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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/transform-patient-safety-project-microsystem-approach-improving-outcomes-inpatient-units
February 10, 2012 - September 20, 2012
Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/does-leapfrog-program-help-identify-high-quality-hospitals
February 10, 2015 - August 2, 2015
Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/operating-night-does-not-increase-risk-intraoperative-adverse-events
July 01, 2017 - March 9, 2022
Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-medication-errors-transitions-care-patient-case-approach
October 17, 2012 - case-control study
March 11, 2020
COVID-19 increased the risk of ICU-acquired bloodstream infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fast-does-not-imply-flawed-analyzing-emergency-physician-productivity-and-medical-errors
January 25, 2023 - February 17, 2016
Hospital- and system-wide interventions for health care-associated infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-resident-burnout-and-safety-related-and-acceptability-related-quality
October 26, 2010 - May 15, 2024
Changes in prevalence of health care-associated infections in U.S. hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-safety-and-quality-care-enhanced-teamwork-through-operating-room-briefings
May 11, 2019 - Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-practice-patterns-resemble-acgme-duty-hours
November 15, 2018 - October 19, 2022
A 7-year analysis of attributable costs of healthcare-associated infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/image-gently-step-lightly-promoting-radiation-safety-pediatric-interventional-radiology
August 20, 2018 - December 4, 2013
Reducing central line–associated bloodstream infections in North Carolina
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevalence-inappropriate-antibiotic-prescriptions-among-us-ambulatory-care-visits-2010-2011
November 12, 2014 - Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing increases the risk of antibiotic-resistant infections and is a recognized
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-simulation-training-rates-medical-malpractice-claims-among-obstetrician
December 02, 2020 - Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the "Big Three": vascular events, infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/root-cause-analysis-reported-patient-falls-ors-veterans-health-administration
January 17, 2019 - March 13, 2019
Decreasing surgical site infections by developing a high reliability culture
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-pediatric-hospital-narrative-review
November 16, 2022 - September 15, 2021
Health care-associated infections among critically ill children in
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - default stop date of 2 weeks or 30 days, far longer than is necessary to treat the most common bacterial infections … Moment 1: Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … There was no clear evidence of infection, or any purulence that would suggest the need to cover for methicillin-resistant
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/castro-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - anecdotal reports that some organizations still
restricted travel to reduce the likelihood of individual infection … at a robust ~$40 million per year, a level
comparable to the highly successful Healthcare-Associated Infections … Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: The "Big Three" -
vascular events, infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/becoming-patient-safety-organization
July 01, 2011 - Common events (e.g., health care–associated infections, falls) may be so common that individual hospitals … 40% of those hospitals did the event reporting system receive any reports on health care-associated infections … , which meant that the patient safety team running the event reporting system wasn't talking to the infection … detailed information is standardized for the more common types of events, such as health care–associated infections … increasing requirement of CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system for health care-associated infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bad-behavior-healthcare-insidious-threat-patients-staff-and-organizations
October 16, 2019 - May 29, 2012
Reducing ambulatory central line-associated bloodstream infections: a family-centered
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-physician-sleep-and-wellness-burnout-and-clinically-significant-medical-errors
January 27, 2021 - Clinician distress and inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory tract infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-medication-prescribing-errors-critically-ill-children
March 28, 2012 - Burnout in the neonatal intensive care unit and its relation to healthcare-associated infections
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-considerations-intensity-modulated-radiation-therapy-astro-safety-white
October 30, 2024 - June 9, 2021
Changes in prevalence of health care-associated infections in U.S. hospitals