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161. Learn about CUSP | 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

162. Mourning the Loss of Deputy Director David Meyers, M.D. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Standardized Surveillance Definition May Help Reduce Infections From Home-Infusion Therapy . … Standardized Surveillance Definition May Help Reduce Infections From Home-Infusion Therapy An AHRQ-funded … study published in  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology  found that a home-infusion central line-associated … bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance definition is valid, feasible and acceptable. … Researchers sought to track infection reduction efforts in home infusion therapy as well as implement

163. Winners Selected in Challenge Competition To Create TeamSTEPPS Training Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Apply by Sept. 12: AHRQ Seeks Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division . … Apply by Sept. 12: AHRQ Seeks Director of Healthcare-Associated Infections Division AHRQ is seeking … applicants to serve as the director of its Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Division and senior … Compliance with central line maintenance bundle and infection rates . … Reevaluating the significance of infection preventionists and infection prevention and control departments

164. 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

165. Major Study Shows Significant Drop in In-Hospital Adverse Event Rates Pre-COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - included adverse medication events such as those associated with the use of insulin or anticoagulants, infections … such as central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … clinics decreased overall by nearly 48 percent, while antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infection … These modules illustrate how staff can protect themselves, other staff and residents from infection, … as well as strategies to prevent infection.

166. AHRQ Views: The End of the Public Health Emergency Refocuses the Urgency To Improve Healthcare Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2023 - May 23, 2023 AHRQ Stats: Americans Treated for Respiratory Infections The number of Americans treated … for acute bronchitis and upper respiratory infections decreased significantly from 33.2 million in 2016 … increases in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and central-line associated bloodstream infections

167. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 12, 2024 - Healthcare in the United States October 10, 2023 Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections … February 26, 2021 AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections

168. Supplemental Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … 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.

169. Methods of Instruction | 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

170. Technical Bundles Module | 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

171. Assemble the Team | 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

172. Background Quality Improvement Team Information Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

173. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

174. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2017 - 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. … included in the assessment of IVAC since they are not likely to be used to treat a lower respiratory infection

175. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff This guide is designed to provide long-term … care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. … All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Home—Events Related to Infections ​This document is a section of … high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections … helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention

176. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff This guide is designed to provide long-term … care staff with basic knowledge about facility infection prevention guidelines. … All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Home—Events Related to Infections ​This document is a section of … high-performing nursing homes and includes strategies and links to resources to prevent all types of infections … helps all long-term care staff prepare for and respond to COVID-19 by applying infection prevention

177. 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.

178. Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2020 - into the design of health care facilities can minimize such safety problems as health care-associated infections … The toolkit: Targets six areas of safety—infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries of … preparation rooms, where to place sinks, how to ensure separation of clean and soiled materials to reduce infection

179. Core CUSP Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2019 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

180. Module 1: Using the Comprehensive Long-Term Care Safety Modules: Applying Safety Principles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Supplement technical interventions to reduce healthcare-associated infections, including catheter-associated … urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). … Slide 4: Why Is Infection Prevention Important? … PLAY VIDEO: Video 2.1: Importance of Infection Prevention Slide 5: Is Your Facility Safe?