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9741. In Pandemic’s Wake, We Must Recommit to Patient and Workforce Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/patient-workforce-safety.html
      March 01, 2023 - Healthcare-associated infections in hospitals, for example, were trending sharply downward in the years

9742. 5 Tk2 P3O-Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit Phase 3 Implementation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_3_Implementation.pdf
      May 01, 2014 - Health Care www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections … Presenters may include the nurse educator and/or the infection-control nurse to train the nursing staff

9743. In Conversation With… J. Bryan Sexton, PhD, MA | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-j-bryan-sexton-phd-ma
      February 26, 2025 - what we need to do is instead of focusing on readmission rates, instead of focusing on bloodstream infection … In the replication we showed it wasn't the 66% reduction of bloodstream infections, it was 81.5%, which … I got this project done and our bloodstream infection rates are down, they're at zero, they've been at

9744. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867497/psn-pdf
      February 26, 2025 - They frequently close the chest before the completion of counts because of infection concerns. … sharps or small miscellaneous items may embolize, migrate within tissues, lead to thrombosis, site infection

9745. Ensuring Patient and Workforce Safety Culture in Healthcare | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ensuring-patient-and-workforce-safety-culture-healthcare
      March 27, 2024 - shown to significantly improve a number of patient outcomes, including lower rates of surgical site infections … highly, employees’ perceptions of safety culture and psychological safety improve, such as a study of infection … ratings of leadership were also shown to be negatively correlated to burnout, such as in a study among infection

9746. Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Era (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/telehealth-covid-19-disposition-comments.pdf
      January 03, 2023 - mucus that clogs the lungs and other organ systems, which results in lung damage, life-threatening infections … an alternate venue for synchronous, comprehensive visits with all team members without additional infection … In response to the immediate concerns around COVID-19 infection at the beginning of the pandemic, the

9747. 170-Cusp-Science-Safety-Notes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/170-cusp-science-safety-notes.docx
      October 01, 2024 - Slide 3 Risks of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) SAY: The risk of healthcare-associated infections … One in 20 hospitalized patients will experience a healthcare-associated infection.

9748. Industrial and Systems Engineering and Health Care: Critical Areas of Research Workshop - Materials Management and Production Processes Group Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Materials%20Management%20and%20Production%20Processes%20Group%20Report.pdf
      June 16, 2021 - improvement in safety, outcomes, and system performance (IT and health care), and measures of reduced infections

9749. Implementation Outcomes of a Health IT Program For Vulnerable Diabetes Patients - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/implementation-outcomes-health-it-program-vulnerable-diabetes-patients/annual-summary/2011
      January 01, 2011 - Target Population: Acute Respiratory Infections, Adults, Chronic Care*, Diabetes, Elderly*, Low Literacy

9750. Let’s Talk About It: Preventing HIV with PrEP (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/hiv-prep-prevention-discussion-guide.pdf
      August 22, 2023 - • PrEP does not prevent other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), so people who take PrEP should

9751. Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module2-speaker-notes.html
      February 01, 2023 - the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

9752. An Evaluation of an Interactive Social Media Web site for Parents who are Concerned about Immunizing their Children - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-interactive-social-media-web-site-parents-who-are-concerned-about/annual-summary/2012
      January 01, 2012 - increase their children’s risk of pertussis (whooping cough), varicella (chicken pox), and measles infections

9753. EHC Research Protocol: Management of Colonic Diverticulitis (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/diverticulitis-research-protocol.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - events, side effects of interventions (any time frame) o Hospitalization comparison:  Hospital-based infections … Interventional radiology comparisons:  Adverse events related to procedures, including bleeding and catheter infections … Definition of Terms and Abbreviations C. diff Clostridioides difficile infection, a difficult-to-treat … bacterial infection that occurs in people on long-term (or repeated courses) of antibiotics. … Complicated diverticulitis a bout of diverticulitis with evidence of an abscess, other pericolonic infection

9754. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum Annual Meeting 2005 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/nishimi2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Some of the categories in the report were: Infection control Surgery Pneumonia Heart failure … Some of these studies examined anesthesia complications, infection rates, and turnaround time between … medical problems in chronic care; measures for specialty care; medication safety; healthcare-associated infections … The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has provided $25,000 for an … NQF project on infection control; additional discussions with other parties to fund the balance of the

9755. EHC Protocol: Recurrent Nephrolithiasis in Adults and Children: Comparative Effectiveness of Preventive Medical Strategies (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/kidney-stones-protocol.pdf
      September 24, 2024 - stones, urinary tract obstruction with acute renal impairment, end-stage renal disease, urinary tract infection … stones, urinary tract obstruction with acute renal impairment, end-stage renal disease, urinary tract infection … NRSIs, we will synthesize dichotomous outcomes (e.g., incident stones, urinary tract obstruction, infection … Incident symptomatic stones Complications related to stone events (e.g., urinary obstruction, infection … Incident symptomatic stones Complications related to stone events (e.g., urinary obstruction, infection

9756. PREGNANCY, INCLUDING PRETERM BIRTH #12 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/12_pregnancy_potential_high_impact_2012-12-11.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - Comments: Experts thought that human donor milk programs have potential to reduce rates of disease and infection … home. 5 Research indicates breast milk may reduce risk of necrotizing enterocolitis, urinary tract infections … Although experts agreed that providing human donor milk might result in reduced rates of disease and infection … patient health outcomes, pointing to its potential impact on reducing rates of asthma, diarrhea, ear infections

9757. Biosketches | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/ahrq-research-summit-diagnostic-safety-biosketches.html
      September 01, 2016 - She has led groundbreaking efforts to reduce bloodstream infections in intensive care units in Michigan … improvement projects in Spain, England, and Peru and to an AHRQ-funded initiative to reduce bloodstream infections … including patient engagement, response to adverse events, diagnostic error reduction, rapid response, and infection … chairs the measures and data sources sub-workgroup for the HHS Action Plan for Healthcare Associated Infection

9758. Back-Pain-Imaging Clinician (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/back-pain-imaging_clinician.pdf
      April 01, 2016 - patients with acute low back pain who have major risk factors for cancer, risk factors for spinal infection

9759. Men: Stay Healthy at Any Age (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/healthy-men/healthy-men.pdf
      March 01, 2014 - Get screened one time for HCV infection if: ■ You were born between 1945 and 1965.

9760. Women: Stay Healthy at 50 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/prevention/lifestyle/women-over-50.pdf
      March 01, 2014 - Get screened one time for HCV infection if: ■ You were born between 1945 and 1965.