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141. Winners Selected in Challenge Competition To Create TeamSTEPPS Training Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Apply by Sept. 12: AHRQ Seeks Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division . … Apply by Sept. 12: AHRQ Seeks Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division AHRQ is seeking … applicants to serve as the director of its Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Division and senior … Compliance with central line maintenance bundle and infection rates . … Reevaluating the significance of infection preventionists and infection prevention and control departments

142. C2 Prioritization Worksheet Example (pdf file)
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     June 05, 2016 - Mortality Rate 0.0 2.5 0 $ - N 8 10 9 Y Y Y Y Y NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … $ - N 5 5 5 Y Y Y Y Y PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection

143. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017 (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2020 - 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

144. Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery | 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 … improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections … by providing specific tools focused on the surgical setting to help hospitals reduce surgical site infections … hospitals, implementation of the project was associated with a significant reduction in surgical site infections

145. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (HAIs), especially catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), in the long-term care (LTC … Guide Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … provide evidence-based prevention practices and strategies to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection

146. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2016 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - -$128,210,000 -400 -400 C difficile Infection (CDI) -$133,200,000 -$162,430,000 -300 -400 Falls … 18) and Without Instrument Pressure Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers Surgical Site Infection … In the 2010-2014 method, Clostridium difficile Infection data were included in “All Other HACs” rather … Data for the six Patient Safety Indicators and the Surgical Site Infection data from CDC are also wholly … Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 0643,23 21.62 708,301 23.81 704,906 23.69 Surgical Site Infection

147. APIC HAI Cost Calculator | 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 … Protocol APIC HAI Cost Calculator The Association for Professionals in Infection … Control and Epidemiology (APIC) healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) Calculator Tools help define … Utilize these tools to engage senior leaders or other staff in this work to reduce infections.

148. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     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

149. Implementation Guide | 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 … 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

150. 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

151. 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.

152. CHIPRA 194: Section 1, Tables 6-10 (pdf file)
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     April 17, 2019 - CHIPRA 194: Section 1, Tables 6-10 Table 6 [=IMG4]: ICD-9-CM Codes to Identify Infection General … bifida with hydrocephalus 741.0 Mechanical complication of CNS device, implant, graft 996.2 Infection

153. 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

154. Health Literacy and Patient and Family Engagement: Strategic Tools to Prevent CAUTI | 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 … 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

155. 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

156. Final Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
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     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

157. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
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     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

158. 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

159. 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

160. C1 Prioritization Worksheet (xls file)
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     July 01, 2016 - Pressure Ulcer   PSI 06 Iatrogenic Pneumothorax PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections … 01 Neonatal Iatrogenic Pneumothorax NQI 02 Neonatal Mortality Rate NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection