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261. Environmental Safety in the OR | PSNet
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     May 19, 2015 - Infection control programs perform surveillance to benchmark infection rates against past rates at a … infection control team. … National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. … Hospital-onset infections: a patient safety issue. … Postoperative Serratia marcescens wound infections traced to an out-of-hospital source.

262. Hospital infections hard to gauge. | PSNet
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     July 20, 2011 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Hospital infections hard to gauge. … piece details efforts to collect, analyze, and utilize state-wide reports on health care–associated infections … May 8, 2019 Avoidable sepsis infections send thousands of seniors to gruesome deaths. … 29, 2012 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract infection

263. Appendix A, Pt. 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Results 37 infections for 11,333 patients, leading to an SSI rate of 0.33%. … Infection control programs have been shown to reduce nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections by 32- … Infections resulted in <90° of motion in 18 of the 95 cases Once an infection is suspected, immediate … (5.6%)–3 (1.7%) superficial and 7 (3.9%) organ-space infections. … , and nosocomial infection.

264. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 15, 2007 - (CDC), and an estimated 2 million new cases go unreported each year. 1 , 2 Although 75% of genital infections … Sexually transmitted infections increase both the infectivity of persons with HIV infection and the susceptibility … Screening tests to detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections—2002. … The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents. … Prevalence of chlamydial and gonococcal infections among young adults in the United States.

265. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Explained (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Explained Moment 1 occurs when a resident is assessed for a change in status and there is a concern for infection … First, what type of infection does the resident have? … Make sure the type of infection being treated, such as urinary tract infection or bacterial pneumonia … Does the resident have symptoms that suggest an infection? … 1 2 What type of infection is it?

266. Exhibit 12. Data for Algorithm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U. … deep surgical site infection integer [0,1] 0 if routine surveillance found no infection; 1 for +

267. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Clinical Summary of … (including those at high risk who were vaccinated before being screened for HBV infection). … Recommendation Screen persons at high risk for HBV infection. … at high risk for infection has moderate net benefit. … in pregnant women and screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adults.

268. Table 14A: Outcome Indicators by County Supply of Health Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - 3,102 3,139 3,351 3,000 3,160 3,074 Infection Due to Device or Implant 768 749 … 3,555 3,596 3,814 3,449 3,621 3,522 Infection Due to Device or Implant 758 709 … 1,820 1,762 1,993 1,711 1,861 1,748 Infection Due to Device or Implant 798 871 … 1,509 1,351 1,457 1,450 1,513 1,403 Infection Due to Device or Implant 329 282 … 2,585 2,737 2,722 2,575 2,820 2,489 Infection Due to Device or Implant 728 801

269. How Does Infection Prevention Fit Into a Safety Program? | PSNet
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     March 01, 2014 - More recently, the cost of these infections was estimated to be up to 10 billion dollars annually.( 2 … Healthcare-Associated Infections in Hospitals. … Healthcare-Associated Infections in Hospitals. … National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care–Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination. … But not for people coming in with viral upper respiratory tract infections.

270. Archived: Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 08, 2004 - against routine screening for HCV infection in adults at high risk for infection. … 20 to 30 years after infection. … infection; and presence of comorbid conditions, such as alcohol misuse, HIV infection, or other chronic … The risk of transfusion-transmitted viral infections. The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study. … Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users during an outbreak of HIV infection

271. Cholecystitis and Cholangitis (doc file)
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     November 01, 2019 - the initial imaging modality of choice Treatment · Nonseverely ill patients with community-acquired infections … biliary pathogens and do not require empiric coverage in nonseverely ill patients with community-acquired infections … · Patients with severe infection, hospital-acquired infection, or prior extensive biliary tract manipulation … The Surgical Infection Society revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection. … Trial of short-course antimicrobial therapy for intraabdominal infection.

272. Otitis Media With Effusion: Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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273. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Email Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Syphilis Infection … Routine serologic testing for syphilis is recommended for persons at increased risk for infection, … reported no cases of primary or secondary syphilis in the most recent year. 1 The incidence of reported infections … conditions (e.g., collagen vascular diseases, injection drug use, advanced malignancy, pregnancy) or infections … Specific syphilis serological tests may become negative in HIV infection.

274. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 2001 - is effective for reducing the incidence of new infections in women. … There are estimated to be 3 million new infections each year. … Chlamydial infection increases the risk of acquiring HIV infection. … Screening for chlamydial infections. … Recommendations for prevention and management of Chlamydia trachomatis infections.

275. Archived: Genital Herpes Infection: Serologic Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 20, 2016 - Unlike other infections for which screening is recommended, HSV infection may not have a long asymptomatic … Since HSV-1 can cause both oral and genital herpes infections, and oral herpes infection is very common … Genital HSV infections. http://www.cdc.gov/std/tg2015/herpes.htm . 2015. … Genital herpes infections. In: Zenilman JM, Shahmahnesh M, eds. … Sexually Transmitted Infections: Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment .

276. Importance of Mupirocin Administration (doc file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) lives in the nose and can spread to other areas of the body to cause infection … carriers by history, screening tests, or clinical cultures reduces MRSA clinical cultures and prevents infection … · Therefore, we use mupirocin ointment to prevent MRSA transmission and infection in our hospital … Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) lives in the nose and can spread to other areas of the body to cause infection … · Therefore, we use mupirocin ointment to prevent MRSA transmission and infection in our hospital

277. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Long-Term Care Facilities in the Context of COVID-19 ​This infection prevention and control course for … Module 1 Infection Prevention and Control Program—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … infection prevention and control program at your facility. … Module 12A—Preventing Respiratory Infection—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This … module discusses strategies to diagnose, prevent, and control serious lower respiratory tract infections

278. Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - Since the ABATE Infection Trial found that decolonization impacted bloodstream infection rates, as well … As a reminder, the ABATE Infection Trial showed a 32 percent reduction in bloodstream infections among … o Infection prevention program: The hospital infection prevention and control program may be one of … Attributable cost and length of stay for central-line- associated bloodstream infections. … Mupirocin ointment for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections in nasal carriers.

279. Table 16A: Outcome Indicators by County Socioeconomic Status | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - 2,870 3,876 3,210 2,985 3,413 3,041 Infection Due to Device or Implant 741 828 … 3,295 4,391 3,667 3,439 3,833 3,501 Infection Due to Device or Implant 725 791 … 1,686 2,206 1,932 1,618 2,034 1,751 Infection Due to Device or Implant 785 945 … 1,363 1,806 1,720 1,247 1,490 1,445 Infection Due to Device or Implant 305 342 … 2,454 3,263 2,717 2,537 2,658 2,627 Infection Due to Device or Implant 729 827

280. Health Care–Associated Infections. | PSNet
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     December 24, 2008 - Government Resource Health Care–Associated Infections. … Citation Text: Health Care–Associated Infections. … and consumers, this Web site features information, tools, and resources on health care–associated infections … Cite Citation Citation Text: Health Care–Associated Infections