of insulin or anticoagulants, infections … such as central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … AHRQ’s patient safety efforts , including its Healthcare-Associated Infections Program and implementation … CDC) work addressing gaps in the public health system and investments in data systems and sharing, infection

218. 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Prevent central line-associated blood stream infections. … Be vigilant preventing central line-associated blood stream infections by taking five steps every time … Taking these steps consistently reduced this type of deadly health care-associated infection to zero … Reduce infections by offering singlebed rooms, improving air filtration systems, and providing multiple … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

219. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … 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 … MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,320,000 40.41 1,300,000 39.43 Surgical Site Infection

220. Collection of Microbiological Cultures (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiological-cultures.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - suspected—not for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, or upper respiratory tract infections … administration NOTE: A positive specimen does not necessarily mean that the organism is causing an infection