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181. Best Practice Summaries | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - These resources are designed to help nursing homes consider best practices on topics such as infection … Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes Best Practices … Promoting Emotional Well-Being in Nursing Home Residents   Best Practices Guide for COVID-19 Infection … Control and Prevention in Nursing Homes (PDF, 1 MB) This resource addresses infection control and … nursing home staff can help residents and their families balance the need for social involvement with infection

182. Module 2: Urinary Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

183. Engage the Senior Executive | 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 … Accessible Version ) CEO and Senior Leader Checklist [ - 196.91 KB] ( Accessible Version ) Infection

184. Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and Overuse of Antibiotics | 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 … module and tools that summarize why more urine cultures lead to more catheter-associated urinary tract infection

185. Methods To Deploy Training | 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 … These materials can be used to supplement your infection prevention orientation curriculum.

186. About the Toolkit Development | 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 … Medical Instruments Association for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Association for Professionals in Infection

187. About the Toolkit Development | 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

188. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - (55) Colonoscopy (37) Communication (383) Community-Acquired Infections (59) Community-Based … Characterizing infection prevention programs and urinary tract infection prevention practices in nursing … Keywords: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Nursing Homes, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … (CAUTI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Prevention Jardon C , Choi KR COVID- … Keywords: Surgery, Antibiotics, Medication, Prevention, Obesity, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs

189. Notice of Funding Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Care Facilities (R18) PA-21-265 Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

190. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - (55) Colonoscopy (37) Communication (381) Community-Acquired Infections (59) Community-Based … Characterizing infection prevention programs and urinary tract infection prevention practices in nursing … Keywords: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Nursing Homes, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … (CAUTI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Prevention Jardon C , Choi KR COVID- … Keywords: Surgery, Antibiotics, Medication, Prevention, Obesity, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs

191. Ventilator-Associated Events and Outcome Measures Module | 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 … KB) This data collection tool collects the incidences of VAEs, ventilator-associated conditions, infection-related

192. Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

193. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections

194. AHRQ Views: Commemorating 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … 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

195. AHRQ Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - More >> Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home Susan … Medical Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention Professor, Infectious Diseases, School of … Medicine University of California, Irvine Medical Center "Understanding how to prevent infections in … More >> Focusing on Patients to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections During Transitions to Home

196. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - above 5 measures) 1,594,000 48.67 1,372,000 41.91 CAUTI MPSMS Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 370,000 11.30 350,000 10.58 CLABSI MPSMS Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous … Pressure Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,320,000 40.41 1,300,000 39.43 Surgical Site Infection

197. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Caregiving (223) Care Management (225) Case Study (101) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection … Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) (217) Uninsured (80) Urban Health (92) Urinary Tract Infection … early pandemic) using interrupted time series models on 11.8 million deliveries, stratified by COVID-19 infection … study described a 28-year-old woman presented to a community health clinic for sexually transmitted infection … Keywords: Nursing Homes, Antibiotics, Medication, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Watnick S ,

198. Working Together to Tackle Our Most Pressing Safety Issues | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2021 - diagnostic safety, I’m reminded of the progress we’ve made with our successful Healthcare-Associated Infections … is dedicated to understanding the problems that can harm patients, identifying what works to prevent infections

199. New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic Use at Long-term Care Facilities Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2022 - antibiotic medications to improve patient outcomes, reduce antibiotic resistance, and decrease the spread of infections … which are often ordered without clear indications and provide results that do not reliably indicate an infection … , M.D., M.S., who is a co-author of the study and a medical officer in AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections

200. AHRQ Releases Annual Update on U.S. Healthcare Quality, Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2022 - stewardship programs and evaluate long-term impacts of antibiotic practice in patients with suspected infection … Of 364,506 emergency department admissions, about 44 percent had suspected infection and about 56 percent … Deaths were higher among those with sepsis compared with those with suspected infection (8.4 percent … and sepsis populations, over the course of hospitalization and across infection sources. … spending after durable left ventricular device implant: A mediation analysis of health care-associated infections