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121. Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - into the design of health care facilities can minimize such safety problems as health care-associated infections … The toolkit: Targets six areas of safety—infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries of … preparation rooms, where to place sinks, how to ensure separation of clean and soiled materials to reduce infection

122. Instructional Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … PowerPoint , 3.13 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word , 6.21 MB) Engage Senior Executives in Surgical Site Infection … , 2 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word , 3.88 MB) Turn Data Into Action: Using HSOPS & Surgical Site Infection … Presentation ( PowerPoint , 4.34 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word ,4.1 MB) Build Your Surgical Site Infection … Presentation ( PowerPoint , 3,45 MB) Facilitator notes ( Word , 6.97 MB) Perform a Surgical Site Infection

123. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2021 - Four Moments Questions Moment 1: Does the resident have symptoms that suggest an infection? … Moment 1 occurs when a resident is assessed for a change in status and there is a concern for infection … Moment 2: What type of infection is it? … First , what type of infection does the resident have? … Make sure the type of infection being treated , such as urinary tract infection or bacterial pneumonia

124. AHRQ Views: The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency To Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2023 - May 23, 2023 AHRQ Stats: Americans Treated for Respiratory Infections The number of Americans treated … for acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections decreased significantly from 33.2 million in 2016 … increases in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and central-line associated bloodstream infections

125. AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2017 - Preventing central line-associated blood stream infections, the top-ranked mortality risk among all hospital-acquired … , or CUSP, at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, he nearly eliminated central line-associated blood stream infections … to more than 1,100 intensive care units nationwide and reduced central line-associated blood stream infection … AHRQ’s and other HHS investments have led to central line-associated blood stream infections declining … is receiving medical care) is now within striking distance for central line-associated blood stream infections

126. How to Use the CUSP Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … That project focused on reducing central line-associated blood stream infections, Because these webinars

127. Working Together to Tackle Our Most Pressing Safety Issues | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - diagnostic safety, I’m reminded of the progress we’ve made with our successful Healthcare-Associated Infections … is dedicated to understanding the problems that can harm patients, identifying what works to prevent infections

128. New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic Use at Long-term Care Facilities Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2022 - antibiotic medications to improve patient outcomes, reduce antibiotic resistance, and decrease the spread of infections … which are often ordered without clear indications and provide results that do not reliably indicate an infection … , M.D., M.S., who is a co-author of the study and a medical officer in AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections

129. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 - In 2008 the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) identified surgical site infections (a … hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, and certified nursing assistants from infection … related:  Anemia  Hypoproteinemia  Jaundice  Male gender  Overweight  Increasing age  Infection … Surgical Site Infection (SSI) http://www.cdc.gov/hai/ssi/ssi.html Policies/Protocols • World Health … Surgical Site Infection Toolkit http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/pdfs/toolkits/SSI_toolkit021710SIBT_revised.pdf

130. Notice of Funding Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Facilities (R18) PA-21-265 Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

131. Mourning the Loss of Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Standardized Surveillance Definition May Help Reduce Infections From Home-Infusion Therapy . … Standardized Surveillance Definition May Help Reduce Infections From Home-Infusion Therapy An AHRQ-funded … study published in  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology  found that a home-infusion central line-associated … bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance definition is valid, feasible and acceptable. … Researchers sought to track infection reduction efforts in home infusion therapy as well as implement

132. Winners Selected in Challenge Competition To Create TeamSTEPPS Training Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Apply by Sept. 12: AHRQ Seeks Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division . … Apply by Sept. 12: AHRQ Seeks Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division AHRQ is seeking … applicants to serve as the director of its Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Division and senior … Compliance with central line maintenance bundle and infection rates . … Reevaluating the significance of infection preventionists and infection prevention and control departments

133. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Protocol explains that universal decolonization is the most effective intervention to reduce MRSA infections … Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices This toolkit can help hospital infection … prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections … aims to help hospital intensive care units (ICUs) reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). 

134. Reducing Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

135. Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2017 - It uses criteria from the SBAR forms included in the Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit. … To use the tool, first select the type of suspected infection. … CHOOSE POTENTIAL INFECTION (CHOOSE ONE): Urinary Tract Infection 2    Skin and … Soft Tissue Infection 11    Lower Respiratory Tract Infection 15 … Deeper infections such as bursitis may present with similar signs/symptoms.

136. Appendix I. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Definition CAUTI Criteria Pocket Card | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … tool to help frontline and clinical long-term care staff identify catheter-associated urinary tract infections … References Adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI … Surveillance definitions of infections in long-term care facilities: Revisiting the McGeer criteria. … Slide 2: Pocket card side 1 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Criteria for defining CAUTI

137. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Clinics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2021 - Renal Disease Facilities Toolkit   helps end-stage renal disease clinics prevent healthcare-associated infections

138. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2019 - Four Moments Questions Moment 1: Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … decide on the appropriate empiric antibiotic treatment regimen based on what you think the source of infection … relevant patient factors such as severity of illness, immunocompromised status, history of drug-resistant infections … If there is no evidence of a bacterial infection, stop antibiotics. … improvement is observed and oral antibiotic therapy can be tolerated and is appropriate for the type of infection

139. Overview: Getting Patients Off the Ventilator Faster: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Evidence of infection or inflammation. Laboratory evidence of respiratory infection. … IVAC = Infection-related ventilator-associated complication. 8. … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infection in the ICU. … An intervention to decrease catheter- related bloodstream infection in the ICU.

140. AHRQ Views: Commemorating 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … AHRQ is funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and