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301. 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

302. 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.

303. 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.

304. 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.

305. 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

306. 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

307. 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

308. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 24, 2024 - Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2023: an analysis of 23,970 reports. … Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2023: an analysis of 23,970 reports. … Preventing healthcare-associated infections continue to be a challenge in long-term care settings. … 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.

309. 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.

310. 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

311. 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

312. 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.

313. Infection After Carpal Tunnel Surgery | PSNet
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     May 28, 2014 - should be distinguished from deep infections, as the former can usually be treated with suture removal … and oral antibiotics whereas deep infections require operative incision and drainage with or without … debridement, combined with intravenous antibiotics. 16 The rate of superficial infections is likely … Quality Improvement Approach Optimizing the healthcare system to assure safety and minimize infections … Influence of corticosteroid injections on postoperative infections in carpal tunnel release.

314. 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

315. Executive/senior leader checklist to improve culture and reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections. | PSNet
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     August 25, 2010 - Executive/senior leader checklist to improve culture and reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections … August 25, 2010 Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide: … March 21, 2012 Eliminating central line-associated bloodstream infections: a national … September 30, 2015 Positive deviance: a new tool for infection prevention and patient … August 11, 2014 Organizational culture and its implications for infection prevention

316. Slide 1 (ppt file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Or Were you at zero and then had a spike in your infections? … * Spike in Infections? … In our experience when we see spikes in infection or infection rates above zero, we find that the adherence … Infrequent Infections Consider each infection a defect worthy of a full analysis? … Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2002; 23(12):759-769.

317. 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

318. 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

319. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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320. Impact of adverse events on outcomes in intensive care unit patients. | PSNet
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     April 18, 2012 - care unit (ICU) patients are vulnerable from a patient safety standpoint, with hospital-acquired infections … Multiple AEs, particularly hospital-acquired infections, were independently associated with mortality … documented remarkable successes in preventing one of the most common AEs, catheter-related bloodstream infections … Related Resources What US hospitals are doing to prevent common device-associated infections … May 30, 2012 Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: thinking outside the