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41. Closing the Quality Gap Series: Prevention of Health Care–Associated Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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42. P A W S, Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See: Ear Infections: Are Antibiotics the Right Choice for You? (pdf file)
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    May 29, 2025 - P A W S, Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See: Ear Infections: Are Antibiotics the Right Choice … P A W S Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See Ear Infections Are Antibiotics the Right … You or your child has been diag- nosed with an ear infection. … Not all ear infections require imme- diate treatment with antibiotics. … A “wait and see” approach gives the body a chance to fight off infections on its own.

43. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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44. Disposition of Comments Report for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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    November 30, 2012 - Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. … rates for two infections each. … These infections cause serious, difficult to treat infections that are often related to substantial … since some infections occur in many settings. … difficile infection.

45. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2024 - - and device-related infections, including surgical site infections, catheter- associated urinary tract … infections, and central-line-associated bloodstream infections, as well as Clostridioides difficile … or colonization Infection for C diff, infection for MRSA, infection for VRE. … can reduce MDRO infections in certain populations Moderate Bundled infection prevention and control … Effectiveness of Infection Control Teams in Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Systematic

46. Research Protocol: Clostridium difficile Infection Update (pdf file)
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    December 23, 2014 - Unfortunately, protocols for targeted hospital acquired infections are not always congruent. … Available at: http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/asset s/File/c-diff-infections-nomination- 140925 … Renewed interest in a difficult disease: Clostridium difficile infections--epidemiology and current … Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Clostridium difficile infections. … Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals.

47. Version 2_Risk of Reinfection From SARS-CoV-2 -- An Update of an Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Implications for Immunity: A Living Rapid Review (pdf file)
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    December 31, 2022 - ; in vaccine studies, all incident infections are considered primary infections. … in the negative cohort), and rigor in assessing positivity of infection (whether asymptomatic infections … In the SIREN study, primary infection protected against both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections … percent for symptomatic infections versus 81.8 percent when asymptomatic infections were included.27 … in the negative cohort), and rigor in assessing positivity of infection (whether asymptomatic infections

48. Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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49. Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections (pdf file)
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    April 16, 2024 - Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections … : Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections … devices and items used only once are often promoted as a means to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections … Publication type English language For primary interest interventions (devices/items used to prevent infections … Title: Environmental, Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Hospital Resources to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Infections

50. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2023 - or events (VAP/VAE) o Surgical site infection (SSI) o COVID-19 infection o Tuberculosis infection … Identifying Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI) for NHSN Surveillance. January 2023. … Global Strategy on Infection Prevention and Control. … Clostridioides difficilea Infection. … Infections Due to Other Multidrug-Resistant Organisms.

51. Treating and Preventing C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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52. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    August 26, 2011 - The focus will first be on bloodstream infections and then on catheter-associated urinary tract infections …  For SSI: If the study reported infection rates, was surveillance for infections performed after … Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs). … terms Surgical wound infection[mh] OR surgical site infection*[tiab] OR postoperative infection*[ti … ] OR postsurgical infection*[ti] OR wound infection*[ti] OR sternal wound infection*[tiab] OR postoperative

53. Research Review Title: Infection Prevention and Control for the Emergency Medical Services and 911 Workforce (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2022 - The vast majority (29/30) of provider-level infections that occurred during the study period were deemed … and exposure investigation practices (Murphy et al, 2020) in preventing COVID-19 infections, in that … Additionally, the current messaging suggests the futility of PPE, yet only 3% of infections (one of … We also acknowledged that it was challenging to determine whether COVID-19 infections in EMS providers … also acknowledged that it was challenging to determine from the published studies whether COVID-19 infections

54. Topic 0614 Tonsillectomy NSD FINAL CC (pdf file)
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    October 23, 2014 - Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Infection … Summary Document Results of Topic Selection Process & Next Steps § Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Infection … , complications of infection, or complications of surgery Key Question #2: What is the comparative … Recurrent infections from Nominator: (how many)? SDB? 2. … stems from the varied measures for severity of infection.

55. Tonsillectomy for Obstructive Sleep-Disordered Breathing or Recurrent Throat Infection in Children (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - Effectiveness of Tonsillectomy for Recurrent Throat Infection Although studies assessed numbers of infections … infection confirmed. … proportion of infections in retrospective cohort and significantly more infections in nonsurgical … of reported infections, and few reported culture-confirmed bacterial infections. … Indeed the literature lacks a consistent, consensus definition of 25 infection; defining infection

56. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2024 - Interestingly, the risk of any S. aureus infection (including methicillin- sensitive infections) was … /prevention and control[majr] OR "healthcare acquired infection"[ti] OR "healthcare acquired infections … "[ti] OR "healthcare associated infection"[ti] OR "healthcare associated infections"[ti] OR "hospital … acquired infection"[ti] OR "hospital acquired infections"[ti] OR "hospital associated infection"[ti … "nosocomial infection"[ti] OR "nosocomial infections"[ti] OR "nosocomial outbreak"[ti] OR "nosocomial

57. Antibody Response Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Implications for Immunity: Final Update of a Rapid, Living Review (pdf file)
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    December 31, 2022 - wider availability of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) and antigen tests to diagnose recent infections … that protection against symptomatic reinfection may be slightly less for individuals whose initial infections … study relied on frequent symptom surveys rather than routine surveillance with a NAAT to detect new infections … Unvaccinated: 107 days (3.5 months) Unvaccinated: 164 days (5.5 days) Delta (99.93% of all infections … Emerging Microbes & Infections. 2022 2022/12/31;11(1):793-803. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2022.204644

58. Interventions to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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59. Topic 0589 Cleaning and Monitoring of HAIs NSD SJ Clean (pdf file)
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    March 11, 2013 - Surface Cleaning, Disinfection, and Monitoring of Cleaning to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections … The topic, Surface Cleaning, Disinfection, and Monitoring of Cleaning to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infections … • What methods of training, education and motivation (e.g. team building with Infection Control and … (HAIs) are the most common complication of hospital care, resulting in 1.7 million infections and 99,000 … More than two million people are sickened every year with antibiotic-resistant infections, with at least

60. Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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