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61. Acute Care Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections
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    September 01, 2022 - Acute Care Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Best Practices in the Management of … Is associated with more side effects Is more expensive Puts them at risk for future colonization or infection … Case 2 “I had a rash when I was given amoxicillin as a child for a throat infection.” … A throat infection in childhood could have been caused by a virus, and the rash was actually a viral … The impact of a reported penicillin allergy on surgical site infection risk.

62. Impact | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - To estimate the number of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) prevented, the number … study by Donovan et al. 3 , $16,800 in excess costs were attributed to NICU-associated bloodstream infection … As such, preventing 131 infections is equivalent to $2,201,776 in excess costs averted.  … Decreasing central line associated bloodstream infection in neonatal intensive care. … The investment case for preventing NICU-associated infections.

63. Estimated Cost Implications of Reducing Bloodstream Infections in Patients With Medical Devices (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - the cost of the decolonization intervention and the expected cost savings associated with preventing infection … The ABATE Infection Trial1 showed that the use of decolonization in patients with select devices (central … MRSA and VRE clinical cultures are not estimated here since the costs saved depend on the type of infection … Difference (i.e., C-D=IS) aSince the cost of MRSA and VRE clinical cultures is dependent on the type of infection … cRepresents the 79 percent adherence in the ABATE Infection Trial that yielded the 32 percent reduction

64. CUSP Helps University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2014 - CUSP Helps University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections Search … Department of Health and Human Services, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control, and … It recognized UWHC's work in preventing two common HAIs—catheter-associated urinary tract infections … Before implementing CUSP, UWHC's infection prevention interventions were "more sporadic and not as well … Meanwhile, UWHC had only two VAP infections on its 24-bed neuroscience unit between November 2011 and

65. Tools To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2024 - Tools To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections AHRQ offers free toolkits designed for clinicians … Surgery Centers Antibiotic use:  Toolkits To Improve Antibiotic Use Catheter-associated urinary tract infection … (CAUTI): Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI … : Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol End-stage renal disease facilities: Reducing Infections … Devices Surgical care and recovery:  Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Surgical site infections

66. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections … presentation, viewers will be able to— Distinguish asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) from a urinary tract infection … Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections …   Patient Handouts These handouts can be given to your patients to help them understand their infection …  Infections – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) (DOCX, 263 KB)

67. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

68. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

69. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

70. 4 Tk1 T3-Not All Infections Need Antibiotics- Final (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - • The Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation … • Use of antibiotics has been linked to health care-acquired infections. … HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT Not All “Infections” Need Antibiotics! … prescribing prophylactic antibiotics, prescribing antibiotics without determining the source of the infection … with antibiotics for a UTI when they were asymptomatic went on to develop a Clostridium difficile infection

71. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet Appendix 3. … You can eliminate infections, and any infection should be viewed as a defect. … Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … American Journal of Infection Control 1998;26:522-533. … Nosocomial bloodstream infections in the critically ill.

72. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - It broadly categorizes SSIs into incisional and organ/space infections. … of the infections were caused by gram-positive organisms and 30% of the infections were caused by MRSA … Results Over 80 % of all nosocomial infections are urinary tract infection, surgical wound infection … Bloodstream infections, IVDI (intravascular device infection) or IVDI-related bloodstream infections, … also observed was a 3.5-fold increase in IVDI-related bloodstream infections and surgical site infections

73. It Takes a Team: Preventing Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - Infection Prevention Infographic AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Implementation Guide … Surgical site infections are infections that can occur after surgery in the part of the body where … Surgical site infections are one of the most common healthcare-associated infections, but most of them … are preventable.2 * Because ASCs do not yet report surgical site infection data, these statistics … Learn more about infection prevention at ambulatory surgical centers at www.ahrq.gov/haiambsurgery.

74. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - part of the AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery, a national implementation project to reduce surgical site infections … Healthcare-associated infections are among the most common complications in surgery patients, including … more than 150,000 surgical site infections each year.  … The project aimed to— Reduce surgical site infections, and Improve safety culture using AHRQ’s … : Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality provided clinical, infection

75. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2013 - Estimating health care-associated infections and deaths in U.S. hospitals, 2002. … The impact of healthcare-associated infections in Pennsylvania, 2010. 2012. … Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection after previous infection or colonization … Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. … Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infection.

76. Readmissions for Selected Infections Due to Medical Care: Expanding the Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - /infection not present at admission). … Conclusions: The hospital-level estimate of cases of selected infection is an underestimate of infections … Infections due to intravascular devices can lead to local site infection, catheter-related blood stream … infection, septic thrombophlebitis, endocarditis, and other metastatic infections; they have been … .7, 8 Most bloodstream infections are related to a primary infection, the majority of which originate

77. North Carolina’s CaroMont Regional Medical Center Uses AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Urinary Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2018 - North Carolina’s CaroMont Regional Medical Center Uses AHRQ Toolkit to Reduce Urinary Infections … not-for-profit hospital in Gastonia, North Carolina, significantly reduced catheter-associated urinary tract infections … According to CRMC Infection Prevention Director Vicki Allen, M.S.N., R.N., the hospital had 87 CAUTI … Infections are rare in the 218-bed medical/surgical units.  … 0.20 23 1.2 2015* 0.19 9 0.5 * CAUTI reporting changed in 2015; yeast infections

78. Overcoming Mindsets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Mindsets It can be difficult to address your staff’s underlying attitudes and beliefs about infection … Many teams struggle to believe that reducing the number of infections to zero is possible or to find … 372.7 KB) Audio interview with Sam Watson – How To Create Team Buy-In and Motivation To Get to Zero Infections … PDF, 304.5 KB) Audio interview with David Thompson – How To Address Attitudes and Beliefs Around Infection … minutes;  Transcript , PDF, 249.7 KB) Video – Creating Team Buy-In To Work Toward Zero Preventable Infections

79. AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - infections (HAIs) are infections that people acquire while they are receiving treatment for another … Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks CAUTI—Catheter-associated urinary tract infection … National Opportunity to Improve Infection Control in ESRD (NOTICE) Initiative (Previous name: Improving … Evaluating Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients Multidrug-Resistant Urinary Tract … Using an Infection Control Network Surgical Site and Clostridium difficile Infections after Ambulatory

80. California Hospital Reduced Infections, Improved Diabetes Care with AHRQ Safety Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2018 - California Hospital Reduced Infections, Improved Diabetes Care with AHRQ Safety Program Search All … Medical Center, a 388-bed hospital in Oceanside, California, reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Topic(s): Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … (CLABSI), Diabetes, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Quality of Care, Medication