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101. AHRQ Views Blog: Seizing the Opportunity To Improve Healthcare for All | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - Study Identifies Barriers to Surveillance of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Home Healthcare … All are at high risk for developing infections.  … The study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control , identified eight major steps in … facilitators, strategies and suggestions for improving CLABSI surveillance to better track and monitor infection … Readmission rates in stroke patients with and without infections: incidence and risk factors.

102. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (CAUTI) and improve practices to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … The toolkit includes instructional materials and resources in infection prevention best practices (e.g … ., foundational infection prevention strategies, CAUTI prevention, antibiotic stewardship), resident

103. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections This tool, checklist, and

104. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A Profile (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), a highly effective method of preventing healthcare-associated infections … projects that addressed various HAIs and produced CUSP toolkits to help clinicians prevent these infections … than 1,000 U.S. intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections … ICUs that used CUSP methods and tools were able to reduce these bloodstream infections by 41 percent … system’s greatest challenges, including: – Reducing antibiotic overuse and health care- associated infections

105. URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy (doc file)
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     April 24, 2015 - 40 percent of hospital infections. … patient with an indwelling catheter should be monitored for signs of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009. … Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters. … Preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in the United States: a national study.

106. Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent complications such as surgical site infections … , venous thromboembolism, and urinary tract infection, and improve perioperative safety culture.

107. Register Now: August 22 Webinar by National Action Alliance Will Address Engaging Boards and Executive Leadership in Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant-Associated Infections Have Negative Impacts on Quality of Life … Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant-Associated Infections Have Negative Impacts on Quality of Life … A new AHRQ-funded study found that infections associated with left ventricular assist device (LVAD … percent) patients had multiple infections. … Researchers found that each additional infection was associated with an incremental negative effect on

108. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … in residents, leading to CAUTIs and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … in residents, leading to CAUTIs and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … Serratia marcescens nosocomial infections of the urinary tract associated with urine measuring containers … Serratia marcescens nosocomial infections of the urinary tract associated with urine measuring containers

109. AHRQ's 35th Anniversary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Similarly, Michigan hospitals’ ICUs stopped central line-associated bloodstream infections for up to … Researchers found that 60 percent of the 80 ICUs evaluated went 1 year or more without an infection, … and the 28 Inpatient Quality Indicators. 2013 Patient safety programs reduce neonatal ICU infections … Central line-associated bloodstream infections in newborns were reduced by 58 percent in less than a … The Network is established to provide free training on evidence-based infection prevention practices

110. Aurora Health Care Embraces AHRQ’s CUSP Method to Protect Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - hospitals operated by Aurora Health Care in eastern Wisconsin reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections … "Keeping patients safe by preventing healthcare-associated infections is part of our patient safety program … CUSP concepts to other safety concerns, such as the reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections … The tools have focused on four patient goals: improving the culture of safety; medication safety; infection … Surveys on Patient Safety Culture Topic(s): Patient Safety, Healthcare-Associated Infections

111. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - Facilities Toolkit This toolkit helps dialysis center clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections … AHRQ toolkits build on the CUSP model to address problems such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators

112. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - Facilities Toolkit This toolkit helps dialysis center clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections … AHRQ toolkits build on the CUSP model to address problems such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators

113. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - Facilities Toolkit This toolkit helps dialysis center clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections … AHRQ toolkits build on the CUSP model to address problems such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators

114. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … measures) 1,594,000 48.67 1,372,000 41.91 CAUTI MPSMS Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 370,000 11.30 350,000 10.58 CLABSI MPSMS Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central … MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,320,000 40.41 1,300,000 39.43 Surgical Site Infection

115. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - Facilities Toolkit This toolkit helps dialysis center clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections … AHRQ toolkits build on the CUSP model to address problems such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators

116. Assessing Progress on CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention work forward. … ICU Assessment The ICU assessment helps teams find an area to focus their infection prevention efforts … This will help define the specific areas the team wants to work on to reduce infections.

117. Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - included adverse medication events such as those associated with the use of insulin or anticoagulants, infections … such as central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … AHRQ’s patient safety efforts , including its Healthcare-Associated Infections Program and implementation … CDC) work addressing gaps in the public health system and investments in data systems and sharing, infection

118. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2016 - Blood Thinners (6) Cancer (2) Care Coordination (18) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … (CAUTI) (2) Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) (4) Children/Adolescents … Patient Safety Culture (2) TeamSTEPPS (1) Telehealth (2) Tobacco Use (1) Urinary Tract Infection … (HAIs), Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Geographic Location: South Carolina Country: United States of … CAUTI Toolkit, Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Topic(s): Patient Safety, Urinary Tract Infection

119. Patient and Family Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Project: Preventing CAUTI in Long-Term Care Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections

120. Toolkit Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a proven method for preventing harms—including healthcare-associated infections—that