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  1. Other Resources for Long-Term Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/other-resources.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - Urinary Tract Infection Special article from JAMDA, the Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine … Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults and children: 2017 update … Page=For Nursing Homes Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Infection Prevention … /Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) Infections Dental … Prevention and Control Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

  2. Using the opportunity estimator tool to improve engagement in a quality and safety intervention. | PSNet

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    August 25, 2010 - August 25, 2010 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide: … January 22, 2017 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national … May 8, 2019 Drug shortage-associated increase in catheter-related blood stream infection … December 30, 2014 Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections. … 31, 2013 New 2012 National Patient Safety Goal - catheter-associated urinary tract infection

  3. Module 1: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    February 01, 2023 - Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009. … Slide 4 Scope of the Problem CAUTIs: One of the most common types of healthcare-associated Infection … Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network Leading cause of secondary bloodstream infection … unstable thoracic or lumbar spine) Improved comfort for end-of-life care if needed * Healthcare Infection … Slide 15 Patient Factors ICU patients who are critically ill may be at high risk for infection

  4. Statistical Brief #94: Adult Hospital Stays with Infections Due to Medical Care, 2007 (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2008 - percent of the stays with an infection, respectively). … ■ From 2004 to 2007, the infection rate was highest in the 45 to 64 year group (2.58 per 1,000 in … .2 Interventions using these guidelines have shown sustainable reductions in the rate of infection … American Journal of Infection Control. 2008; 36(9): 609-26. 6 Patient Safety Indicators Overview. … The ICD-9-CM codes defining selected infections due to medical care are: – 999.3, other infection

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 19, 2023 - Preventing surgical site infections: implementing strategies throughout the perioperative continuum. … Preventing surgical site infections: implementing strategies throughout the perioperative continuum. … and the roles that infection surveillance, infection prevention bundles, and a culture of safety play … a substantial role in decreasing the rate of surgical site infections. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/surgical-site-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consensus-bundle-prevention-surgical-site-infections-after-major-gynecologic-surgery

  6. Guide to Implementing and Sustaining a Program To Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI in the Intensive Care Unit Setting (pdf file)

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    April 01, 2022 - (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the hospital setting. … As noted in the overview, a strong foundation of CUSP is key to sustaining infection prevention. … surrounding the specific infection identification. … These tools can be used after an infection has been identified or when an infection is being considered … The support for addressing adaptive changes is key for sustaining infection prevention.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 15, 2023 - Preventing nosocomial bloodstream infections (NBSIs) by implementing hospitalwide, department-level, … Preventing nosocomial bloodstream infections (NBSIs) by implementing hospitalwide, department-level, … Nosocomial infections remain a persistent patient safety issue and can lead to serious patient harm … experience using department-level investigations to reduce the incidence of nosocomial bloodstream infections … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mortality-due-hospital-acquired-infection-after-cardiac-surgery

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 06, 2024 - Hospital Differences in Adult Inpatient Stays with Healthcare-Associated Infections, 2019 and 2021. … Hospital Differences In Adult Inpatient Stays With Healthcare-Associated Infections, 2019 And 2021. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-differences-adult-inpatient-stays-healthcare-associated-infections … - 2019-and-2021 Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a persistent threat to patient safety. … -2019-and-2021 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-health-care-associated-infections-united-states https

  9. The timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. | PSNet

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    June 24, 2009 - Resources From the Same Author(s) Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection … August 9, 2018 Global Guidelines on the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. … January 3, 2018 Patient engagement with surgical site infection prevention: an expert … October 3, 2012 Supplemental perioperative oxygen and the risk of surgical wound infection … February 3, 2011 Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection.

  10. Using a logic model to design and evaluate quality and patient safety improvement programs. | PSNet

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    November 10, 2010 - June 16, 2011 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national … January 22, 2017 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide … 21, 2015 Implementing a national program to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infection … The influence of organizational context on quality improvement and patient safety efforts in infection … Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection

  11. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update. | PSNet

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    May 01, 2017 - AHRQ has been tracking rates of HACs including adverse drug events, catheter-associated urinary tract infections … , central line–associated bloodstream infections, pressure ulcers, and surgical site infections. … October 18, 2011 Adult Hospital Stays with Infections Due to Medical Care, 2007. … September 15, 2010 Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State … Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections.

  12. Appendix A. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    September 01, 2018 - Surgical site infections after colorectal surgery: do risk factors vary depending on the type of infection … Infection 37 (2009): 455-460. Duke Infection Control Group. … G., Prevention of surgical site infections. … The effect of traffic patterns in the OR on surgical site infections. … Nosocomial infections after peripheral arterial bypass surgery.

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 30, 2023 - National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-and-state-healthcare-associated-infections-progress-report This … infections while reporting little progress in other healthcare settings. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-and-state-healthcare-associated-infections-progress-report https … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sustaining-reductions-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-michigan-intensive-care-units

  14. In Conversation with…Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH | PSNet

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    November 01, 2008 - catheter–related infection. … In the 1970s, when infection control really began to blossom, infection control professionals, the hospital … Perspective Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common hospital-acquired infection, accounting … infections, such as surgical site infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and bacteremia. … risks of symptomatic infection.

  15. HCUP Statistical Brief #35: Infections with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in U.S. Hospitals, 1993–2005 (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2007 - hospital inpatients with MRSA infections in 2004 and compares patients with MRSA infections with those … without MRSA infections. … Most common principal diagnoses associated with MRSA infections MRSA infection can only appear as a … Five of the top 10 principal conditions were related to infections—skin and subcutaneous infections … The ICD-9-CM code defining methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection is V09.0 Infection with

  16. Public reporting of health care–associated surveillance data: recommendations from the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. | PSNet

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    May 25, 2011 - Public reporting of health care–associated surveillance data: recommendations from the Healthcare Infection … Public Reporting of Health Care–Associated Surveillance Data: Recommendations From the Healthcare Infection … Public reporting of health care–associated infection rates serves as a key measure for quality in … Public Reporting of Health Care–Associated Surveillance Data: Recommendations From the Healthcare Infection … Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection

  17. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

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  18. 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.

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 22, 2020 - Implementation of a comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections in cesarean … Implementation of a comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections in cesarean … /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-comprehensive-unit-based-safety-program-reduce-surgical- site-infections … hospital over a five-year period to evaluate the impact of an evidence-based bundle on surgical site infections … Implementation of the bundle resulted in a 60% reduction in the risk of surgical site infections, from

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 05, 2023 - Healthcare-associated infections in Veterans Affairs acute-care and long-term healthcare facilities … Healthcare-associated infections in Veterans Affairs acute-care and long-term healthcare facilities … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/healthcare-associated-infections-veterans-affairs-acute-care-and-long-term … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-acquired-infections-surgical-patients-impact-covid … -19-related-infection-prevention https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/long-term-care-healthcare-associated-infections
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