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141. 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.

142. 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.

143. 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

144. 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.

145. Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections. | PSNet
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     October 01, 2024 - Toolkit Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections. … Toolkit for Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections. March 2023. … 2022 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 … August 1, 2017 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in acute

146. Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: Leadership Needed from HHS to Prioritize Prevention Practices and Improve Data on these Infections. | PSNet
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     October 15, 2008 - HHS to Prioritize Prevention Practices and Improve Data on these Infections. … Prevention Practices and Improve Data on these Infections. … 25, 2019 COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection … 9, 2024 COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection … Public reporting of health care–associated surveillance data: recommendations from the Healthcare Infection

147. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - It broadly categorizes SSIs into incisional and organ/space infections. … of the infections were caused by gram-positive organisms and 30% of the infections were caused by MRSA … Results Over 80 % of all nosocomial infections are urinary tract infection, surgical wound infection … Bloodstream infections, IVDI (intravascular device infection) or IVDI-related bloodstream infections, … also observed was a 3.5-fold increase in IVDI-related bloodstream infections and surgical site infections

148. Preventing infection from the misuse of vials. | PSNet
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     September 11, 2023 - Sentinel Event Alerts Preventing infection from the misuse of vials. … Citation Text: Preventing infection from the misuse of vials. … The Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert regarding infections caused by the misuse of … Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Preventing infection … July 30, 2014 Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections.

149. 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.

150. Infection preventionist checklist to improve culture and reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections. | PSNet
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     January 15, 2014 - Commentary Infection preventionist checklist to improve culture and reduce central … Infection preventionist checklist to improve culture and reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … This piece describes a checklist to support involving infection control professionals as leaders in this … Infection preventionist checklist to improve culture and reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … January 22, 2017 Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline

151. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - part of the AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery, a national implementation project to reduce surgical site infections … Healthcare-associated infections are among the most common complications in surgery patients, including … more than 150,000 surgical site infections each year.  … The project aimed to— Reduce surgical site infections, and Improve safety culture using AHRQ’s … : Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality provided clinical, infection

152. Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention to new settings. | PSNet
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     January 18, 2023 - Commentary Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive … Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention … This article discusses the epidemiology of catheter-related bloodstream infections and provides recommendations … to prevent health care–associated infections outside the intensive care unit. … Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections outside the intensive care unit: expanding prevention

153. A multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - Study A multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … A multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections. … A multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections. … January 9, 2024 Healthcare–Associated Infections (HAI). … 2012 How active resisters and organizational constipators affect health care–acquired infection

154. Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008. | PSNet
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     February 17, 2011 - Study Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008. … Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008. … Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005-2008. … September 21, 2016 Healthcare–Associated Infections (HAI). … December 31, 2014 CDC central-line bloodstream infection prevention efforts produced

155. National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report. | PSNet
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     June 11, 2014 - Citation Text: National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report. … infections while reporting little progress in other healthcare settings. … June 11, 2014 Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations … May 10, 2017 Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations … May 1, 2016 Healthcare–Associated Infections (HAI).

156. Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery. | PSNet
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     February 12, 2020 - Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery. … Surgical site infections and other postoperative healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) can lead to … Mortality due to hospital-acquired infection after cardiac surgery. … -19-related infection prevention measures. … -related infection prevention measures.

157. Successful implementation of a unit-based quality nurse to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections. | PSNet
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     September 23, 2020 - Successful implementation of a unit-based quality nurse to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … Successful implementation of a unit-based quality nurse to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) cause substantial morbidity and mortality. … The quality nurse helped to educate staff about health care–associated infections and prevention strategies … Successful implementation of a unit-based quality nurse to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections

158. Infection control measure performance in long-term care hospitals and their relationship to Joint Commission accreditation. | PSNet
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     June 07, 2023 - Study Infection control measure performance in long-term care hospitals and their … Infection control measure performance in long-term care hospitals and their relationship to Joint Commission … Infection control measure performance in long-term care hospitals and their relationship to Joint Commission … 5, 2023 COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection … May 6, 2020 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract infection

159. Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections. | PSNet
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     January 15, 2014 - evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections … January 15, 2014 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide … April 27, 2022 Reducing three infections across cardiac surgery programs: a multisite … May 22, 2019 AHRQ patient safety project reduces bloodstream infections by 40 percent … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection

160. Readmissions for Selected Infections Due to Medical Care: Expanding the Definition of a Patient Safety Indicator (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2016 - /infection not present at admission). … Conclusions: The hospital-level estimate of cases of selected infection is an underestimate of infections … Infections due to intravascular devices can lead to local site infection, catheter-related blood stream … infection, septic thrombophlebitis, endocarditis, and other metastatic infections; they have been … .7, 8 Most bloodstream infections are related to a primary infection, the majority of which originate