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121. Decolonization – Universal and Targeted | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2023 - Tools Decolonization – Universal and Targeted Decolonization is an infection … It can keep them from developing an infection themselves or passing the germs on to others. … MRSA infections. … nursing homes, the 14 who used universal decolonization reduced resident transfers to a hospital for infection … REDUCE-MRSA Trial In a cluster-randomized trial comparing universal decolonization to two routine infection

122. CLABSI Investigation: Walk the Process (Slide Presentation) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Infection Rate Above Zero? Slide 4. Spike in Infections? Slide 5. Process Auditing Slide 6. … Infrequent Infections? Slide 15. Infrequent Infections Slide 16. Conclusion Slide 17. … Infection Rate Above Zero? Or Were you at zero and then had a spike in your infections? … Spike in Infections? … Infrequent Infections Consider each infection a defect worthy of analysis?

123. Glucose Control Factsheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Their surgical site infection (SSI) rate equaled that of known diabetic patients. 5 To be consistent … Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals. … Controlling blood glucose levels to reduce infection. Crit Care Nurs Q 2006 Apr-Jun;29(2):123-31. … Postoperative hyperglycemia and surgical site infection in general surgery patients. … Implementation of evidence-based practices for surgical site infection prophylaxis: Results of a pre-

124. Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections … The materials below address multiple types of respiratory tract infections, divided into those for which … There are also materials covering non–respiratory tract infections and assessment of allergies. … Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection … Abscesses Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections

125. A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Infections and Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care      Infections in Long-Term Care      Infection … The guide covers four key areas: An overview of infections and infection prevention in LTC facilities … Infections and Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care Infections in Long-Term Care Key Messages … Many infections can be prevented with basic infection prevention and control steps, such as hand hygiene … Streptococcus infection) Some viral infections (such as influenza) It is important to use droplet

126. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Department of Health and Human Services' National Initiative to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections … focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded a national effort to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections … per 1,000 line days to one of 1.133 infections, or a relative reduction of 41 percent.

127. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated there were 323,000 cases of invasive MRSA infection … annually based on 2017 data, and over 10,000 deaths. 1 Unfortunately, MRSA infections increased 13 … participants in this 3-year project will be compiled into a toolkit, allowing other providers to reduce MRSA infection

128. Improving Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - Grantee Profiles Improving Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections … Grantee Profile Improving Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections … attention to the vulnerability of nursing home residents to viral respiratory healthcare-associated infections … factors, including patient-to-staff ratio and shared living spaces, increase residents’ exposure to infection … “An opportunity to minimize respiratory infections and the negative outcomes, not just from the illness

129. 5 Tk2 P4O-Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit Phase4 Monitoring (doc file)
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     January 01, 2005 - Infections and antibiotic use generally are monitored through the nursing home’s infection-control log … Urinary tract infections and pneumonia are common nursing home infections, and they can be tracked readily … through the nursing home’s infection-control log. … The nursing home’s infection-control program likely tracks and reports on a monthly or quarterly basis … Antibiotic Use Tracking Sheet · Quality-Improvement Review Tool for Antibiotic Use in Urinary Tract Infection

130. Appendix A. Exclusion Criteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units Infections … Articles combining CLABSI cost estimates with other hospital-acquired infections were excluded. … Articles pertaining to bloodstream infections that were not hospital-acquired were excluded.

131. No More CAUTI – preventing catheter associated urinary tact infections
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     September 22, 2011 - No More CAUTI – preventing catheter associated urinary tact infections No More CAUTI – preventing catheter … associated urinary tract infections Elizabeth Mizerek, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, FN-CSA Assistant Professor … Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

132. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

133. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet Appendix 3. … You can eliminate infections, and any infection should be viewed as a defect. … Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … American Journal of Infection Control 1998;26:522-533. … Nosocomial bloodstream infections in the critically ill.

134. Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections … vancomycin-resistant enterococcus positive clinical cultures, and a 32 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections … in general medical and surgical units: the ABATE Infection Cluster Randomized Trial.

135. Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Adverse Drug Events -28% CAUTI* -5% CLABSI+ -6% Clostridioides difficile Infections -37% … Falls -5% Obstetric Adverse Events -3% Pressure Ulcers Surgical Site Infections Ventilator … embolisms -17% All Other HACs -14% Totals -13% *CAUTI - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … +CLABSI - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections **The percent change numbers are compared

136. Scientific Rationale (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - (CLABSI), catheter- associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), and surgical site infections (SSI), … For example, in non-ICU patients, the Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection (ABATE Infection) Trial … , bloodstream infections including central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), and SSIs … The ABATE Infection Trial The ABATE Infection Trial was a large-scale cluster randomized trial of 53 … Executive Summary of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Infection Society Surgical Site Infection

137. The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: ​Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: ​the Common Cold – Slides
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     September 01, 2022 - to communicate with patients the appropriate management of viral upper respiratory tract infections … 3 Approximately 500 million viral infections occur in the United States every year About 25% of … Associated With Antibiotics2,3 Adverse drug events Antibiotic-associated diarrhea4,5 Yeast infections … “Viral infections often last a week or so and almost always get better on their own. … Nearly half a million Americans suffered from Clostridium difficile infections in a single year.

138. Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Evaluating the device daily for necessity will reduce unnecessary use, thus reducing the infection risk … procedure will reduce the risk of introducing organisms to the PVC site, thus reducing the risk for infection … Another important component of PVC maintenance is ensuring that the site does not show signs of infection … The risk of CVC infection increases the longer the catheter is used. … The appropriate indications are based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Healthcare Infection

139. 6 Tk1 T1-Talking With Residents Checklist Version Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - • Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. …  How do people get bacterial infections? …  When are antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … • A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any party of the urinary system, including … Not all respiratory tract infections need to be treated with an antibiotic.

140. 6 Tk1 T1-Talking With Residents Checklist Version Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. … . · How do people get bacterial infections? … that needs to be treated. · When are antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any party of the urinary system, including … Not all respiratory tract infections need to be treated with an antibiotic.