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  1. Appendix C. Article Exclusion List with Reason for Exclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    January 01, 2013 - and those with methicillin-susceptible S. aureus bloodstream infection? … Cost estimates not in U.S. dollars Burke JP,  2003 Infection control—a problem for patient … Published before 2002 Dixon RE,  1987 Costs of nosocomial infections and benefits of infection … Published before 2002 Graves N, 2007 Effect of healthcare-acquired infection on length of … and infection control interventions: 1990–2000.

  2. World Hand Hygiene Day. | PSNet

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    July 14, 2021 - global initiative raises awareness about hand hygiene as a strategy to reduce health care–associated infections … September 11, 2023 The preventable proportion of healthcare-associated infections 2005 … September 6, 2018 Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations … July 9, 2014 Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. … November 11, 2009 Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside

  3. What US hospitals are doing to prevent common device-associated infections during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: results from a national survey in the United States. | PSNet

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    May 08, 2019 - Study What US hospitals are doing to prevent common device-associated infections … What US hospitals are doing to prevent common device-associated infections during the coronavirus disease … The COVID-19 pandemic challenged infection prevention and control practices . … Findings from this survey of infection prevention professionals from acute care hospitals in the United … May 8, 2019 A program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in acute

  4. Hand hygiene compliance for patient safety. | PSNet

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    October 19, 2022 - Health care–associated infections (HAIs) remain a major contributor to preventable morbidity and mortality … in hospitalized patients, despite some progress in combating certain infections. … This commentary relates how hand hygiene compliance contributes to infection prevention and safe care … July 1, 2020 Hospital infection prevention: how much can we prevent and how hard should … December 9, 2015 Impact of organizations on healthcare-associated infections.

  5. Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections. | PSNet

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    June 07, 2008 - and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections. … This report describes state reporting programs for health care–associated infection (HAI), hospital initiatives … 25, 2019 COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Needs to Continue to Strengthen Oversight of Infection … November 30, 2023 Infection Control Deficiencies Were Widespread and Persistent in Nursing … Public reporting of health care–associated surveillance data: recommendations from the Healthcare Infection

  6. The business case for quality: economic analysis of the Michigan Keystone Patient Safety Program in ICUs. | PSNet

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    September 20, 2011 - January 15, 2014 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide … November 7, 2018 Statewide NICU central-line–associated bloodstream infection rates decline … December 18, 2014 Reducing the rate of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in … December 23, 2012 Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in … August 25, 2010 Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside

  7. 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 … 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 … clinicians can then use the antibiogram to help them choose the most appropriate antibiotic for each infection

  8. Recommendation: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    May 01, 2025 - Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Sexually Transmitted Infections … See Current Final Recommendation Statement for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling

  9. From Science to Implementation: AHRQ's Program to Prevent HAIs—Results and Lessons. | PSNet

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    May 06, 2015 - , and prevention of central line–associated bloodstream infections as well as catheter-associated … urinary tract infections . … July 2, 2009 Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction … September 1, 2014 Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care-associated infection. … January 2, 2013 Healthcare-Associated Infections.

  10. 035-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-Notes (doc file)

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    October 01, 2024 - bloodstream infections (CLABSI), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and surgical site infections … 60 percent of S. aureus infections in non-ICUs. … Slide 18 MRSA Colonization and Infection SAY: Although both colonization and infection involve the … transmission and prevent infections. … It is crucial to take steps to prevent MRSA infections.

  11. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Primary Neurologic Disorders (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2022 - unique problems that higher acuity neurologic ICU patients may have with catheter utilization and infection … and the intensivists were not consistently provided access to individual catheter utilization and infection … infection rates. … American Journal Infection Control. 2020;48(11):1375-1380. PMID: 33097138. 7. … Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the neuroICU: identification of risk factors

  12. Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    March 01, 2023 - customizable, educational toolkit aims to help ICUs reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection … (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). … and these infections are largely preventable Source: HAI Data . … infections Source: Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) . … Infection. 2015 Feb;43(1):29-36. Epub 2014 Oct 21.

  13. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Clinician (pdf file)

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    March 01, 2016 - Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … strategies for reducing antibiotic use in adults and children with uncomplicated acute respiratory tract infections … this summary is based on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … ; SOE = strength of evidence; SR = systematic review; URTI = upper respiratory tract infection … ; SOE = strength of evidence; URTI = upper respiratory tract infection AHRQ Pub.

  14. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    November 01, 2024 - 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 … which bacteria are present in a nursing home and which antibiotics are effective for treating an infection

  15. 121-Importance-Mrsa-Prevention-One-Pager (doc file)

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    April 01, 2025 - Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Facts SSIs account for 20 percent of all healthcare-associated infections … American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: surgical site infection guidelines, 2016 … Intranasal mupirocin to prevent postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections. … The role of nasal carriage in Staphylococcus aureus infections. … Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 update.

  16. Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valve intravenous access port. | PSNet

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    February 07, 2022 - February 7, 2022 Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections … December 16, 2020 An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections … 26, 2008 The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare-associated infections … July 16, 2015 Healthcare-associated infections in Veterans Affairs acute-care and long-term … June 21, 2023 Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2021: an analysis of

  17. 134-Clabsi-Prevention-Central-Line-Maintenance (doc file)

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    October 01, 2024 - References Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI): Components of a Central … Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. https://apic.org/Resource_/TinyMceFileManager … The Joint Commission. https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/patient-safety-topics/infection-prevention-and-control … Effect of daily chlorhexidine bathing on hospital-acquired infection.  … in general medical and surgical units (ABATE Infection trial): a cluster-randomised trial. 

  18. Recommendation: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    August 18, 2020 - Update in Progress for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling … with sexually transmitted infection: results of a randomized controlled trial. … Screening for HIV infection: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. … Clinical preventive services recommendation: sexually transmitted infections. … Abbreviations: STI, sexually transmitted infection; USPSTF, US Preventive Services Task Force.

  19. Respiratory Infection | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Respiratory Infection Barriers to seasonal influenza vaccine uptake … health record clinical decision support tool to improve antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections … health record clinical decision support tool to improve antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections

  20. Study Finds Association Between Smoking and Chronic Pain | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    November 01, 2024 - Stats: Rates of Long COVID by Race Just 7.3 percent of non-Hispanic Asian adults with a prior COVID-19 infection … No Clear Link Between Pathogen Type and Severity of Respiratory Infections Infection type—whether viral … Among those tested, 16 percent had viral infections, 34 percent had bacterial infections and 27 percent … had mixed infections. … The average cough duration ranged from 14 to 17 days across infection types, with viral infections being
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