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301. Catheter Care Do's and Don'ts | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - urinary catheter is present, follow these guidelines to prevent a catheter-associated urinary tract infection … of catheter-associated urinary tract infections , 2009. 2. … Identifying Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI) for NHSN Surveillance (online) . 3. … Long-term Care Facility (LTCF) Component Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance Module: UTI Event … Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long‐Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria.

302. 5 Tk2 P4T2-Quality Improvement Review Tool For Antibiotic Use In Uti Phase 4 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Health Care www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections … Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 4 Quality-Improvement Review Tool for Antibiotic Use in Urinary Tract Infections … As clinical guidelines exist for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), this classification should … the 2010 Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines.1 List of Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections

303. Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated With Selected Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2017 - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections. … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Infection of the urinary tract that occurs subsequent … Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Infection of the blood stream that occurs subsequent … Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Infection that occurs prior to discharge and within 30 days following … Clostridium difficile Infections (CDI) An infection of the gastrointestinal tract, in patients 2 years

304. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2012 - to develop a State consortium that included providers (neonatologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, infection … Most patients with a positive infection also had a secondary culture noted as being obtained at the … 0 0 0 L in e D ay s Overall Baseline 13 As a confirmatory analysis, units submitting infection … 2012 study by Donovan et al.3, $16,800 in excess costs were attributed to NICU-associated bloodstream infection … Decreasing central line associated bloodstream infection in neonatal intensive care.

305. 4 Tk3 T1-Sample Policy Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit Tool 1. … : (1) urinary tract infections (UTIs), (2) lower respiratory tract infections, and (3) skin and soft … tissue infections. … Sample Policy Minimum Criteria for Initiating Antibiotics for a Urinary Tract Infection For residents … Minimum Criteria for Initiating Antibiotics for a Lower Respiratory Tract Infection

306. Project Report - Lean Sigma (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2003 - Project Report - Lean Sigma Guidelines to Prevent Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … Problem Vascular access device-associated infections increase morbidity, mortality, hospital length … Education of health care workers decreases healthcare-associated infections. … Infection elsewhere (remote, i.e., urinary tract infection or wound) — secondary source Colonization … Suspected C-VAD Infections (cont.)

307. Integration | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - team at CCHMC also coordinated with the CEO’s office to understand how their work to reduce surgical infections … Through this partnership, the P2 team found that surgical infections lead to longer recovery times.  … lead to fewer overall surgeries, because infections lengthen patients’ recovery times, reducing the … In addition to the patient harm caused by infections, the P2 team showed that they are a major opportunity … Thus, the team created a business case for the program: reducing infections helped the hospital increase

308. Interim Update on 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate (pdf file)
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     October 27, 2014 - site infections (SSIs) dropped as much as 20 percent. … 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.

309. Central Venous Catheter Removal Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - So, removal is indicated and decreases likelihood of a line-associated infection. … by the CDC to help determine best practices for prevention of infection. … Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) in Adult ICUs. … Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) in Adult ICUs. … Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections.

310. Appendixes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2017 - "[mh] OR "nosocomial"[tiab] OR "hospital infection"[tiab] OR "hospital infections"[tiab] OR "healthcare … "[tiab] OR "bloodstream infections"[tiab] OR "blood stream infection"[tiab] OR "blood stream infections … OR "cross infections"[tiab] OR nosocomial[tiab] OR "hospital-acquired infection"[tiab] OR "hospital-acquired … infections"[tiab] OR "healthcare-associated infection"[tiab] OR "healthcare-associated infections"[tiab … ] OR "health care-associated infection"[tiab] OR "health care-associated infections"[tiab]) AND ("bloodstream

311. Measure: Pediatric Lower Respiratory Infection (LRI) Readmission Measure (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2015 - Measure: Pediatric Lower Respiratory Infection (LRI) Readmission Measure Measure: Pediatric Lower Respiratory … Infection (LRI) Readmission Measure Measure Developer: Center of Excellence for Pediatric Quality … Measure Importance Lower respiratory infections (defined as bronchiolitis, influenza, and community-acquired … 2 ● Readmissions can affect parent/caregiver work and school arrangements and expose children to infections

312. 4 Things You Should Know About Urine Cultures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections, 2009. … Identifying Healthcare-associated Infections (HAI) for NHSN Surveillance . … Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Event for Long-term Care Facilities . … NHSN Long-term Care Facility Component Urinary Tract Infection. … Surveillance definitions of infections in long‐term care facilities: Revisiting the McGeer criteria.

313. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
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     April 01, 2025 - 7,653 with glucose recorded on day of surgery (DOS) DOS hyperglycemia (>180 mg/dL) 51% increased odds infections … Case Example: Hair Removal How To Investigate Surgical Site Infections and Learn From Defects | 29 … Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 update. … Preoperative skin antisepsis using chlorhexidine may reduce surgical wound infections in lower limb trauma … The association of diabetes and glucose control with surgical-site infections among cardiothoracic surgery

314. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
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     April 01, 2025 - 7,653 with glucose recorded on day of surgery (DOS) DOS hyperglycemia (>180 mg/dL) 51% increased odds infections … Case Example: Hair Removal How To Investigate Surgical Site Infections and Learn From Defects | 29 … Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 update. … Preoperative skin antisepsis using chlorhexidine may reduce surgical wound infections in lower limb trauma … The association of diabetes and glucose control with surgical-site infections among cardiothoracic surgery

315. Toolkit To Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - principles and methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent surgical site infections … sections that your facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections … resources that your facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical site infections

316. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Multidisciplinary Rounding for Patient Safety (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and improve safety culture at the … on the unit with the attending physician/ICU director and representatives from nursing, pharmacy, infection … therapies • Physical therapist – for ambulation discussions • Pharmacist – for adjusting medications • Infection … preventionist – healthcare-associated infection prevention efforts • Performance improvement specialist … in ICUs o Video – Speaking Up During Central Line Insertion To Prevent Infections o Audio interview

317. 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 - First, some encouraging news: According to the Leapfrog report, Clostridioides difficile infection … There was no change in surgical site infections following surgery.  … Rates increased for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections (37 percent), central-line … associated bloodstream infections (60 percent), and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (19 … published in JAMA showed that the Nation made slow but steady progress on a few hospital-acquired infections

318. 6 Tk1 T1-Talking With Residents Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - • Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. … How do people get bacterial infections? … When are antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … • A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any party of the urinary system, including … How do people get bacterial infections? III.

319. Hand Hygiene
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     March 01, 2017 - staff and will review important hand hygiene principles, basic technique and best practices to improve infection … S. aureus often doesn’t cause infection but can cause skin infections, respiratory disease and food poisoning … Boyce JM, Pittet D, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, et al. … Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/ … Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2014 Jan;35(1):16–17.

320. Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2023 - Slide 2 Say: You’ve now seen three modules on how to stop catheter-associated urinary tract infections … In Module 1, you learned that hospital-acquired urinary tract infections impact almost 560,000 people … Furthermore, of all healthcare-associated infections reported in the ICU, CAUTI accounts for nearly one-quarter … of the infections. … break the catheter life cycle, consider these ABCDE prevention strategies: A, for adhering to sound infection