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201. Module 1: PowerPoint Presentation
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview/overview.pptx
     May 01, 2017 - increase2 ASCs have an excellent safety record3 Surgical safety checklists can reduce accidents and infections … Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as part of the National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections … registered ASCs from 47 States and DC participated in 8 program cohorts Program Goals Reduce surgical infection … Escalation • Sentinel events • Problems raised in huddle Safety Work by Staff • Using surgical checklist • Infection

202. Children’s Hospital Uses AHRQ’s Pediatric QI Toolkit To Bring Physicians Together To Reduce CLABSIs (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/standalone_pdi_casestudy.pdf
     December 01, 2015 - which are all included in the QI Toolkit as well - to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … that works on patient safety and quality) Quality measure Central line-associated bloodstream infections … Methods Overview (Tool D.1) • Best Practices for Central Venous Catheter (CVC)-Related Bloodstream Infections … included representatives from hematology, oncology, stem cell transplant, pediatric intensive care, infection … to gaining physician support: Best Practices for Central Venous Catheter (CVC)-Related Bloodstream Infections

203. CUSP Onboarding Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/cusp-modules.html
     April 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … They are good first steps in the work to lower infections in your ICU as well as establishing key actions

204. Module 1: Using the Comprehensive Long-Term Care Safety Modules: Applying Safety Principles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module1/mod1-slides.html
     March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Supplement technical interventions to reduce healthcare-associated infections, including catheter-associated … urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). … Slide 4: Why Is Infection Prevention Important? … PLAY VIDEO: Video 2.1: Importance of Infection Prevention Slide 5: Is Your Facility Safe?

205. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A Profile | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Progra m (CUSP), a highly effective method of preventing healthcare-associated infections … nationwide projects that addressed various HAIs and produced CUSP toolkits to help clinicians prevent these infections … more 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, … greatest challenges, including: Reducing antibiotic overuse and eliminating health care-associated infections

206. Team-Antibiotic-Review-Form (doc file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/team-antibiotic-review-form.docx
     November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic: Indication: Moment ONE Question 3: Does the patient have a suspected or confirmed infection

207. Sexual Activity Status Among Adolescents (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/preventive/chipra-0087-fullreport.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - USPSTF, 2014: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling. … CDC, 2010: Chlamydial Infections: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines. … infection upon diagnosis. … Asymptomatic infection is common among both men and women. … Chlamydia infections. In: Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2010.

208. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
     February 01, 2017 - Preventive antibiotics reduce the risk of life-threatening infections for children with SCD in this … bacteria from the blood, leaving SCD patients, particularly young children, highly susceptible to infection … Children with SCD have rates of infection caused by bacterial pneumonia 30-100 times that of children … Given that the highest rate of infection occurs in children with SCD under the age of 3 years (Hirst … Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease.

209. Toolkit 3. The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit3-develop-implement-antibiogram-program.html
     November 01, 2016 - Sustain an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection … Word ) The Antibiogram Program: Quality Improvement Review Tool for Antibiotic Use in Urinary Tract Infection

210. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/index.html?page=7
     January 01, 2016 - Blood Thinners (6) Cancer (2) Care Coordination (18) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … (CAUTI) (2) Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) (4) Children/Adolescents … Patient Safety Culture (2) TeamSTEPPS (1) Telehealth (2) Tobacco Use (1) Urinary Tract Infection … University of Louisville Hospital Influenced by AHRQ Toolkit to Detect Antibiotic-Resistant Infections … 2015-33 AHRQ Product(s): CRE Toolkit, Publications Topic(s): Patient Safety, Healthcare-Associated Infections

211. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/cauti-hospitals/index.html
     March 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals The Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

212. Resources | 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 … Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections This tool, checklist, and

213. Supplemental Document 2 (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/supplemental-materials/supplementaldoc2.pdf
     September 01, 2014 - with the reliability and validity of the NHSN measure and problems with the health care–associated infection … Health care-associated infection reporting: the need for ongoing reliability and validity assessment. … When counting central line infections counts. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013;34(6):555-7. … Evaluating application of the National Healthcare Safety Network central line-associated bloodstream infection … practitioner; PCP = primary care practitioner; PPO = preferred provider organization; SIR = standardized infection

214. New AHRQ SOPS® Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set for Nursing Homes - Naomi Yount, PhD (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/nh-workplace-safety-yount.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings … 2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fhicpac%2Frecommen dations%2Fcore-practices.html Th is document describes a core set of infection … CDC Train Module 4 - Infection Surveillance https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1081802/ (requires

215. General Implementation Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/tools.html
     June 01, 2021 - evidence-based materials that may answer frequently asked questions beyond the scope of this program, such as infection

216. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Monitoring for Perinatal Safety: Under the Science of Safety
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand/understand-science-safety.pptx
     May 01, 2017 - contributes to their death3 Over half a million patients develop catheter-associated urinary tract infections … resulting in 13,000 deaths a year4 Nearly 100,000 patients die from health care-associated infections … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002.

217. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - Facilities Toolkit This toolkit helps dialysis center clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections … AHRQ toolkits build on the CUSP model to address problems such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators

218. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/tools/index.html
     December 01, 2015 - Facilities Toolkit This toolkit helps dialysis center clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections … AHRQ toolkits build on the CUSP model to address problems such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators

219. Workplace Safety Resource List (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/workplace-safety/workplace_safety_resource_list.pdf
     October 01, 2021 - Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus … Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-recommendations.html … This interim guidance provides recommendations on infection prevention and control (IPC) practices … pandemic and recommended IPC practices when caring for a patient with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection … Improving Patient and Worker Safety Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare

220. Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 1: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview-slides.html
     June 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … increase 2 ASCs have an excellent safety record 3 Surgical safety checklists can reduce accidents and infections … Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as part of the National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections … Program Goals Reduce surgical infection and complication rates.