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401. Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 2: Daily Huddles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/huddles-slides.html
     June 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

402. Management Practices for Sustainability Module 5: Visual Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual-slides.html
     June 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

403. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare July 2020 Meeting Summary (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-072320.pdf
     November 06, 2020 - COVID-19 diagnostics are used, in addition to clinical management, for case identification and infection

404. Appendix K. Quality Improvement Study Framework - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/study.html
     May 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

405. Healthcare Acquired Conditions (HAC) Annual Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2019 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections

406. AHRQ Views Blog: A Milestone Investment in Training for Learning Health Systems Scientists | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/897.html
     January 01, 2024 - An important element of this work is research on the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections … one percent increase in efficacy between 10 percent and 50 percent could avert an additional 395,000 infections

407. Search Evidence-Based Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - Briefs Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Report Status: Final Sexually Transmitted Infections … Reviews Affiliation: Duke University Report Status: Final Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection

408. New Data Resources Provide Insights Into Patient Safety Risks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2023 - Prevent Antibiotic Resistance Using antibiotics excessively and unsafely increases antibiotic-resistant infections

409. Understand the Science of Safety for Perinatal Safety (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/understand/understand-facilitator-guide.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - Care Science of Safety 2 • Over half a million patients develop catheter-associated urinary tract infections … • Nearly 100,000 patients die from healthcare-associated infections each year, and the cost of these … infections is $28 to $33 billion per year.

410. AHRQ Views Blog Post: With TeamSTEPPS 3.0, AHRQ Refreshes a Landmark Patient Safety Training Curriculum | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2023 - safety efforts, including initiatives aimed at preventing diagnostic errors, healthcare-associated infections … Current vacancies include: Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division , Center for Quality

411. Study Finds Significant Racial Disparities in Pediatric Mental Health Rehospitalizations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2021 - interviews, staff and patients expressed ongoing confusion regarding their roles, challenges identifying infections … Home care nurses' identification of patients at risk of infection and their risk mitigation strategies

412. Hospital Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - These skin lesions bring pain, associated risk for serious infection, and increased health care utilization … Staphylococcus aureus) found that universal decolonization was the most effective intervention to reduce MRSA infections

413. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4u_combo_pdi09-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
     May 17, 2016 - physicians and other providers, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists from infection … conditions that can contribute to respiratory failure9: o Appropriate antibiotic use for respiratory infections

414. Background and Overview: Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Slide Presentation (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/ascwebinar/battlesslides.pdf
     July 18, 2015 - implement a surgical safety checklist-centered quality improvement intervention to reduce surgical site infections

415. Clinical Practice Guidelines Archive | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Early HIV Infection Notice on HIV Guideline Products 8.

416. Timely Antibiotics for Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock (pdf file)
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-fullreport.pdf
     April 02, 2018 - Sepsis is a potentially catastrophic condition that can escalate from infection to organ failure and … In serious infections, prompt administration of antimicrobial therapy following presentation is understood … Children with infections often display the inflammatory triad of fever, tachycardia, and vasodilation … Other clinical signs of septic shock in children with a suspected infection include (1) hypothermia … Group B streptococci, Escherichia coli, Listeria, and herpes simplex virus commonly cause neonatal infections

417. Management Practices for Sustainability Module 4: Observation and Integration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation-slides.html
     June 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

418. Visual Management Board Component Kit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual-comp-kit.html
     June 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

419. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - clinics decreased overall by nearly 48 percent, while antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infection

420. AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting: An Opportunity to Connect, Engage, and Inspire | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - One final thought: even though it appears that COVID-19 infection rates are on the rise again, at this