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121. Reduction in Hospital-Acquired Complications and Infections (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - .10 Research has shown that the risk of infection is directly associated with the length of time a catheter … The cost of these nosocomial infections is estimated at $676 in direct costs per infection.11 As such … Depending on the type of complication or infection, it may be too difficult to identify and may warrant … Evaluators will also need to consider existing staff support for hospital complication and infection … Infection control: a problem for patient safety. N Engl J Med 2003;348(7):651-6. 2.

122. Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update. | PSNet
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     February 07, 2022 - (s) Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring … April 5, 2023 Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction … January 27, 2021 Clostridium Difficile infection in the United States: a national study … 2012 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract infection

123. Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2023: an analysis of 23,970 reports. | PSNet
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     July 08, 2020 - Study Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2023: an analysis of 23,970 … Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2023: an analysis of 23,970 reports. … submitted by long-term care facilities to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS), infection … rates increased for skin and soft tissue, urinary tract, and respiratory tract infections. … Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2023: an analysis of 23,970 reports.

124. 4 Tk1 T3-Not All Infections Need Antibiotics- Final (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - • The Suspected Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation … • Use of antibiotics has been linked to health care-acquired infections. … HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections PREVENT Not All “Infections” Need Antibiotics! … prescribing prophylactic antibiotics, prescribing antibiotics without determining the source of the infection … with antibiotics for a UTI when they were asymptomatic went on to develop a Clostridium difficile infection

125. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

126. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

127. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections AHRQ Safety Program for … Infection preventionists are considered content experts in infection prevention and play a role in … Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … Guidelines for the Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … Reporting catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Denominator matters.

128. Tools for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections Fact Sheet Appendix 3. … You can eliminate infections, and any infection should be viewed as a defect. … Prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. … American Journal of Infection Control 1998;26:522-533. … Nosocomial bloodstream infections in the critically ill.

129. | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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130. CLABSI Investigation: Walk the Process (Slide Presentation) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Infection Rate Above Zero? Slide 4. Spike in Infections? Slide 5. Process Auditing Slide 6. … Infrequent Infections? Slide 15. Infrequent Infections Slide 16. Conclusion Slide 17. … Infection Rate Above Zero? Or Were you at zero and then had a spike in your infections? … Spike in Infections? … Infrequent Infections Consider each infection a defect worthy of analysis?

131. Psychological safety and infection prevention practices: results from a national survey. | PSNet
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     September 27, 2023 - Study Psychological safety and infection prevention practices: results from a national … Psychological safety and infection prevention practices: results from a national survey. … common healthcare-associated infections . … October 17, 2017 Encouraging employees to speak up to prevent infections: opportunities … May 30, 2012 Partnering to Heal: Teaming-Up Against Healthcare-Associated Infections.

132. AHRQ Final Progress Report: Developing an Integrated Engineering-Based Model to Reduce Infections in the ICU (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - ventilator-associated pneumonia, respiratory virus infections, urinary tract infections, and rotavirus … infections in pediatric, cardiac, and neonatal ICUs. … Key Words: Systems modeling, simulation, risk analysis, infection transmission. … on a single infection affecting a limited patient population. … The development of an ICU-specific risk-of-infection score.

133. Hospital infection prevention: how much can we prevent and how hard should we try? | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - Review Hospital infection prevention: how much can we prevent and how hard should … Hospital Infection Prevention: How Much Can We Prevent and How Hard Should We Try? … improvements , some infections are not preventable . … Hospital Infection Prevention: How Much Can We Prevent and How Hard Should We Try? … December 9, 2015 Infection prevention in the emergency department.

134. Reducing the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a surgical intensive care unit using the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Central Line Bundle. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - Study Reducing the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a surgical … Reducing the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in a surgical intensive care unit using … Resources Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the urgent need to refocus on hardwiring … November 7, 2018 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in

135. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among … HAI Bulletin: Subscribe for updates on Infection Prevention and Combating Antimicrobial Resistance … to help tackle the complex problems of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infection … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).  … Targeted versus Universal Decolonization to Prevent ICU Infection A June 2013 New England Journal of

136. Appendix 9: Back to Basics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2018 - Most of these infections are preventable, and you are part of the cure. … There is no single therapy that wipes out these infections. … This means expecting unit leaders to present both infection rates and weeks without an infection to senior … Infection preventionists work closely with unit-level teams to train, monitor, investigate infections … units where infections are measured and report these data to senior leaders.

137. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - The Direct Medical Costs of Healthcare-Associated Infections in U.S. … Engineering out the risk for infection with urinary catheters. … Urinary tract infection in male veterans: treatment patterns and outcomes. … Urinary Tract Infection (Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection [CAUTI] and Non-Catheter-Associated … Urinary Tract Infection [UTI]) and Other Urinary System Infection [USI]) Events.

138. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Eliminating nosocomial infections at Ascension Health: preventing catheter-related blood stream infections … The risk of bloodstream infection in adults with different intravascular devices: a systematic review … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … outcome measure to evaluate the effect of interventions to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Engaging healthcare workers to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection and avert patient

139. What US hospitals are currently doing to prevent common device-associated infections: results from a national survey. | PSNet
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     June 21, 2023 - Study What US hospitals are currently doing to prevent common device-associated infections … What US hospitals are currently doing to prevent common device-associated infections: results from a … infection (CAUTI), central line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), and ventilator-associated … for each of these infections. … over time, some gaps in device-associated infection prevention persist.

140. Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions for bloodstream infections related to central catheters: a systematic review. | PSNet
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     March 30, 2022 - Review Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions for bloodstream infections … Economic Evaluation of Quality Improvement Interventions for Bloodstream Infections Related to Central … Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) represent a key source of preventable harm … A PSNet perspective discussed the role of infection prevention in patient safety. … December 7, 2016 Drug shortage-associated increase in catheter-related blood stream infection