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March 01, 2023 - AHRQ Seeking Participants in Projects To Reduce Infections and Improve Cancer Diagnosis . … Applying Statistical Process Control Methods Can Detect Increases in Rates of Surgical Site Infections … When compared with traditional surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance approaches alone, applying … process control, in addition to traditional surveillance, was more effective at detecting surgical site infection … the statistical process control method to detect SSIs and best practice deficiencies within a large infection
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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
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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 … rectal
+Presence of fever, even if due to another cause, should still be counted as part of meeting an infection
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April 01, 2021 - Conduct surveillance of healthcare-acquired infections in real time. … Network analysis of intra-hospital transfers and hospital onset clostridium difficile infection . … Repurposing geographic information systems for routine hospital infection control . … Novel visualization of Clostridium difficile infections in intensive care units . … Network analysis of intra-hospital transfers and hospital onset clostridium difficile infection .
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January 01, 2016 - Blood Thinners
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Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
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Children/Adolescents … Patient Safety Culture
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Urinary Tract Infection … University of Louisville Hospital Influenced by AHRQ Toolkit to Detect Antibiotic-Resistant Infections … 2015-33 AHRQ Product(s): CRE Toolkit, Publications Topic(s): Patient Safety, Healthcare-Associated Infections
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Healthcare-Associated Infections … , 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
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Central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI)
Web: ahrq.gov/CLABSItools
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)—hospitals … The toolkit addresses approaches to desgin tat target six areas of safety: infections, falls, medication
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Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About Respiratory Tract Infections … Suspected Urinary Tract Infection SBAR Tool (PDF)
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December 01, 2022 - Module 1: Minimizing Infection Risk: Protect
The safety precautions that you take are just as important … This brief video will teach you about protecting yourself, other staff, and residents from infection … HD version ]
Module 2: Minimizing Infection Risk: Prevent
Vaccinations can prevent severe illness … , but we should not let down our guard when it comes to infection prevention. … help you understand why nursing homes must follow policies and procedures to prevent the spread of infections
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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.
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