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121. Incorporating Infection Prevention and Control into an Emergency Preparedness Plan (pdf file)
     www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nursing-home/materials/emergency-preparedness-plans.pdf
     May 01, 2022 - Incorporating Infection Prevention and Control into an Emergency Preparedness Plan Incorporating … Infection Prevention and Control into an Emergency Preparedness Plan Emergency preparedness plans … Your facility’s infection preventionist should be included in the planning, development, and revising … Guidance to long-term care facility surveyors on regulations including F838 Facility Assessment, F880 Infection … Control, and F882 Infection Preventionist

122. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A Profile (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2016 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP), a highly effective method of preventing healthcare-associated infections … projects that addressed various HAIs and produced CUSP toolkits to help clinicians prevent these infections … than 1,000 U.S. intensive care units (ICUs) to prevent deadly central line-associated bloodstream infections … ICUs that used CUSP methods and tools were able to reduce these bloodstream infections by 41 percent … system’s greatest challenges, including: – Reducing antibiotic overuse and health care- associated infections

123. URINARY CATHETERIZATION – Sample Policy (doc file)
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     April 24, 2015 - 40 percent of hospital infections. … patient with an indwelling catheter should be monitored for signs of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, 2009. … Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters. … Preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in the United States: a national study.

124. Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent complications such as surgical site infections … , venous thromboembolism, and urinary tract infection, and improve perioperative safety culture.

125. Applying COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Strategies in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2022 - Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Resources Catalog Applying COVID-19 Infection … Resources Catalog News Best Practice Summaries Applying COVID-19 Infection … Prevention and Control Strategies in Nursing Homes Resource: Applying COVID-19 Infection Prevention … Source: CDC Topic(s): Infection Control & Prevention Audience(s): Clinical Leaders, Clinicians, Nursing … April 2022 Page originally created April 2022 Internet Citation: Applying COVID-19 Infection

126. Register Now: August 22 Webinar by National Action Alliance Will Address Engaging Boards and Executive Leadership in Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant-Associated Infections Have Negative Impacts on Quality of Life … Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant-Associated Infections Have Negative Impacts on Quality of Life … A new AHRQ-funded study found that infections associated with left ventricular assist device (LVAD … percent) patients had multiple infections. … Researchers found that each additional infection was associated with an incremental negative effect on

127. Incorporating Infection Prevention and Control into an Emergency Preparedness Plan | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2022 - Resources Catalog News Best Practice Summaries Incorporating Infection … Resource: Incorporating Infection Prevention and Control into an Emergency Preparedness Plan (PDF, … 236 KB) This resource provides nursing home leaders and infection preventionists with an outline of … Source:  AHRQ Topic(s):  Infection Control & Prevention; Leadership & Management Audience(s):  Clinical … reviewed May 2022 Page originally created May 2022 Internet Citation: Incorporating Infection

128. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module discusses infection prevention and antibiotic … describes the role of an infection preventionist, who serves as the lead of a infection prevention and … Program—The Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module describes how infection … how to implement a system for infection surveillance to identify infections and prevent the spread of … the spread of pathogens, including those that are resistant to antibiotics, and reduces the risk of infections

129. 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Prevent central line-associated blood stream infections. … Be vigilant preventing central line-associated blood stream infections by taking five steps every time … Taking these steps consistently reduced this type of deadly health care-associated infection to zero … Reduce infections by offering singlebed rooms, improving air filtration systems, and providing multiple … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.

130. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2013 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Department of Health and Human Services' National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections … : Roadmap to Elimination focuses on the need to dramatically reduce these infections. … of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection … from professional societies well known throughout health care: the Association for Professionals in Infection

131. AHRQ's 35th Anniversary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - Similarly, Michigan hospitals’ ICUs stopped central line-associated bloodstream infections for up to … Researchers found that 60 percent of the 80 ICUs evaluated went 1 year or more without an infection, … and the 28 Inpatient Quality Indicators. 2013 Patient safety programs reduce neonatal ICU infections … Central line-associated bloodstream infections in newborns were reduced by 58 percent in less than a … The Network is established to provide free training on evidence-based infection prevention practices

132. High-Performance Work Practices in CLABSI Prevention Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2015 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … specific practices and "success factors" for reducing and eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections … " titled "Extending the Search for High-Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) in Healthcare-Associated Infection … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) initiative, designed to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections

133. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - Facilities Toolkit This toolkit helps dialysis center clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections … AHRQ toolkits build on the CUSP model to address problems such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators

134. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … measures) 1,594,000 48.67 1,372,000 41.91 CAUTI MPSMS Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … 370,000 11.30 350,000 10.58 CLABSI MPSMS Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central … MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers 1,320,000 40.41 1,300,000 39.43 Surgical Site Infection

135. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2015 - Facilities Toolkit This toolkit helps dialysis center clinicians prevent healthcare-associated infections … AHRQ toolkits build on the CUSP model to address problems such as central line-associated bloodstream infections … (CLABSI), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), infections associated with ventilators

136. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 17, 2016 - $76,737 in excess charges.1 • Proper identification of patients at risk, prevention of surgical site infections … physicians and other providers, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists from infection … prior to surgery, where relevant.3,4 Recommended Practice: Reduce the incidence of surgical site infections … Surgical Site Infection (SSI) http://www.cdc.gov/hai/ssi/ssi.html Policies/Protocols • WHO Surgical … Hospital, 2003 http://www.who.int/surgery/publications/en/SCDH.pdf Tools • CDC Surgical Site Infection

137. Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Nursing Home Residents Before and During Widespread Circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection … Resource: Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection … Two doses of mRNA vaccines were 74.7% effective against infection among nursing home residents early … Source: CDC Topic(s): Vaccination, Infection Control & Prevention Audience(s): Clinical Leaders Format … Internet Citation: Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Vaccines in Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Infection

138. Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2022 - included adverse medication events such as those associated with the use of insulin or anticoagulants, infections … such as central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections … AHRQ’s patient safety efforts , including its Healthcare-Associated Infections Program and implementation … CDC) work addressing gaps in the public health system and investments in data systems and sharing, infection

139. Toolkit Modules | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a proven method for preventing harms—including healthcare-associated infections—that

140. Patient and Family Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Project: Preventing CAUTI in Long-Term Care Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections