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41. Module 12A—Preventing Respiratory Infection—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - Module 12A—Preventing Respiratory Infection—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … Resource: Module 12A—Preventing Respiratory Infection—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training … , 2. identify common pathogens that cause lower respiratory tract infections, 3. discuss the impact of … lower respiratory tract infections on nursing home residents, and 4. describe strategies to prevent … lower respiratory tract infections.

42. Upcoming Webinars: Hospitals Interested in Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2025 - Upcoming Webinars: Hospitals Interested in Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … month program beginning in July to implement strategies to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … Participants will receive free expert consultation to promote infection prevention procedures, regular

43. Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2016 - Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics Minimum Criteria … Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections Toolkit 3. … Minimum Criteria for Three Infections Toolkit

44. Funding HAI and Antibiotic Resistance Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2021 - Funding HAI and Antibiotic Resistance Research AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) … health services research to develop the knowledge and practical tools used on the frontlines to prevent infections … the Department of Health and Human Services'   National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections … Current research areas of interest are: Preventing the occurrence of healthcare-associated infections … Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

45. Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: Final Report Companion Guide Infections Avoided … hospital cohort Cohen et al. 2010 Cost saving from reduced catheter-related bloodstream infection … found on the Johns Hopkins CLABSI Opportunity Estimator Web site (range of $40,000 to $117,000 per infection … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Length of stay and charges associated with health care-acquired bloodstream infections.

46. No More CAUTI – preventing catheter associated urinary tact infections
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    June 02, 2025 - 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

47. Wisconsin Dialysis Centers Use AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2015 - example for the other clinics after participating in an AHRQ-funded National Opportunity to Improve Infection … This project resulted in a toolkit that helps dialysis facilities reduce infection. … The toolkit provides facilitators with four instructional modules to teach infection prevention techniques … An AHRQ check list audit form, which helps monitor infection prevention activities among nursing staff … "We had been working on decreasing the high risk for infection from catheters before this project and

48. Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Advancing Academic and Practical Knowledge To Prevent Infections From Hospital to … Medicine University of California, Irvine Medical Center "Understanding how to prevent infections … Keeping patients safe from harms such as healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is an AHRQ priority … Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, which advises on infection prevention and surveillance … Related AHRQ Resources AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections Program .

49. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Assessment of safety culture and infection control policies and procedures. … rates of these infections. … and catheter-associated urinary tract infections. … CUSP reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates by 54 percent in more than 400 nursing … CUSP reduced surgical site infection rates in hospitals by 25 to 40 percent, depending on the type of

50. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Home Residents (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Home Residents Signs and Symptoms Associated With … Infection • Sudden onset redness, warmth, tenderness, and swelling • Findings are unilateral • … : o Elevate legs o Physical therapy o Compression stockings o Apply lotion o Wound care • If infection … hospital transfer if hospital admission is part of goals of care Signs and Symptoms Not Suggestive of Infection … Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

51. South Carolina Hospital’s Use of AHRQ Patient Safety Program Leads to Significant Drop in Urinary Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - South Carolina Hospital’s Use of AHRQ Patient Safety Program Leads to Significant Drop in Urinary Infections … patient safety resource—AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)—is designed to prevent infections … , we are committed to promoting a safe patient environment that minimizes urethral catheter use and infection … The MUSC infection prevention team focused on achieving zero CAUTIs by improving and standardizing catheter … (HAIs), Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Geographic Location: South Carolina

52. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2015 - Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Facilitating CLABSI prevention: a qualitative study comparing perspectives of infection control specialists … Getting to zero: goal commitment to reduce blood stream infections. … Using high-performance work practices to prevent blood stream infections: a qualitative study.

53. CLABSI Investigation: Walk the Process (Slide Presentation) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Infection Rate Above Zero? Slide 4. Spike in Infections? Slide 5. Process Auditing Slide 6. … Infrequent Infections? Slide 15. Infrequent Infections Slide 16. Conclusion Slide 17. … Infection Rate Above Zero? Or Were you at zero and then had a spike in your infections? … Spike in Infections? … Infrequent Infections Consider each infection a defect worthy of analysis?

54. AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in the ICU (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - ventilator-associated pneumonia, respiratory virus infections, urinary tract infections, and rotavirus … infections in pediatric, cardiac, and neonatal ICUs. … Key Words: Systems modeling, simulation, risk analysis, infection transmission. … on a single infection affecting a limited patient population. … The development of an ICU-specific risk-of-infection score.

55. Tracking Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) Using the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Tracking Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) Using the National Healthcare Safety Network … (NHSN) Overview Resource: Tracking Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) Using the … will also describe how the National Healthcare Safety Network supports long-term care facilities and infection … Source: CDC Topic(s): Infection Prevention & Control Audience(s): Clinical Leaders, Clinicians

56. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters. … Urinary tract infection in male veterans: treatment patterns and outcomes. … Urinary Tract Infection (Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection [CAUTI] and Non-Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infection [UTI]) and Other Urinary System Infection [USI]) Events.

57. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among … HAI Bulletin: Subscribe for updates on Infection Prevention and Combating Antimicrobial Resistance … to help tackle the complex problems of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infection … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).  … Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection A June 2013 New England Journal of

58. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … outcome measure to evaluate the effect of interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Engaging healthcare workers to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection and avert patient

59. Appendix 9: Back to Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2018 - Most of these infections are preventable, and you are part of the cure. … There is no single therapy that wipes out these infections. … This means expecting unit leaders to present both infection rates and weeks without an infection to senior … Infection preventionists work closely with unit-level teams to train, monitor, investigate infections … units where infections are measured and report these data to senior leaders.

60. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections … Identify options for empiric antibiotic therapy for diverticulitis and biliary tract infections … for antibiotic therapy for diverticulitis and biliary tract infections after additional clinical data … are known Describe the optimal duration of therapy for diverticulitis and biliary tract infections … Slides (PPTX) Facilitator Guide (PDF) One-Page Document — Biliary Tract Infections (DOCX