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101. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Resistance AHRQ is funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections … Prevalence of and spending on ear, nose, throat and respiratory infections among children with chronic

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

103. 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

104. 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

105. 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.

106. Multiple Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - : Ambulatory surgery centers Web: ahrq.gov/haiambsurgery Central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI) Web: ahrq.gov/CLABSItools Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)—hospitals … The toolkit addresses approaches to desgin tat target six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication

107. Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - 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.

108. 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 - 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

109. Clean Equipment and Environment Promotes Safe Resident Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section 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

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

111. Toolkit Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - 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

112. Assessing Progress on CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … regular check-ins using these three tools will help move your team’s central line-associated bloodstream infection … (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.

113. 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 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Long-Term Care Facilities helps long-term care (LTC) facilities reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … (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

114. 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

115. 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.

116. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 12, 2024 - Healthcare in the United States October 10, 2023 Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections … February 26, 2021 AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections

117. Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Events Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection … Today's Headlines: Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection . … Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection Nonadherence to the Society … isolation and test characteristics in children with tracheostomies with and without acute respiratory infection … The impact of surgical volume on hospital ranking using the standardized infection ratio.

118. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Topic Cleaning & Disinfection (17) Cohorting (8) Environmental Safety (13) Infection … care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. … All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Home—Events Related to Infections ​This document is a section of … high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections … helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention

119. Universal ICU Decolonization Protocol Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2013 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … decolonization strategy to reduce Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and bloodstream infections … This enhanced protocol provides a scientific foundation for hospital leaders of critical care and infection … hospital leaders in QI seeking a practical, evidence-based strategy to improve care, lower adult ICU infection

120. Community Health Workers (Promotores de Salud) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     cirugía de fractura de cadera (Recovering After Surgery for a Broken Hip (Hip Fracture)) (PDF, 6.8 MB) Infection … uso de antibióticos) Spanish-language resources for educating patients about healthcare-associated infections … Poster) (PDF, 224 KB) El resfriado común  (The Common Cold) (PDF, 224 KB) Infección de oído   (Ear Infection … Penicillin Allergy) (PDF, 217 KB) Neumonía  (Pneumonia) (PDF, 210 KB) Infección sinusal  (Sinus Infection … ) (PDF, 202 KB) Las infecciones de la piel y de los tejidos blandos  (Skin and Soft Tissue Infections