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81. 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.

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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.

85. Module 2—The Infection Preventionist—The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - Module 2—The Infection Preventionist—The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … Resource: Module 2—The Infection Preventionist—The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … This module describes the role of an infection preventionist, who serves as the lead of a infection … Source: CDC Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention, Leadership & Management Audience(s): Managers

86. Recent Evidence Indicates a Flourishing Market for Biosimilar Drugs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2025 - January 7, 2025 AHRQ Stats: Trends in Prevalence of Common Healthcare-Associated Infections Rates of … several common healthcare-associated infections—including central line-associated bloodstream infections … , catheter-associated urinary tract infections, methicillin-resistant  Staphylococcus aureus  infections … and  Clostridioides difficile  infections—decreased by between 10.6 and 32.8 percent between 2016 and … Testing and masking policies and hospital-onset respiratory viral infections.

87. 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

88. 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

89. AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention The Agency for Healthcare … Improve your unit's infection prevention procedures for central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), and ventilator-associated pneumonia … Enhance teamwork and communication around infection prevention. … Note Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2022 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections

90. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-refs.html
    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.

91. Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2025 - Decolonization Decolonization is an infection prevention practice that removes germs from the … It can keep them from developing an infection themselves or passing the germs on to others. … This practice has been shown to reduce the amount of germs on the body and reduce infections overall, … including hard-to-treat MRSA infections. … MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting Surgical Site Infections: Evidence for MRSA decolonization . 

92. Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preventing Device-Associated … Infections Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Resident Physicians as Champions … in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Preamble and Summary Epidemiology of Invasive Devices … Complications Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive Devices Preventing Device-Associated Infections … The risk of CVC infection increases the longer the catheter is used.

93. Scientific Rationale | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2013 - Safety and Adverse Events The Burden of Health Care-Associated Infections Health care-associated … infections (HAIs) are a significant cause of illness, death, and excess costs in all health care settings … and $10,000-$20,000 per surgical site infection, central line-associated bloodstream infection, or pneumonia … and the second most common cause of central-line associated bloodstream infections. 10 Notably, two-thirds … Pathogenesis and Preventability of Health Care-Associated Infections The largest fraction of HAIs are

94. A Unit Guide To Infection Prevention for Long-Term Care Staff | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Infections and Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care      Infections in Long-Term Care      Infection … The guide covers four key areas: An overview of infections and infection prevention in LTC facilities … Infections and Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care Infections in Long-Term Care Key Messages … Many infections can be prevented with basic infection prevention and control steps, such as hand hygiene … Streptococcus infection) Some viral infections (such as influenza) It is important to use droplet

95. Sierra Vista Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Slash Catheter Use and Eliminate Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2024 - Sierra Vista Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Slash Catheter Use and Eliminate Infections Search All … New Mexico, implemented practices from AHRQ’s Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … This was enough to convince infection preventionist Bettina Fitzgerald, R.N., and chief nursing officer … Fitzgerald, who recently had moved to the community, already was reviewing infection control policies … (CAUTI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Outcomes, Patient Safety, Quality

96. Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections … implementation project in which approximately 200 hospitals participated and successfully reduced surgical site infections … by providing specific tools focused on the surgical setting to help hospitals reduce surgical site infections … part of the AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery, a national implementation project to reduce surgical site infections … hospitals, implementation of the project was associated with a significant reduction in surgical site infections

97. Scientific Rationale | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2013 - Safety and Adverse Events The Burden of Health Care-Associated Infections Health care-associated … infections (HAIs) are a significant cause of illness, death, and excess costs in all health care settings … and $10,000-$20,000 per surgical site infection, central line-associated bloodstream infection, or pneumonia … and the second most common cause of central-line associated bloodstream infections. 10 Notably, two-thirds … Pathogenesis and Preventability of Health Care-Associated Infections The largest fraction of HAIs are

98. 019-Ss-Periop-Infection-Prevention-Fg (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - Viewers will also be able to discuss how these factors influence the risk and prevention of surgical site infections … Slide 2 Key Strategies SAY: The four key strategies to target MRSA and surgical site infections include … had hyperglycemia on the day of surgery and not postoperatively, there was no significant increase in infections … findings from this study suggest that perioperative and postoperative hyperglycemia are associated with infections … SAY: The following slides will present a case example to illustrate how to investigate surgical site infections

99. 019-Perioperative-Infection-Prevention-Strategies-Notes (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - Viewers will also be able to discuss how these factors influence the risk and prevention of surgical site infections … Slide 2 Key Strategies SAY: The four key strategies to target MRSA and surgical site infections include … had hyperglycemia on the day of surgery and not postoperatively, there was no significant increase in infections … findings from this study suggest that perioperative and postoperative hyperglycemia are associated with infections … SAY: The following slides will present a case example to illustrate how to investigate surgical site infections

100. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - process to design, develop, and implement a quality improvement project to prevent healthcare-associated infections … (HAIs), especially catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), in the long-term care (LTC … Guide Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term … 341 KB) Start with the Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … provide evidence-based prevention practices and strategies to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection