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21. Learn Best Practices for Common Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/index.html
    June 01, 2021 - Respiratory Tract Infection Skin or Soft Tissue Infection Penicillin Allergies and … Common Infectious Syndromes Tools that describe the diagnosis, treatment, and management of infections … The one-page documents describe the diagnosis, treatment, and management of infections common among long-term … that can be distributed to frontline providers and prescribing clinicians regarding urinary tract infections … , pneumonia, skin and soft tissue infections, and delirium.

22. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - It concluded that there are currently few data that demonstrate a reduction in infection rates. … The role of facility design in preventing healthcare-associated infection: interventions, conclusions … This review assesses and synthesizes available evidence in the infection control and healthcare design … The purpose of this review was to assess and synthesize available evidence in the infection control and … It determined that current evidence clearly identifying the environment’s role in the chain of infection

23. Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/index.html
    December 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections … by providing specific tools focused on the surgical setting to help hospitals reduce surgical site infections … hospitals, implementation of the project was associated with a significant reduction in surgical site infections

24. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Toolkit To Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics : This toolkit … improves antibiotic use for four infections common in nursing homes: urinary tract infections, lower … respiratory infections, skin and soft tissue infections, and gastrointestinal infections. … Toolkit To Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection : This toolkit … Prescribing clinicians can use an antibiogram to help them choose the most appropriate antibiotic for each infection

25. Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - News Newsletter AHRQ News Now Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections … Today's Headlines: Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes . … Chlorhexidine Bathing Routine Reduces Infections in Nursing Homes Nursing homes using a chlorhexidine … Each year, 3 million healthcare-associated infections in U.S. nursing homes cause 150,000 hospital admissions … routine, known as decolonization, two residents per month avoided transfers to the hospital due to infections

26. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Impact Conclusion Next Steps The neonatal central line-associated bloodstream infection … These State teams worked together to reduce neonatal infections in their State, and have developed State … Through the course of the study, an estimated 131 infections were prevented which translates to an estimated … Approximately $906,000 was invested in the national NCLABSI project resulting in infections prevented

27. Learn Best Practices for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections … Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections … Clostridioides difficile Infections Sepsis Bacteremia Penicillin Allergies … Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections … Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections Best Practices

28. Central Line Insertion Care Team Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … This checklist provides sequential critical steps that have shown to reduce central line-associated infections … Clinicians can take steps to prevent central line-associated infections. … checklist from Johns Hopkins Medicine provides critical steps that have been shown to reduce these infections

29. APIC HAI Cost Calculator | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/apic-cost-calculator.html
    April 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Protocol APIC HAI Cost Calculator The Association for Professionals in Infection … Control and Epidemiology (APIC) healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) Calculator Tools help define … Utilize these tools to engage senior leaders or other staff in this work to reduce infections.

30. Apply Now for Funding on Projects to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - News Newsroom Apply Now for Funding on Projects to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections … Events Apply Now for Funding on Projects to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections … Antibiotic Resistance AHRQ is funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections … 2024 Internet Citation: Apply Now for Funding on Projects to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections

31. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.cpsi.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-hpwpreport/clabsi-hpwpref.html
    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.

32. National Implementation Project Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2016 - 2012, discusses accomplishments and next steps to in the neonatal central line-associated bloodstream infection … Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections . … infection prevention toolkit .  … Catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention toolkit .  Enrollment information .   … Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection Opportunity Estimator.

33. Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ specifically supports this National Action Plan in three ways: Funding research on infection prevention … This work is part of AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections Program, which focuses on improving antibiotic … Every infection prevented is one less instance of antibiotic use, and using fewer antibiotics significantly … reduces the risk for resistant infections.

34. Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Toolkits To Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics A key … nursing homes: UTIs, lower respiratory infections, skin and soft tissue infections, and gastrointestinal … infections. … : UTIs, lower respiratory infections, and skin and soft tissue infections. … Toolkits To Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection Nursing

35. Team Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … 262 KB) Audio interview with Sam Watson – How To Create Team Buy-In and Motivation To Get to Zero Infections … interview with Anne Donovan – How To Increase Ownership and Engagement at Multiple Levels To Prevent Infections … minutes; Transcript , PDF, 263.4 KB) Video – Creating Team Buy-In To Work Toward Zero Preventable Infections

36. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - . 2 Background Infections that develop in health care settings are known as HAIs. … American Hospital Association University of Michigan Abt Associates Association of Professionals in Infection … Infections in residents of long-term care facilities: an agenda for research. … Impact of infection preventionists on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid quality measures in Maryland … SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection prevention and control in the long-term care facility.

37. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - antibiotics appropriately—that is, using them only when truly needed and using the right antibiotic for each infection … , such as Clostridium difficile infections, to emerge in the nursing home. … homes are unnecessary. 3 Because it can be challenging to determine when a resident actually has an infection … for making clinical decisions about nursing home residents and choose the right antibiotic for each infection … Document which bacteria are present in a nursing home and which antibiotics are effective for treating an infection

38. Decolonization – Universal and Targeted | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - Tools Decolonization – Universal and Targeted Decolonization is an infection … It can keep them from developing an infection themselves or passing the germs on to others. … MRSA infections. … nursing homes, the 14 who used universal decolonization reduced resident transfers to a hospital for infection … REDUCE-MRSA Trial In a cluster-randomized trial comparing universal decolonization to two routine infection

39. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated there were 323,000 cases of invasive MRSA infection … annually based on 2017 data, and over 10,000 deaths. 1 Unfortunately, MRSA infections increased 13 … participants in this 3-year project will be compiled into a toolkit, allowing other providers to reduce MRSA infection

40. Declines in Hospital-Acquired Conditions (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - Adverse Drug Events -28% CAUTI* -5% CLABSI+ -6% Clostridioides difficile Infections -37% … Falls -5% Obstetric Adverse Events -3% Pressure Ulcers Surgical Site Infections Ventilator … embolisms -17% All Other HACs -14% Totals -13% *CAUTI - Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … +CLABSI - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections **The percent change numbers are compared