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81. Urinary Catheter Types and Care for Residents With Catheters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … 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.

82. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 ● HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT w … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 ● HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT … Upper respiratory infection (common cold). 5. … No. 14-0011-3-EF May 2014 HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT w

83. Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2016 - Sustain an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most commonly diagnosed infections in nursing homes. 2 … As such, the Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Situation, Background, Assessment, and Request ( … The handout Not All “Infections” Need Antibiotics (tool 3) also should be given to nurses. 1 American … Urinary tract infection (UTI) event for long-term care facilities. 2012 .  

84. 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 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … (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 … Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,317,211 32,750,000 40.220 Surgical Site Infection

85. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Why focus on neonatal blood stream infection (BSI)? … Implement Standard Infection Prevention Techniques To Prevent Neonatal Bloodstream Infections General … the incidence of neonatal bloodstream infections. … prevention techniques to prevent neonatal bloodstream infections • Implement general infection prevention … Infection control. Nosocomial bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.

86. The How-To’s of Hand Hygiene | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … urinary tract infections (CAUTI). … Slide 3: Health Care Workers' Hands Spread Infections 1 1-3 million serious infections estimated … Hand hygiene is one of most important ways to prevent the spread of infections. … A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014

87. Clinical Decision Support Found To Improve Use of Blood Clot Prevention Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … , logistics and technologies) can improve patient outcomes, reduce injuries and hospital-associated infections … 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

88. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - 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 … 25% 62,500 $17,000 .072 $1,062,500,000 4,525 Surgical Site Infections

89. 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).

90. 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?

91. AHRQ Tools Improve Care, Safety for St. Luke’s University Health Network Obstetric Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program ( CUSP ) and Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … Safety Culture Topic(s): Care Coordination, Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Outcomes, Patient Safety, Quality

92. Educational Bundles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2019 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … poster encourages all LTC facility staff to commit to basic infection prevention principles. … 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

93. New Toolkit Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - the number of people who filled prescriptions to treat acute bronchitis and other upper respiratory infections … COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Associated With Financial Distress . … Care and Recovery addresses common surgical complications such as surgical site and urinary tract infections … COVID-19 Infections and Hospitalizations Associated With Financial Distress An analysis of more than … with individuals whose data were measured after their COVID-19 infection.

94. AHRQ's 35th Anniversary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - Similarly, Michigan hospitals’ ICUs stopped central line-associated bloodstream infections for up to … Researchers found that 60 percent of the 80 ICUs evaluated went 1 year or more without an infection, … and the 28 Inpatient Quality Indicators. 2013 Patient safety programs reduce neonatal ICU infections … Central line-associated bloodstream infections in newborns were reduced by 58 percent in less than a … The Network is established to provide free training on evidence-based infection prevention practices

95. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2023 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections This tool, checklist, and

96. 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 .

97. 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 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … about 23 percent from pressure ulcers, and about 15 percent from catheter-associated urinary tract infections … variety of methods, tools, and resources to help hospitals and other providers prevent HACs, such as 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

98. 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

99. 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

100. 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