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261. Community-, healthcare-, and hospital-acquired severe sepsis hospitalizations in the University HealthSystem Consortium. | PSNet
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     October 10, 2012 - severe sepsis as patients hospitalized with severe sepsis with an infection present at admission, where … They separately considered hospital-acquired sepsis cases in which the patients did not have an infection … This adds to the evidence that health care–associated infections cause significant harm and costs to … September 10, 2013 Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care–Associated Infection Worldwide … 20, 2011 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract infection

262. "Canary measures" among the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators. | PSNet
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     November 27, 2012 - The PSI "selected infections due to medical care" (a measure of health care–associated infections ) … January 27, 2021 Referrals of infection control breaches to public health authorities … July 1, 2020 Health care-associated infections among critically ill children in the US … December 21, 2014 Culture change in infection control: applying psychological principles … August 12, 2009 Healthcare-Associated Infections.

263. National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Patient Safety Measures: A Consensus Report. | PSNet
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     January 11, 2013 - bloodstream infections ) and radiation exposure from diagnostic imaging—were endorsed after a rigorous … November 9, 2011 Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State … Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections. … October 15, 2008 Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: Leadership Needed from … HHS to Prioritize Prevention Practices and Improve Data on these Infections.

264. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - - blood-culture The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in changes to infection prevention and control practices … study, the authors found that blood culture contamination and central line-associated blood stream infection … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-sars-cov-2-hospital-acquired-infection-rates-united-states-predictions-and-early … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perioperative-covid-19-defense-evidence-based-approach-optimization-infection-control-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections

265. Environmental Safety in the OR | PSNet
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     May 19, 2015 - Infection control programs perform surveillance to benchmark infection rates against past rates at a … infection control team. … National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System. … Hospital-onset infections: a patient safety issue. … Postoperative Serratia marcescens wound infections traced to an out-of-hospital source.

266. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     August 16, 2023 - Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care units: a multisource study examining nurses … Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care units: a multisource study examining nurses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-associated-infections-adult-intensive-care-units-multisource-study … This study assessed if healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) could be associated with nurses' safety … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burnout-neonatal-intensive-care-unit-and-its-relation-healthcare-associated-infections

267. Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs. | PSNet
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     August 20, 2018 - Health care–associated infections (HAIs) are a known contributor to preventable patient harm. … The report discusses specific infections, including clostridium difficile and methicillin-resistant staphylococcus … aureus, as well as common conditions, such as central line-associated blood stream infections and … catheter-associated urinary tract infections . … A recent AHRQ WebM&M perspective reviews how infection prevention fits into a safety program.

268. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     August 10, 2022 - Decreasing misdiagnoses of urinary tract infections in a pediatric emergency department. … Decreasing misdiagnoses of urinary tract infections in a pediatric emergency department. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decreasing-misdiagnoses-urinary-tract-infections-pediatric-emergency- department … This study assessed the rate of misdiagnosed pediatric urinary tract infections (UTI) and associated … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-resistant-infection-treatment-costs-have-doubled-2002-now-exceeding

269. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 13, 2023 - Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections and mortality during unique COVID-19 epidemic waves. … Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections and mortality during unique COVID-19 epidemic waves. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nosocomial-sars-cov-2-infections-and-mortality-during-unique-covid-19- … Nosocomial infection rates were low across both time frames, but 30- day mortality was higher (compared … to patients without infection) in the first timeframe when immunity was low.

270. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 02, 2019 - Time-series analysis of health care–associated infections in a new hospital with all private rooms. … examined the effect of a move into a new hospital with entirely private rooms on health care–associated infection … rates of colonization with several types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria decreased, the effect on infection … rates was mixed (in particular, Clostridium difficile infection rates did not change). … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-hospital-acquired-clostridium-difficile-infection-hospital-mortality

271. A hybrid methodology for modeling risk of adverse events in complex health-care settings. | PSNet
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     November 11, 2015 - to detect safety hazards , to characterize the risk of pressure ulcers and catheter-associated infections … April 5, 2023 Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2021: an analysis of … January 25, 2017 Drug shortage-associated increase in catheter-related blood stream infection … April 15, 2016 An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection

272. Improving patient safety in intensive care units in Michigan. | PSNet
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     February 17, 2011 - remarkable successes achieved by this project include near-elimination of catheter-related bloodstream infections … Resources From the Same Author(s) An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections … February 17, 2011 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in … January 20, 2010 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide … Cancer July 31, 2023 Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections

273. The wisdom and justice of not paying for "preventable complications." | PSNet
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     January 22, 2014 - Only foreign objects retained after surgery and catheter-related blood stream infections serve as … May 11, 2011 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan … May 25, 2011 An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the … February 17, 2011 Sustaining reductions in central line-associated bloodstream infections … November 30, 2016 Drug shortage-associated increase in catheter-related blood stream infection

274. National Healthcare Safety Network. | PSNet
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     April 06, 2022 - Health care–associated infection are a persistent patient safety problem. … This website provides resources related to a national health care–associated infection and blood safety … October 25, 2017 Healthcare–Associated Infections (HAI). … October 25, 2017 Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations … September 7, 2016 Healthcare–Associated Infections (HAI).

275. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 27, 2022 - Making health care safer: stopping C. difficile infections. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-health-care-safer-stopping-c-difficile-infections This newsletter … infographics describes strategies to help patients and health care providers prevent health care–associated infections … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-health-care-safer-stopping-c-difficile-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /issue/preventing-hospital-acquired-infections-national-survey-practices-reported-us-hospitals-2005

276. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 20, 2022 - Hospital acquired infections in surgical patients: impact of COVID-19-related infection prevention measures … Hospital acquired infections in surgical patients: impact of COVID-19- related infection prevention … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-acquired-infections-surgical-patients-impact-covid-19-related-infection … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-acquired-infections-surgical-patients-impact-covid-19-related-infection-prevention … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-acquired-infections-surgical-patients-impact-covid-19-related-infection-prevention

277. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 21, 2023 - What US hospitals are doing to prevent common device- associated infections during the coronavirus disease … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-us-hospitals-are-doing-prevent-common-device-associated-infections- … during-coronavirus The COVID-19 pandemic challenged infection prevention and control practices. … Findings from this survey of infection prevention professionals from acute care hospitals in the United … triage-system https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perioperative-covid-19-defense-evidence-based-approach-optimization-infection-control-and

278. Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections. | PSNet
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     November 21, 2017 - Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections … Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections … infection prevention measures. … approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings. … October 1, 2014 Back to basics: preventing surgical site infections.

279. Two-state collaborative study of a multifaceted intervention to decrease ventilator-associated events. | PSNet
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     January 15, 2014 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections … evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections … August 25, 2010 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide: … March 21, 2012 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan … Executive/senior leader checklist to improve culture and reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections

280. Explaining Michigan: developing an ex post theory of a quality improvement program. | PSNet
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     April 04, 2011 - Resources Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring … November 7, 2018 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in … December 29, 2014 Reducing the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection