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161. AHRQ Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - More >> Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home Susan … Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention Professor, Infectious Diseases, School of … Medicine University of California, Irvine Medical Center "Understanding how to prevent infections in … More >> Focusing on Patients to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections During Transitions to Home

162. Identifying Strategies to Improve Medication Safety at Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2022 - goal of that 4-year project was to understand and reduce risks of central line-associated bloodstream infections … video clips that demonstrated proper placement and how to avoid central line-associated bloodstream infections

163. Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Ask: Do you get data reports from your infection prevention department, through the NHSN portal, or … Did you reduce surgical site infections? … You can also share data about individual cases that represent the infections. … Each case should be investigated to determine potential sources of infection. … Make it clear that greater compliance leads to fewer infections.

164. The Role of the Nurse Manager | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

165. Safety is a Property of the System | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

166. Video: Postpartum Hemorrhage—Toolkit for Improving Perinatal Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

167. Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2016 - One example would be to inspect laboratory documentation of infections to search for missed line infections … (“selected infections due to medical care”). … Central line infections can be localized to skin and subcutaneous tissues (T80212A), bloodstream infection … PSI 07 Central Venous Catheter- Related Bloodstream Infections (CV-CRBI) X Bloodstream infections … Central line infections can be localized to skin and subcutaneous tissues (T80212A), bloodstream infection

168. Principles of Safe Design Apply to Technical and Teamwork | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

169. Supplemental Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Protocol Supplemental Tools Surgical Care Audit Tools Surgical Site Infection … Investigation Tool ( Word , 1.8 MB) This tool will help your safety program team understand lapses in infection … prevention processes that may have contributed to the surgical site infection case.

170. Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - following AHRQ Programs are based in CQuIPS: Patient Safety Research Program Healthcare-Associated Infections

171. Patient Safety and Quality Areas | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2018 - Our areas of research and tools cover: Healthcare Infections Team Training Falls Pressure Ulcers

172. CAUTI Sustainability: Embedding CAUTI Policies, Using Data to Monitor Progress and Hardwiring CUSP Principles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

173. Assessing the Impact of Value-Based Purchasing Programs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2022 - Her study looked at rates of change for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), central-line … bloodstream infections, (CLABSI) falls, and hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.

174. SNAC Member: Yanling Yu, Ph.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2021 - is an advocate for improving quality of care and patient safety prevention of healthcare-associated infections … Quality Forum Patient Safety Committee, and a member of the Washington State Healthcare-Associated Infection

175. CUSP Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2019 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

176. Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2018 - Renal Disease Facilities Toolkit  helps end-stage renal disease clinics prevent healthcare-associated infections … the principles and methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to prevent surgical site infections

177. AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

178. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Those categories are ventilator-associated conditions or VAC, infection-related ventilator-associated … The next tier is the infection/inflammation component. … Here, you will see generalized evidence of infection or inflammation which is considered the definition … just respiratory infections—included in this criteria.

179. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - Infection prevention strategies include general infection control practices, hand washing, and strategies … to prevent nosocomial infections.4 Screen patients for sepsis. … • Reduce nosocomial infections by implementing the following: o Oral care and proper positioning … • Ensure that nurses assess patients with a history suggestive of a new infection for sepsis at … Targeting health care-associated infections: evidence-based strategies.In: Hughes RG, ed.

180. Caregiver Innovations to Reduce Harm in Neonatal Intensive Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - Decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections. … improvements of UPEs, very low birth weight infant nutrition, and central line-associated blood stream infections