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21. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.monahrq.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-neonatal/nclabsi7.html
    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

22. 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

23. 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

24. APIC HAI Cost Calculator | 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 … 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.

25. 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

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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

29. 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.

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 6 Tk1 T1-Talking With Residents Checklist Version Final (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - • Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. …  How do people get bacterial infections? …  When are antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … • A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any party of the urinary system, including … Not all respiratory tract infections need to be treated with an antibiotic.

35. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Effect of education and performance feedback on rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in U.S. hospitals … Reduction of urinary tract infection and antibiotic use after surgery: A controlled, prospective, before-after … infections—U.S. 2001, 2008, 2009. … VA healthcare-associated infections activities/initiatives.

36. AHRQ Tools To Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Catheter-associated urinary tract infection … (CAUTI): Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Central line-associated blood stream infections … build the foundation to make care safer and tackle specific HACs, including healthcare-associated infections

37. Introduction & Objectives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … Collaborative of North Carolina (PQCNC), implemented a national, neonatal central line-associated bloodstream infection … This population is specifically susceptible to infections because of immature immune systems. … While many NICUs no longer view these infections as inevitable, NICUs confront a range of unique obstacles … to develop a State consortium that included providers (neonatologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, infection

38. Appendix | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … 290,000 8.8 CLABSis MPSMS (2013) Blood Stream Infections Associated With Central Venous Catheters … 400,000 290,000 110,000 28% $110,000,000 2,563 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections … 530,000 40% 50% 20% 106,000 $1,000 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections 40,000 … .023 $106,000,000 2,470 Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections .185 $170,000,000

39. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    May 01, 2014 - Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decision Making for Four Infections Tool 4. … In wound infections among soldiers in the Middle East, multidrug resistant acinetobacter infections have … and ear infections and sinusitis in adults. … Do you know why a resident DOES NOT need a fever to have an infection? … 2 or more symptoms/signs of other infection?

40. Toolkit Sections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Contact Us Español FAQs Home Healthcare-Associated Infections … More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections … Implementation Guide : It may be helpful to review this guide before starting a project to reduce infections … your ambulatory surgery center team in implementing a program to improve safety culture and reduce infections … Resources This section provides links to key resources on infection prevention and patient and family