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9821. 115-How-To-Randomly-Order-High-Touch (doc file)
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      April 01, 2025 - How To Randomly Order Lists of Rooms (Preoperative, Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, and Operating Room) and High-Touch Surfaces Surgical Services Read the Evaluating Environmental Cleaning document before you proceed with your randomization process. A systematic way to pick rooms for fluorescent gel placement is important, …

9822. Co-occurrence of Physical Health Conditions and Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions Among Adult Inpatient Stays, 2010 Versus 2014 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb240-Co-occurring-Physical-Mental-Substance-Conditions-Hospital-Stays.pdf
      February 01, 2018 - Pneumonia (N=794,200) Coronary atherosclerosis (N=397,700) Acute myocardial infarction (N=608,700) Skin infections … 900,000) Intestinal obstruction without hernia (N=329,700) Septicemia (N=1,491,100) Urinary tract infections … among stays for biliary tract disease (39.1 percent), osteoarthritis (40.6 percent), and urinary tract infections … ■ Over 10 percent of stays with a principal diagnosis of gastrointestinal hemorrhage, skin infections … co-occurring alcohol/substance-related condition were gastrointestinal hemorrhage (14.5 percent), skin infections

9823. Help People Use Health Care Quality Information To Make Decisions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2018 - For some people, avoiding surgical complications such as infections may be extremely critical, whereas

9824. Preventing-Cauti-Icu-Setting-Module 2-Speaker-Notes (doc file)
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      September 01, 2015 - the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

9825. Module 3: Conversations Around Device Necessity Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2023 - the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

9826. Microsoft Word - hcup_sb66_pdf_text_v2 _2_.doc (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - conditions such as bacterial pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), urinary tract infection … 7 2.8 21,135 10 2.6 9 Acute cerebrovascular disease 129,111 9 2.7 25,084 7 3.1 10 Urinary tract infections … 5.58 Bacterial pneumonia 210,728 4.33 31,951 3.92 COPD 104,254 2.14 16,664 2.04 Urinary tract infection

9827. Statistical Brief #46: Hospitalizations for Epilepsy and Convulsions, 2005 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb46.pdf
      January 16, 2008 - occur as a result of high fever (especially among young children), subdural hematoma, stroke, CNS infection … convulsions, other top 10 principal diagnoses included alcohol-related mental disorders, urinary tract infections … Urinary tract infections 2.1% 8. Sepsis 1.1% 8. Fluid and electrolyte disorders 2.1% 9.

9828. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2007 - abdominal pain and fever of unknown origin) while one was surprisingly negative (other lower respiratory infection … following: fever of unknown origin, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, other lower respiratory infections … abdominal pain and fever of unknown origin) while one was surprisingly negative (other lower respiratory infection

9829. Falling Through the Crack (in the Bedrails) | PSNet
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      February 19, 2020 - was found to have ascites on examination, and the team decided to perform paracentesis to rule out infection … Unlike other adverse events in the acute care setting (e.g., line infections) that are prevented by implementing … Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.

9830. Meeting Minutes, July 2016 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2016 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released final recommendations for screening for syphilis infection … The AHRQ-supported Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program has been used to reduce urinary tract infections … in hospitals, with infections in departments outside of the intensive care unit being reduced by 32

9831. In Conversation with Chalapathy Venkatesan and Kathy Helak about Application of Safety-II Principles | PSNet
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      August 28, 2024 - For example, if we had gone almost three years without a patient suffering a surgical site infection … We noticed that with hospital-acquired infection, it took some time for us to get to the point where … we would not do an ACA for every single central-line acquired bloodstream infection (CLABSI) patient

9832. Risk Management and Patient Safety | PSNet
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      December 01, 2010 - about the hospitals that you've worked with now, 10 or 15 years ago, the risk manager or maybe the infection … In some organizations, risk management is expanding to encompass compliance, infection control, and more … We work at reducing our infection rates so you don't have to worry."

9833. Low Tidal Volume Ventilation: Introduction, Evidence, and Implementation: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - One parameter involved mechanically ventilated patients who developed a pulmonary infection. … every 26 patients that receive a low tidal volume strategy, you will prevent 1 associated pulmonary infection … concerning ICU patients show statistically significant improvements in lung injury, mortality, and pulmonary infection

9834. In Conversation With... Pascale Carayon, PhD and Nicole Werner, PhD | PSNet
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      November 16, 2022 - What are you doing with infection prevention? … We’ve also done a lot of work in infection prevention. … adults come to the emergency department from a skilled nursing facility with a suspected urinary tract infection

9835. Application of Safety-II Principles | PSNet
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      August 28, 2024 - For example, if we had gone almost three years without a patient suffering a surgical site infection … We noticed that with hospital-acquired infection, it took some time for us to get to the point where … we would not do an ACA for every single central-line acquired bloodstream infection (CLABSI) patient

9836. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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      January 01, 2017 - One parameter involved mechanically ventilated patients who developed a pulmonary infection. … every 26 patients that receive a low tidal volume strategy, you will prevent 1 associated pulmonary infection … concerning ICU patients show statistically significant improvements in lung injury, mortality, and pulmonary infection

9837. Meaningful Measurement in Patient and Family Engagement | PSNet
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      March 10, 2021 - information about my fall risk or I can work with my healthcare team to ensure that my visitors follow infection … Maybe they’ve seen an issue in their infection control procedures. … So, if we reduced infection rates by 20% without engagement, did we reduce it by 60% when we had engagement

9838. A Study of Adverse Occurrences and Major Functional Impairment Following Surgery (pdf file)
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      March 15, 2004 - repair, displacement/migration/ breakage of implant, thrombosis requiring repair, postoperative wound infection … procedure; among these, for example, were aspiration pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction, wound infection … unrelated to cardiac procedure 78 5.1 Loss or Impairment of bodily function 54 3.5 Post-op wound infection

9839. Complicating Conditions Associated With Childbirth, by Delivery Method and Payer, 2011 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb173-Childbirth-Delivery-Complications.pdf
      April 01, 2014 - Placenta previa without hemorrhage Anemia Cervical incompetence Poor fetal growth Pre-eclampsia Infection … 11.0 14.2 11.3 13.5 Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.9 Infection … unspecified rupture of membranes 658.3 delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes 658.4 infection

9840. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Breastfeeding: Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      October 15, 2008 - reduction in the risk for acute otitis media, nonspecific gastroenteritis, severe lower respiratory tract infections … intervention group (a modeled BFHI) had a significant reduction in the risk for 1 or more gastrointestinal infections … 0.95]) compared with those in the control group but had no significant reduction in respiratory tract infections … in the control group and showed a significant reduction in the risk for 1 or more gastrointestinal infections … a reduced risk for nonspecific gastrointestinal infection.