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221. 5 Tk2 P4O-Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit Phase4 Monitoring (doc file)
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     January 01, 2005 - Infections and antibiotic use generally are monitored through the nursing home’s infection-control log … Urinary tract infections and pneumonia are common nursing home infections, and they can be tracked readily … through the nursing home’s infection-control log. … The nursing home’s infection-control program likely tracks and reports on a monthly or quarterly basis … Antibiotic Use Tracking Sheet · Quality-Improvement Review Tool for Antibiotic Use in Urinary Tract Infection

222. Team Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - 262 KB) Audio interview with Sam Watson – How To Create Team Buy-In and Motivation To Get to Zero Infections … interview with Anne Donovan – How To Increase Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections … minutes; Transcript , PDF, 263.4 KB) Video – Creating Team Buy-In To Work Toward Zero Preventable Infections … embed/y8M9jqLxMJ0 Video  – Increasing Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections

223. 009-Ss-Evidence-Decolonization-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - preoperative chlorhexidine (CHG) skin antisepsis or bathing, antimicrobial prophylaxis, and evidence-based infection … most costly healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … Slide 10 S. aureus Carriage and SSIs SAY: Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus confers an infection … risk, both in surgical site infections and in other types of infections. … S. aureus at hospital admission, with CHG use there was a 58 percent decrease in risk of S. aureus infection

224. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2014 - Effect of education and performance feedback on rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in U.S. hospitals … Reduction of urinary tract infection and antibiotic use after surgery: A controlled, prospective, before-after … VA healthcare-associated infections activities/initiatives. … VA healthcare-associated infections activities/initiatives.

225. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Effect of education and performance feedback on rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in U.S. hospitals … Reduction of urinary tract infection and antibiotic use after surgery: A controlled, prospective, before-after … infections—U.S. 2001, 2008, 2009. … VA healthcare-associated infections activities/initiatives.

226. AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections Issue Number 955 … Today’s Headlines: AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections . … tackle methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) where surgical site infections (SSI) are … Units Interested in Free CLABSI Prevention Program The AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection … intensive care units (ICUs) and non-ICU hospital units for its central line-associated bloodstream infection

227. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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     October 01, 2024 - The role of nasal carriage in Staphylococcus aureus infections. … Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infection. … Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. … Decolonization to reduce postdischarge infection risk among MRSA carriers. … Nursing home decolonization for infection and hospitalization prevention.

228. Antibiotic Side Effects (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - adverse reactions • Antibiotic use is the most important risk factor for developing multidrug-resistant infections … • Antibiotics can cause Clostridioides difficile infections Potential adverse reactions and drug-drug … Meta- analysis of antibiotics and the risk of community- associated Clostridium difficile infection. … Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotics: a meta-analysis. … Cumulative antibiotic exposures over time and the risk of Clostridium difficile infection.

229. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide (pdf file)
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     October 18, 2012 - Some facilities submitted infection rate data directly into this database, while others contributed … and those with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus bloodstream infection? … Published before 2002 Dixon RE, 1987 Costs of nosocomial infections and benefits of infection … Published before 2002 Haley RW, 1998 Cost-benefit analysis of infection control activities. … and infection control interventions: 1990–2000.

230. Opening Materials: Attribution, Objectives, Introduction, and Main Menu | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Slide 2 CAUTI: Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection Attribution Slide 3 Funded by … of nosocomial infections. … Avoiding unnecessary procedures will eliminate the risk of infection for those patients. … With decreased infection rates, costs for extended hospitalizations and additional treatments are also … Slide 7 Benefits of reducing inappropriate catheter placements: Reduced infection rates, costs

231. The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - Contact Precautions Hand Hygiene Promotion Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … patient or the patient care environment and transmit it to other patients, leading to colonization or infection … Prevent Device/Procedure Infections Medical devices and procedures are often necessary and lifesaving … , but they increase patients' risk of infection by MRSA and other HAIs. … Preventing device- and procedure-related infections is crucial to lower this risk and prevent MRSA.

232. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 12, 2025 - Tools to help surgical teams prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infections … Tools to help surgical teams prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infections … Drive Improvement WEBINARS | Hospitals Interested in Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … Improvement Making healthcare safer in all settings Healthcare-Associated Infections … funds research and provides tools to help healthcare teams understand and prevent healthcare-associated infections

233. Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Adverse Drug Events -28% CAUTI* -5% CLABSI+ -6% Clostridioides difficile Infections … 37% Falls -5% Obstetric Adverse Events -5% Pressure Ulcers 6% Surgical Site Infections … embolisms -17% All Other HACs -12% Totals -13% *CAUTI - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … +CLABSI - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections **The percent change numbers are compared to

234. Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2019 - Adverse Drug Events -28% CAUTI* -5% CLABSI+ -6% Clostridioides difficile Infections -37% … Falls -5% Obstetric Adverse Events -3% Pressure Ulcers Surgical Site Infections Ventilator … embolisms -17% All Other HACs -14% Totals -13% *CAUTI - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … +CLABSI - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections **The percent change numbers are compared

235. Appendix | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - above 5 >measures) 1,3 20,000 40.3 CAUTis MPSMS (2013) Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 290,000 8.8 CLABSis MPSMS (2013) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous … 400,000 290,000 110,000 28% $110,000,000 2,563 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … 530,000 40% 50% 20% 106,000 $1,000 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … .023 $106,000,000 2,470 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections .185 $170,000,000

236. 047-Evidence-Behind-Decolonization-Strategies-Notes (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - This includes targeted use of decolonization to prevent recurrent infections, avoid post-operative infections … or bloodstream infections. … Among those with serial, but unrelated, Staphylococcus aureus infections, the infections tend to be caused … alone reduces MRSA infection. … The mupirocin group also saw a reduction in MRSA infection.

237. Talking Points (Patients) on Nasal Mupirocin (doc file)
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     March 01, 2022 - purpose of mupirocin is to help get rid of bacteria in the nose such as MRSA, which can cause serious infections … such as pneumonia, blood infections, and skin infections. … The mupirocin nose ointment is given twice a day for 5 days to help protect you from infection. … Large clinical trials have found that mupirocin reduces infections in patients who have MRSA and who … Large clinical trials have found that mupirocin reduces infections in patients who have MRSA and also

238. Improving Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Improving Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections … attention to the vulnerability of nursing home residents to viral respiratory healthcare-associated infections … factors, including patient-to-staff ratio and shared living spaces, increase residents’ exposure to infection … “An opportunity to minimize respiratory infections and the negative outcomes, not just from the illness

239. Appendix T. Surgical Infection Society Abstract | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Infection Prevention Support Tool Appendix S. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U. … Introduction: Since 2007, the Colorado Hospital-Acquired Infections Disclosure Act has required hospitals … and ambulatory surgery centers to report selected surgical site infections (SSI) to the CDC's National

240. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Neonatal CLABSI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - units in nine States have participated in a national, neonatal central line-associated bloodstream infection … Healthcare Research and Quality-funded national effort to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections … Objectives Methods Data Collection and Analysis Results     Participation     Central Lines     Infections