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81. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 20, 2016 - (BSIs) Why Focus on Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)? … • Starting in 2015, the central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection PSI will be one of …  Inspect central line site daily for signs of infection. …  Over a guide wire if the patient is suspected of having catheter-related infection. … How-to guide: prevent central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI).

82. Methods To Estimate the Baseline 2010 PFP National Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - (physician diagnosed) CLABSI MPSMS Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters … PSI Accidental Puncture or Laceration (PSI 15) Acronyms: Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection … The national number of selected surgical site infections computed in a special calculation for the PFP … 401,139 32,750,000 12.249 CLABSI MPSMS Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous … Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,317,211 32,750,000 40.220 Surgical Site Infection

83. 6 Tk1 T3-Resident Information Sheet Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Final (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - Antibiotics are drugs that kill bacteria that cause infections. … Sometimes, the antibiotics usually used to treat infections are no longer effective against the bacteria … stay colonized with it—meaning, it continues to live on or in them, often without causing any more infections … of bacteria helps you and your health care providers take special precautions to help prevent any infections … How Are Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Different From an Infection?

84. CUSP Onboarding Modules | 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 … They are good first steps in the work to lower infections in your ICU as well as establishing key actions

85. Urinary Catheter Types and Care for Residents With Catheters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Engineering out the risk of infection with urinary catheters . … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. October 2015. … Infection Prevention: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection. 2016. … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. October 2015. … Infection Prevention: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection. 2016.

86. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | 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 … about 28 percent from pressure ulcers, and about 16 percent from catheter-associated urinary tract infections … of above 5 measures) 1,360,000 41.4 CAUTIs MPSMS (2014) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 250,000 7.6 CLABSIs MPSMS (2014) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters

87. About CUSP: A Doctor's Perspective | 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 … A doctor's perspective on the CUSP program's success in reducing infections.

88. About CUSP: Overview | 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 … An overview of the CUSP program's success in reducing infections.

89. Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis To Prevent HIV Infection: Findings of a Systematic Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - Data Visualizations Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis To Prevent HIV Infection … and individual study estimates of trials of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in people without HIV infection … The outcomes shown are HIV infection, mortality, and various other harms. … Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection: A Systematic Review for the U.S. … October 2023 Internet Citation: Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis To Prevent HIV Infection

90. Implementing 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) in the hospital setting, and introduces … new, tiered interventional approach designed to help overcome challenges with persistently elevated infection … This guide identifies groups of resources to utilize throughout your journey to lower infections in your

91. Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2019 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … staff with basic knowledge about LTC facility infection prevention guidelines. … Hand Hygiene Hand hygiene is one of the most effective skills staff can perform to prevent infections … Outlines how the environment and equipment in a facility can be a source of potential bacterial and viral infections

92. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2023 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - in a number of timely areas, including improving diagnostic safety, reducing healthcare-associated infections … Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Healthcare Associated Infections and Combating Antibiotic … safety-related funding opportunities: Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ's proven  tools  and resources  for improving diagnostic safety, preventing healthcare-associated infections

93. The Culture of Culturing—The Importance of Knowing When To Order Urine Cultures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2017 - Explain why unnecessary urine cultures can lead to increases in catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Guidelines for the Prevention of … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009 . … Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Guidelines for the Prevention of … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009 .

94. Antibiotic-Time-Out-Tool (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - pneumonia ☐ Ventilator-associated pneumonia ☐ Clostridioides difficile infection ☐ Biliary tract infection … ☐ Diverticulitis ☐ Intra-abdominal infection ☐ Urinary tract infection (UTI) ☐ Osteoarticular infection … with ciprofloxacin 400/500 mg twice-daily for 10 days for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections … Once daily, extended release ciprofloxacin for complicated urinary tract infections and acute uncomplicated … Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

95. 2017Qdr-Patsafchartbook (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2018 - Regional Variation in Standardized Infection Ratios for Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … Regional Variation in Standardized Infection Ratios for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Regional Variation in Standardized Infection Ratios for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … in Standardized Infection Ratios for Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Critical Care … difficile Infection Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Hospitals

96. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2017 - Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care … (CAUTIs) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … Infection Prevention Failures in infection control was the most common type of deficiency cited in LTC … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Urinary tract infections in Long-term-care facilities.

97. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2013 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Staphylococcus aureus ) found that universal decolonization was the most effective intervention to reduce MRSA infections

98. National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Health Care Safer | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2016 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … about 23 percent from pressure ulcers, and about 15 percent from catheter-associated urinary tract infections … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data for surgical site infections (SSIs) are also … 270,000 8.2 CLABSIs MPSMS (2015) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters

99. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - 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 … Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections … (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Patient Experience, Patient

100. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A Profile | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Progra m (CUSP), a highly effective method of preventing healthcare-associated infections … nationwide projects that addressed various HAIs and produced CUSP toolkits to help clinicians prevent these infections … more 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, … greatest challenges, including: Reducing antibiotic overuse and eliminating health care-associated infections