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41. No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … for Specialty Audiences No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Decolonization Protocol No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … March 2016 Internet Citation: No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

42. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections … Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections … Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections … Clostridioides difficile Infections Sepsis Bacteremia Penicillin Allergies … Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

43. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … outcome measure to evaluate the effect of interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Engaging healthcare workers to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection and avert patient

44. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters. … Preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in the United States: a national study. … Urinary tract infection in male veterans: treatment patterns and outcomes. … Urinary Tract Infection (Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection [CAUTI] and Non-Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infection [UTI]) and Other Urinary System Infection [USI]) Events.

45. Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Patients With Medical Devices (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - the cost of the decolonization intervention and the expected cost savings associated with preventing infection … The ABATE Infection Trial1 showed that the use of decolonization in patients with select devices (central … MRSA and VRE clinical cultures are not estimated here since the costs saved depend on the type of infection … Difference (i.e., C-D=IS) aSince the cost of MRSA and VRE clinical cultures is dependent on the type of infection … cRepresents the 79 percent adherence in the ABATE Infection Trial that yielded the 32 percent reduction

46. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Pocket Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Protocol Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections … Pocket Guide PREVENT DEVICE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS: EVALUATE ALL DEVICES DAILY! … 2015 Internet Citation: Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections

47. Appendix A. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2018 - Surgical site infections after colorectal surgery: do risk factors vary depending on the type of infection … Infection 37 (2009): 455-460. Duke Infection Control Group. … G., Prevention of surgical site infections. … The effect of traffic patterns in the OR on surgical site infections. … Nosocomial infections after peripheral arterial bypass surgery.

48. AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2021 - Events AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that at least 2.8 million infections and 35,000 … The program also demonstrated a 19.5 percent reduction in C. difficile infections over the one-year … "Every infection prevented reduces the need for antibiotics, and using fewer antibiotics significantly … reduces the risk of resistant infections."  

49. ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - (EN) Resource: ePROTECT Respiratory Infections (EN) This course provides a general introduction … to Acute Respiratory Infections and basic hygiene measures to protect against infection. … , including what they are, how they are transmitted, how to assess the risk of infection and list basic … hygiene measures to protect against infection. … Source: WHO Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention, PPE Audience(s): Support staff, Nursing Assistants

50. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - It broadly categorizes SSIs into incisional and organ/space infections. … of the infections were caused by gram-positive organisms and 30% of the infections were caused by MRSA … Results Over 80 % of all nosocomial infections are urinary tract infection, surgical wound infection … Bloodstream infections, IVDI (intravascular device infection) or IVDI-related bloodstream infections, … also observed was a 3.5-fold increase in IVDI-related bloodstream infections and surgical site infections

51. Appendix A, Pt. 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Results 37 infections for 11,333 patients, leading to an SSI rate of 0.33%. … Infection control programs have been shown to reduce nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections by 32- … Infections resulted in <90° of motion in 18 of the 95 cases Once an infection is suspected, immediate … (5.6%)–3 (1.7%) superficial and 7 (3.9%) organ-space infections. … , and nosocomial infection.

52. It Takes a Team: Preventing Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - Infection Prevention Infographic AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide … Surgical site infections are infections that can occur after surgery in the part of the body where … Surgical site infections are one of the most common healthcare-associated infections, but most of them … are preventable.2 * Because ASCs do not yet report surgical site infection data, these statistics … Learn more about infection prevention at ambulatory surgical centers at www.ahrq.gov/haiambsurgery.

53. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections … ), Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has reduced the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections … This was the highest number since the hospital started tracking infection rates, according to Kelsey … "Our goal is zero [infections]," said Hebel. "This was kind of a first step. … (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Patient

54. ChristianaCare Used AHRQ Resources to Reduce Blood Infections, Expedite Stroke Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2020 - Patient infection rates dropped after ChristianaCare implemented CUSP strategies to promote improved … The number of central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) decreased … "The CUSP initiative gave each ICU 'ownership' of its infection rates. … directors to clinicians to others, such as the cleaning staff—that focused on ways to reduce bloodstream infection … Over time, the results have been very positive," said Marci Drees, M.D., M.S., ChristianaCare's chief infection

55. Overcoming Mindsets | 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 … Mindsets It can be difficult to address your staff’s underlying attitudes and beliefs about infection … Many teams struggle to believe that reducing the number of infections to zero is possible or to find … PDF, 304.5 KB) Audio interview with David Thompson – How To Address Attitudes and Beliefs Around Infection

56. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2020 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Guides Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation … Potential   ( Word , 284 KB) (Appendix A of Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Scan Policy ( Word , 277 KB) (Appendix C of Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

57. Impact | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - In total, an estimated 131 infections were prevented over the course of the study which translates to … study by Donovan et al. 3 , $16,800 in excess costs were attributed to NICU-associated bloodstream infection … As such, preventing 131 infections is equivalent to $2,201,776 in excess costs averted.  … Decreasing central line associated bloodstream infection in neonatal intensive care. … The investment case for preventing NICU-associated infections.

58. Readmissions for Selected Infections Due to Medical Care: Expanding the Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - /infection not present at admission). … Conclusions: The hospital-level estimate of cases of selected infection is an underestimate of infections … Infections due to intravascular devices can lead to local site infection, catheter-related blood stream … infection, septic thrombophlebitis, endocarditis, and other metastatic infections; they have been … .7, 8 Most bloodstream infections are related to a primary infection, the majority of which originate

59. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - The Problem Health care-associated infections are one of the most common complications of hospital … In 2011 there were an estimated 722,000 hospital-acquired infections, approximately 75,000 of which were … fatal. 1 Health care-associated infections cost U.S. hospitals an estimated $40 billion each year. … 2 Catheter-associated urinary tract infections are among the most common types of health care-associated … infections. 3 Research suggests CAUTIs are highly preventable and that perhaps as many as 50 to 70

60. Appendix 9: Back to Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2018 - Most of these infections are preventable, and you are part of the cure. … There is no single therapy that wipes out these infections. … This means expecting unit leaders to present both infection rates and weeks without an infection to senior … Infection preventionists work closely with unit-level teams to train, monitor, investigate infections … Infection preventionists post the quarterly rate of CLABSIs and the weeks without an infection in clinical