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61. Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes … Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection … Nursing home staff should use best practices for infection prevention to help keep residents, staff, … Quick testing and responses to possible cases can mean the diff erence between infection spreading … For complete recommendations, please reference the latest CDC guidance (Interim Infection Prevention

62. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - infections. … , prosthetic valves) who have signs and symptoms of infection. … On the other hand, they can also cause true infection. … , prostatitis, or a biliary tract infection. … infections or prosthetic joint infection.

63. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Infection prevention strategies can only be sustained if they are embedded into the culture and norms … Guide Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … KB; Text Version ) The Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 161.2 KB; Text Version ) This tool guides facilities through an assessment of different areas of the infection

64. Toolkit Sections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … use the materials in each section in improvement efforts to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections … (CAUTI) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

65. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - guideline/protocol should include appropriate diagnostic criteria to determine if a patient has an infection … , influenza without pneumonia, and respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] infection, and acute bronchitis) … Respiratory tract infections addressed are divided into infections for which antibiotics are never indicated … (upper respiratory tract infections, influenza without pneumonia, RSV, and acute bronchitis), infections … tract infections, and assessment and management of antibiotic allergies.

66. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Guides Implementation: Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Sustainability: Guide to Sustaining a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff ( PDF , 2.97 MB) This guide provides

67. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2017 - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Infection of the blood stream that occurs … Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Infection that occurs prior to discharge and within 30 days following … ”[tiab] OR “bloodstream infections”[tiab] OR “blood stream infection”[tiab] OR “blood stream infections … infections”[tiab] OR “healthcare- associated infection”[tiab] OR “healthcare-associated infections”[ … tiab] OR “health care-associated infection”[tiab] OR “health care-associated infections”[tiab]) AND

68. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2017 - For example, no data on costs associated with infections were found, and such infections could be costly … differed in the conditions that were counted as maternal adverse events (all four studies included infection … deliveries), followed by eclampsia/hypertensive complications (48 to 63 per 100,000 deliveries), and infection … Only two studies were explicit about the types of infection included in their definition of SSI. … Finally, few studies used clinical definitions of C. difficile infection and instead relied on ICD-

69. Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2020 - Surgical site infections: 8% increase. Ventilator associated pneumonia: 13% decrease. … CAUTI - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. … CLABSI - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections.

70. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - aims to help hospital intensive care units (ICUs) reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). … current CLABSI and CAUTI prevention efforts, has resources to help ICUs overcome common challenges in infection-reduction … Safe Surgery This toolkit helps surgical units improve safety culture and reduce surgical site infections … These tools help implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections

71. Cellulitis-One-Page (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - Cellulitis and Soft Tissue Infections. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 6;168(3):ITC17-32. PMID: 29404597. … Staphylococcus aureus colonization in an area of endemic community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections … Tedizolid phosphate vs linezolid for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections: … Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

72. Using the Opportunity Estimator (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2013 - for my unit for this period was 1.9 infections per 1,000 central lines." … We've gone this many days without infection." … infections. … We have infections. We have a problem. We're in this project. … Jordan Duvall: That's interesting to hear about the infection preventionists.

73. How To Use This Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … use the materials in each section to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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.

77. 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.

78. Content Calls for the Nationwide Implementation of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) | 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 … That project focused on reducing central line-associated blood stream infections, Because these webinars

79. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2016 - one of the tools designed to help prescribing clinicians choose the right antibiotic for treating an infection … Resources Needed Identify Potential Problems Help Prescribing Clinicians Identify an Infection … Medium Monitor and Sustain Stewardship Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections … Minimum Criteria for Three Infections Concise Antibiogram    High    … X     X X   Minimum Criteria for Three Infections X

80. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Practices and Suggestions for Improvement PDI 12: Central Venous Catheter (CVC)-Related Bloodstream Infection …  Over a guide wire if the patient is suspected of having catheter-related infection. … Reducing PICU central line-associated bloodstream infections: 3-year results. … How-to Guide: Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection. … CDC/NHSN Surveillance Definitions for Specific Types of Infections.