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1. Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2017 - Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures Appendix M. … Preventing Infections in Endoscopic Procedures More than 20 million gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic … While rare, patients have acquired infections from these procedures due to: • Poor cleaning/disinfection … of equipment and/or • Lapses in infection prevention practices and/or • Defective or poorly maintained … Standards of Infection Prevention in Reprocessing Flexible Gastrointestinal Endoscopes. 2016: http://

2. 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 - Clostridioides difficile Infections Sepsis Bacteremia Penicillin Allergies … 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)

3. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2019 - Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections … Clostridioides difficile Infections Sepsis Bacteremia Penicillin Allergies … Toolkit Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections … CDI Slides (PPTX) Facilitator Guide (PDF) One-Page Document — Clostridioides difficile Infections … Internet Citation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections

4. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2023 - "For an older person, having an infection and needing to be transferred to the hospital can be life-threatening … Each year, 3 million healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) such as MRSA, bloodstream infections, and … proactively removing these potentially harmful bacteria can reduce the chance that a person develops an infection … "CDC is excited to see the results of a nursing home-focused infection prevention intervention being … The study, "Nursing Home Decolonization for Infection and Hospitalization Prevention," was published

5. Toolkit 2. Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2016 - Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections … Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections Toolkit Effectiveness … tract infections (UTIs), (2) lower respiratory tract infections, (3) skin and soft tissue infections … Nurses should be trained to use the pocket cards whenever an infection is suspected. … Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections.

6. Health Care-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2018 - : Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection—Denver … Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) Features news, guidelines … , and education opportunities to improve health and patient safety by reducing risks of infection and … drug-resistant organisms, including MRSA The Joint Commission: Five Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection … Consumers Advancing Patient Safety Offers resources on patient safety, including infection control,

7. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2024 - HAI Bulletin: Subscribe for updates on Infection Prevention and Combating Antimicrobial Resistance … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).  … toolkit helps nursing homes and long-term-care facilities reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices This toolkit can help hospital infection … Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection A June 2013 New England Journal

8. Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections …   The Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSI) can help … Reports Alternate Format Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections … January 2012 Internet Citation: Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections

9. 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. … 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

10. Funding HAI and Antibiotic Resistance Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2021 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Funding HAI and Antibiotic Resistance Research AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated 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

11. 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 - Keeping patients safe from harms such as healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is an AHRQ priority … can pass the MRSA germ on to others who then may develop an infection. … to having health conditions that increase their risk of an infection. … Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, which advises on infection prevention and surveillance … Related AHRQ Resources AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections Program .

12. Best Practices in Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections … Clostridioides difficile Infections Sepsis Bacteremia Penicillin Allergies … viewers will be able to— Explain how to distinguish asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) from a urinary tract infection … therapy for UTIs Slides (PPTX) Facilitator Guide (PDF) One-Page Document — Urinary Tract Infection … Citation: Best Practices in Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections

13. Infections Avoided, Excess Costs Averted, and Changes in Mortality Rate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - 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 … Vital Signs: Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections—United States, 2001, 2008, and 2009. … The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Length of stay and charges associated with health care-acquired bloodstream infections.

14. AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2021 - Events AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that at least 2.8 million infections and 35,000 … The program also demonstrated a 19.5 percent reduction in C. difficile infections over the one-year … "Every infection prevented reduces the need for antibiotics, and using fewer antibiotics significantly … reduces the risk of resistant infections."  

15. Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - Henry Ford Hospital's Hematology-Oncology Unit Uses AHRQ Safety Program to Lower Bloodstream Infections … ), Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has reduced the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections … This was the highest number since the hospital started tracking infection rates, according to Kelsey … "Our goal is zero [infections]," said Hebel. "This was kind of a first step. … (CLABSI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Healthcare Costs, Outcomes, Patient

16. 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.

17. Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2020 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Guides Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation … Potential   ( Word , 284 KB) (Appendix A of Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Scan Policy ( Word , 277 KB) (Appendix C of Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

18. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Healthcare-associated infections are among the most common complications in surgery patients, including … more than 150,000 surgical site infections each year.  … partners: Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality provided clinical, infection

19. Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). … and these infections are largely preventable Source: HAI Data . … infections Source: Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) . … Attributable mortality of central line associated bloodstream infection: systematic review and meta-analysis … Infection. 2015 Feb;43(1):29-36. Epub 2014 Oct 21.

20. Appendix L. Infection Prevention Infographic - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Infection Prevention Infographic - Implementation Guide … Infection Prevention Infographic - Implementation Guide It Takes a Team Everyone … 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 AHRQ Website . 1. … Infection Prevention Infographic - Implementation Guide. Content last reviewed May 2017.