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321. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-transcript.doc
     June 10, 2014 - But yet, these patients were being again treated for a urinary tract infection. … Urinary tract infection, pneumonia, and skin and soft tissue infections, as I’ll show you in a minute … So we started to focus on the top one in the list and that was urinary tract infection. … The next slide shows our algorithm for testing for urinary tract infection. … and for ICU infections.

322. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     June 01, 2021 - PowerPoint Presentation Management of the Resident With a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection Long-Term … Bacteriuria 3 Residents With a Positive Urine Culture OR a Positive Urinalysis NO SYMPTOMS of Infection … high level of resistance Tendonitis, confusion, QTc prolongation; strong association with C. difficile infection … Analysis No other signs suggest another source of infection It is reasonable to send a urinalysis and … Urinary tract infections in long-term-care facilities.

323. Plan To Help Incorporate the Role of Champions for Resident Physicians | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Plan To Help Incorporate … Next Page Table of Contents Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections … Complications Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive Devices Preventing Device-Associated Infections

324. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members 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.

325. Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - The materials below address multiple types of respiratory tract infections, divided into those for which … There are also materials covering non–respiratory tract infections and assessment of allergies. … Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection … Abscesses Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections

326. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - and $10,000-$20,000 per surgical site infection, central line-associated bloodstream infection, or … Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization … infection bloodstream events. … o Infection Prevention Program: The hospital Infection Prevention and Control program may be one of … infections)

327. NICU Toolkit, Appendix A, Breastfeeding Your Baby (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Appendix A, Breastfeeding Your Baby Breastfeeding Your Baby Breastfed babies have: ■ Fewer ear infections … ■ Protection against diarrhea, stomach, and lung infections.

328. 149-Cusp-Tip-Sheet-Assembling-Team (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - team, it is important to identify key stakeholders who understand their critical role in preventing infections … Celebrate successes and highlight the importance of the patient safety and infection prevention work … You are so important in our ongoing efforts to prevent infections. … Jones had a MRSA infection last week. Do you think protocols were followed properly? … in ICUs · Video: Increasing Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels to Prevent Infections in ICUs

329. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Infection of the blood stream that occurs … Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Infection that occurs prior to discharge and within 30 days following … ”[tiab] OR “bloodstream infections”[tiab] OR “blood stream infection”[tiab] OR “blood stream infections … 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

330. Draft Final Report Estimating the Additional Hospital Inpatient Cost and Mortality Associated with Selected Hospital Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2017 - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Infection of the blood stream that occurs … Surgical Site Infections (SSI) Infection that occurs prior to discharge and within 30 days following … ”[tiab] OR “bloodstream infections”[tiab] OR “blood stream infection”[tiab] OR “blood stream infections … 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

331. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - guideline/protocol should include appropriate diagnostic criteria to determine if a patient has an infection … , influenza without pneumonia, and respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] infection, and acute bronchitis) … Respiratory tract infections addressed are divided into infections for which antibiotics are never indicated … (upper respiratory tract infections, influenza without pneumonia, RSV, and acute bronchitis), infections … tract infections, and assessment and management of antibiotic allergies.

332. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2016 - one of the tools designed to help prescribing clinicians choose the right antibiotic for treating an infection … Other common problems that nursing homes may wish to address are high rates of prescribing for specific infections … Resources Needed Identify Potential Problems Help Prescribing Clinicians Identify an Infection … Minimum Criteria for Three Infections Concise Antibiogram    High    … X     X X   Minimum Criteria for Three Infections

333. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care … (CAUTIs) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). … Infection Prevention Failures in infection control was the most common type of deficiency cited in LTC … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Urinary tract infections in Long-term-care facilities.

334. 072-Dec-Patient-Talking-Points-Nasal-Decolonization (doc file)
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     October 01, 2024 - purpose of this medicine is to help get rid of bacteria, like MRSA from the nose, which can cause serious infections … such as pneumonia, blood infections, and skin infections. … helps remove MRSA from the nose, so the bacteria doesn’t move to other places on the body and cause infection … Our unit’s practice is to restart the nasal decolonization during every stay to protect you from infection … We want to minimize your risk of infection while you are here in our unit.Adapted from “Universal ICU

335. ICU Assessment Response Guide (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Current Infection Prevention and Safety Culture Practices – Central Lines 9. … , which are evidence-based practices regarding infection control and prevention. … A decade of investment in infection prevention: a cost-effectiveness analysis. … Guideline for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009. … Leadership rounds to reduce health care- associated infections.

336. Toolkit Overview (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2022 - wish to initiate targeted decolonization as a strategy to reduce hospital infections outside of intensive … that have already successfully implemented universal decolonization in ICUs to reduce bloodstream infections … (including central-line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus … percent reduction in multidrug-resistant organisms and a 32 percent reduction in all-cause bloodstream infections … Readiness for Implementation Section 6 – Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream Infections

337. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - Why focus on neonatal blood stream infection (BSI)? … Implement Standard Infection Prevention Techniques To Prevent Neonatal Bloodstream Infections General … the incidence of neonatal bloodstream infections. … prevention techniques to prevent neonatal bloodstream infections • Implement general infection prevention … Infection control. Nosocomial bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.

338. Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research Into Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - bacteria that antibiotics are meant to treat can develop resistance; medications no longer work to combat infection … received a 5-year AHRQ grant to reduce the overuse of antibiotics to treat acute respiratory tract infections … interventions for both prescribers and patients and found a reduction in antibiotic use in upper respiratory infections … and patient behaviors to advance appropriate antibiotic prescribing practices for acute respiratory infections … Learning Health Systems Translational Research Patient-Centered Care Patient Safety Healthcare-Associated Infections

339. Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit1-suspected-uti-sbar.html
     November 01, 2024 - Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most commonly diagnosed infections in nursing homes. 2 … As such, the Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Situation, Background, Assessment, and Request ( … to prescribing clinicians explaining the form and its rationale (tool 2) ( PDF  |  Word ) Not All “Infections … The handout Not All “Infections” Need Antibiotics (tool 3) also should be given to nurses. 1 American … Urinary tract infection (UTI) events for long-term care facilities (PDF).  

340. Facilitator Guide: Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - The cost depends on the type of wound infection, whether it’s a superficial infection—which costs about … Superficial wound infections are infections of the skin, seen with the naked eye and diagnosed when assessing … Deeper space infections are less common and trickier to diagnose. … Slide 26 Hypoglycemia and Infection SAY: Maintaining normoglycemia can reduce risk for wound infection … infection control practitioner.