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161. An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections. | PSNet
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     February 22, 2023 - on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care-associated infections … July 1, 2020 Hospital infection prevention: how much can we prevent and how hard should … September 1, 2017 Viewing prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection as … December 9, 2015 Infection prevention in the emergency department. … August 6, 2014 Healthcare-Associated Infections.

162. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus central line–associated bloodstream infections in US intensive care units, 1997-2007. | PSNet
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     April 05, 2013 - influential organizations have recommended that hospitals specifically target MRSA colonization and infection … Healthcare Safety Network found that the overall incidence of one common HAI, catheter-related bloodstream infection … October 31, 2014 Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection. … Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with antibiotic use and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection … 21, 2014 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection

163. AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2011 - infections (HAIs) are infections that people acquire while they are receiving treatment for another … Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks CAUTI—Catheter-associated urinary tract infection … National Opportunity to Improve Infection Control in ESRD (NOTICE) Initiative (Previous name: Improving … Evaluating Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients Multidrug-Resistant Urinary Tract … Using an Infection Control Network Surgical Site and Clostridium difficile Infections after Ambulatory

164. Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the checklist. | PSNet
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     January 05, 2012 - Commentary Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the … Citation Text: Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the checklist. … , but these dangerous infections persist.  … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection … October 13, 2010 Preventing infections: how Portland hospitals compare.

165. The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - site infection reduction and health care cost savings. … Surgical site infections are a major contributor to the overall burden of health care–associated infections … In this study, implementation of a formal bundle for preventing surgical site infections resulted in … a significant decrease in both superficial infections and postoperative sepsis. … site infection reduction and health care cost savings.

166. Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship. | PSNet
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     October 23, 2019 - Toolkit Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial … Citation Text: Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship … This toolkit will help hospitals reduce Clostridium difficile infections by developing a stewardship … December 18, 2008 Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification … October 9, 2013 Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections.

167. Health care-associated infections among hospitalized patients with COVID-19, March 2020-March 2022. | PSNet
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     May 12, 2021 - Study Health care-associated infections among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Universal protection: operationalizing infection … June 9, 2021 Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: implications … December 16, 2020 Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on hospital acquired infection rates in the United … November 25, 2020 Process failures that increase the risk of infection through respiratory

168. A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. | PSNet
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     September 01, 2014 - However, applying patient safety techniques as well as traditional infection control methods has resulted … in significant successes in curbing these infections.  … , ventilator-associated pneumonia , catheter-associated urinary tract infection , and surgical site … infection).  … June 22, 2022 Clostridium Difficile infection in the United States: a national study

169. Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections. | PSNet
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     November 14, 2018 - Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections. … Multistate point-prevalence survey of health care-associated infections. … Resources Diagnostic stewardship to improve patient outcomes and healthcare-associated infection … : the case of central line–associated bloodstream infections. … Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections.

170. Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned from AHRQ's HAI Program. | PSNet
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     May 06, 2015 - Special or Theme Issue Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons … Citation Text: Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned from AHRQ's … December 16, 2020 Clostridium Difficile infection in the United States: a national study … December 9, 2015 Infection Prevention. … October 18, 2011 Healthcare-Associated Infections.

171. Statewide collaborative to reduce surgical site infections: results of the Hawaii Surgical Unit-Based Safety Program. | PSNet
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     March 21, 2012 - -related infection prevention measures. … January 11, 2017 The preventive surgical site infection bundle in colorectal surgery: … an effective approach to surgical site infection reduction and health care cost savings. … August 2, 2015 Readmission after delayed diagnosis of surgical site infection: a focus … August 13, 2014 Identifying opportunities for quality improvement in surgical site infection

172. Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates. | PSNet
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     August 20, 2018 - Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates. … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection rates. … December 6, 2013 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in … August 25, 2010 Preventing infections: how Portland hospitals compare.

173. Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene. | PSNet
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     July 03, 2014 - Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene. … The guideline is one of the 2014 infection control compendium updates published in the journal. … Public reporting of health care–associated surveillance data: recommendations from the Healthcare Infection … April 22, 2020 Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations … Public reporting of health care–associated surveillance data: recommendations from the Healthcare Infection

174. Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2025 - Decolonization Decolonization is an infection prevention practice that removes germs from the … It can keep them from developing an infection themselves or passing the germs on to others. … This practice has been shown to reduce the amount of germs on the body and reduce infections overall, … including hard-to-treat MRSA infections. … MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting Surgical Site Infections: Evidence for MRSA decolonization . 

175. Doing well by doing good: assessing the cost savings of an intervention to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in a Hawaii hospital. | PSNet
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     March 21, 2012 - doing good: assessing the cost savings of an intervention to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections … Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) can be nearly eliminated through implementation … March 20, 2013 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national … 26, 2014 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection

176. A 7-year analysis of attributable costs of healthcare-associated infections in a network of community hospitals in the southeastern United States. | PSNet
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     April 24, 2018 - Study A 7-year analysis of attributable costs of healthcare-associated infections … A 7-year analysis of attributable costs of healthcare-associated infections in a network of community … infection (CDI-HO), and surgical site infections (SSI) across 45 hospitals between January 2016 and … September 1, 2016 Surgical site infection prevention: a review. … December 21, 2018 Zero tolerance for deadly hospital-acquired infections.

177. Elimination of central-venous-catheter-related bloodstream infections from the intensive care unit. | PSNet
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     January 11, 2017 - Study Elimination of central-venous-catheter-related bloodstream infections from … Elimination of central-venous-catheter-related bloodstream infections from the intensive care unit. … Elimination of central-venous-catheter-related bloodstream infections from the intensive care unit. … December 31, 2014 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection

178. Financial incentives to reduce hospital-acquired infections under alternative payment arrangements. | PSNet
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     September 29, 2017 - Study Financial incentives to reduce hospital-acquired infections under alternative … and catheter-associated urinary tract infections . … Receipt of antibiotics in hospitalized patients and risk for Clostridium difficile infection … January 9, 2011 Impact of patient safety climate on infection prevention practices and … July 10, 2008 Infection control hazards and near misses reported by nursing students.

179. Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study. | PSNet
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     May 25, 2011 - Classic Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections … This study demonstrated that reduced rates of catheter-related bloodstream infections persisted 18 … June 16, 2011 An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in … October 16, 2012 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide … Quality of traditional surveillance for public reporting of nosocomial bloodstream infection

180. Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: business case for quality improvement. | PSNet
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     November 23, 2016 - Study Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive … Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: Business case … , and uses these data to make the business case for efforts to prevent such infections. … Reducing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in the pediatric intensive care unit: Business case … December 18, 2014 Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates