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121. The "Never Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: the Common Cold   | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - The "Never Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: the Common Cold   … Explain why antibiotic therapy is not useful in the treatment of viral upper respiratory tract infections … Describe treatment options to manage the symptoms of viral upper respiratory infections. … strategies to communicate with patients the appropriate management of viral upper respiratory tract infections … The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: ​Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: the Common Cold – Slides

122. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - As a reminder, Moment 1 asks: Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … infections involving the groin or abdominal wall. … Patients with bacteremia, severe sepsis, deep soft tissue infection, bites, infection requiring debridement … , or diabetic foot infection were excluded. … cellulitis/erysipelas, major cutaneous abscess, or wound infection surrounded by erythema.

123. Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit … for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship Previous … Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through

124. Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit … for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship Previous … Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through

125. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Collaboratives Conclusion Appendix A: Interview Questions Health care-associated infections … Department of Health and Human Services' National Initiative to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections … focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded a national effort to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections … per 1,000 line days to one of 1.133 infections, or a relative reduction of 41 percent.

126. Decolonization – Universal and Targeted | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2023 - Decolonization – Universal and Targeted Decolonization is an infection prevention practice … It can keep them from developing an infection themselves or passing the germs on to others. … This practice has been shown to rid the body of germs and reduce infections overall, including hard-to-treat … MRSA infections. … prevention practices, universal decolonization was found to reduce all-cause bloodstream infections

127. APIC HAI Cost Calculator | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - APIC HAI Cost Calculator The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology … (APIC) healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) Calculator Tools help define the costs associated with … Utilize these tools to engage senior leaders or other staff in this work to reduce infections.

128. Tk2 T4 Common Suspected Infections Tools To Improve Communication And Decisionmaking (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decision Making for Four Infections Tool 4. … Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decision Making for Four Infections Tool 4. … In wound infections among soldiers in the Middle East, multidrugresistant Acinetobacter infections have … and ear infections and sinusitis in adults. … Slide 18 Twelve Common Situations and Infection Control Practices and the Pocket Card SAY: Slide

129. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - To date, 166 infections have been reported. … Most patients with a positive infection also had a secondary culture noted as being obtained at the time … The types of catheters in use among patients with infections can be found in Table 4 .  … Patients with PICC lines had the greatest number of infections overall (50.6 percent); however, as a … Eight infections had no catheter type noted.

130. Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - customizable, educational toolkit aims to help ICUs reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). … and these infections are largely preventable Source: HAI Data . … infections Source: Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) . … Infection. 2015 Feb;43(1):29-36. Epub 2014 Oct 21.

131. Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2012 - Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit … for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship Previous … Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through

132. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet Appendix 3. … You can eliminate infections, and any infection should be viewed as a defect. … Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … American Journal of Infection Control 1998;26:522-533. … Nosocomial bloodstream infections in the critically ill.

133. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

134. No More CAUTI – preventing catheter associated urinary tact infections
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     September 22, 2011 - No More CAUTI – preventing catheter associated urinary tact infections No More CAUTI – preventing catheter … associated urinary tract infections Elizabeth Mizerek, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, FN-CSA Assistant Professor … Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

135. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

136. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

137. Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections   The Toolkit for Reducing … Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) can help your unit implement evidence-based … Reports Alternate Format Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections

138. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Primary Neurologic Disorders (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - unique problems that higher acuity neurologic ICU patients may have with catheter utilization and infection … and the intensivists were not consistently provided access to individual catheter utilization and infection … infection rates. … American Journal Infection Control. 2020;48(11):1375-1380. PMID: 33097138. 7. … Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the neuroICU: identification of risk factors

139. Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2012 - Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit … for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship Previous … Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through

140. 035-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and surgical site infections … 60 percent of S. aureus infections in non-ICUs. … Slide 18 MRSA Colonization and Infection SAY: Although both colonization and infection involve the … transmission and prevent infections. … It is crucial to take steps to prevent MRSA infections.