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2441. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum National Annual Policy Conference 2007 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/feeney-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Kuhn noted was CMS’s decision to stop paying for hospital-acquired infections. … The study found that 87 percent of the surveyed hospitals did not follow guidelines for infection prevention … MRSA infection has had rapidly increasing prominence in the U.S. healthcare system since 2000. … Data Program Director: Merilyn Francis, RN, MPP Brief Description: Healthcare-associated infections … Experts generally believe that at least 20-30% of such infections are preventable.

2442. Meeting Minutes, November 2016 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … and an R01 grant for Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections. … cancer, screening for lipid disorders in children and adolescents, screening for latent tuberculosis infection … Topics addressed in draft recommendations were screening for genital herpes infection, screening for

2443. Final Progress Report: Evaluating treatment options and patterns of care in early pregnancy failure (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/dalton-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - In this study, there were no transfusions and a low rate of infection (3%). … Surgical complications after suction D&Cs include incomplete evacuation (2-3%) and infection (0-10%) … These criteria included bleeding, infection, suspected ectopic pregnancy, significant cardiopulmonary … Complications included infection, retained products of conception/hematometria, hemorrhage (<500 cc) … Complications considered in this study include infection, retained products of conception, hemorrhage

2444. Surgical Skin Preparation Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2024 - Introduction Problem Statement Surgical skin preparation is an important strategy to prevent surgical site infection

2445. HHS Awards $45 Million in Grants to Expand Access to Care for People with Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2023 - commonly described as signs, symptoms, and conditions that continue or develop after an initial COVID-19 infection

2446. Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      July 01, 2025 - Hospital-Acquired Infection. Medication. Pressure Injury. Surgery/Anesthesia.

2447. Meeting Minutes, July 2020 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      November 01, 2020 - disease transmission by redesigning workflow and processes, conducting environmental cleaning, improving infection-control … It will develop and disseminate tools and training for infection prevention and control in nursing homes … Its efforts have contributed to reductions in healthcare-associated infections during the past decade … One example is dealing with infections in long-term care facilities. … The agency also could study the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on clinicians (infection, stresses, aspects

2448. Final Progress Report: Brief, Risky, High-Benefit Procedures: Best Practice Model (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2024 - Three patients had recurrent empyema, and four patients died due to infection. 4 The authors … Empyema accounted for 10% of all nosocomial infections in multiple trauma patients in the Shock … Of the remaining 25 patients, three (12%) developed empyema (an infection between the lung and chest … The lack of use of many standard techniques for infection control was identified on video review of … =64) Nu mb er o f co nta min atio ns 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Fig. 3 Infection

2449. National Advisory Council Meeting, July 14, 2020: Minutes (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2020 - transmission by redesigning workflow and processes, conducting environmental cleaning, improving infection-control … It will develop and disseminate tools and training for infection prevention and control in nursing … Its efforts have contributed to reductions in healthcare-associated infections during the past decade … One example is dealing with infections in long-term care facilities. … The agency also could study the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on clinicians (infection, stresses,

2450. Appendix B. Detailed Research Domain Framework Definitions and Classification Rules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2020 - , and asthma symptoms), patient safety related events (e.g., surgical errors, healthcare-associated infections … produced by health care (e.g., studies on how to best treat Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection … accidental or preventable injuries or diseases produced by health services (e.g., hospital-acquired infections … specialty clinicians (e.g., when patients rely on their gynecologist, oncologist, cardiologist, or HIV infection … accidental or preventable injuries or diseases produced by health services (e.g., hospital-acquired infections

2451. NPSD Data Spotlight - Patient Safety and COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Concerns During the Public Health Emergency (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2021 - Nearly all of these reports were submitted under the event type category of Healthcare-Associated Infection … descriptions that included references to COVID-19 fell into the Other event type, or Healthcare- Associate Infections … injury as a result of fall o Risk assessment prior to fall o At risk of fall • Healthcare-associated infection … Blood or blood product 12 12 Device of medical/surgical supply 35 8 Fall 69 17 Healthcare-associated infection

2452. Beyond Nursing Quality Measurement: The Nation’s First Regional Nursing Virtual Dashboard (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Aydin_2.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - patient falls; pressure ulcer prevalence; restraint prevalence; central line-associated blood stream infections … Catheter-associated blood stream infections – PICC lines • Catheter-associated blood stream infections

2453. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet, Appendix B (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - ■ Fungal infections: can occur in the warm, moist environment beneath the barrier and erode skin … ■ Infection – Bronchitis/tracheitis may cause increase in purulent secretions with an increased … subsequent mental development in term/preterm infants as well as provide enhanced protection against infection … – Stomal infection requiring antibiotics (45%). … Pain or discomfort at periostomal site ■ Incorrect insertion ■ Infection ■ Failure of fixation

2454. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2025 - On the CUSP: Stop BSI: Evaluating the relationship between central line-associated bloodstream infection

2455. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2025 - A demonstration project on the impact of safety culture on infection control practices in hemodialysis

2456. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2025 - On the CUSP: Stop BSI: Evaluating the relationship between central line-associated bloodstream infection

2457. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2025 - A demonstration project on the impact of safety culture on infection control practices in hemodialysis

2458. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare, April 18, 2025 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-apr2025.pdf
      August 01, 2025 - This video will also be used in CDC Infection Control and Prevention training programs for rural hospitals … Healthcare April 18, 2025, 10 AM–Noon 6 Multiplex Molecular Panels to Diagnosis Urinary Tract Infection

2459. Final Progress Report: Disseminating a Web-Enabled Safety Risk Assessment (SRA) Toolkit for Designing Safer Healthcare Facilities (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/taylor-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - Scope: The SRA toolkit covers six safety areas – infection control, medication safety, falls, patient … mitigate underlying conditions of the environment that contribute to adverse safety events,” including infections … The workgroups were organized around six key safety areas: infection control, medication safety, falls … Of those four, three architects and the infection control practitioner said they would use the tool … Different members of the team mentioned ergonomics, security, safe patient handling, infection prevention

2460. SOPS Bibliography | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2025 - Impact of patient safety climate on infection prevention practices and healthcare worker and patient