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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49642/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2011 - requirements to encrypt all data, to comply with specific password complexity settings, and to follow infection … Transmission of infection, risks of privacy breaches, and increased errors induced by multitasking are

  2. Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html
    June 01, 2022 - and was proven effective through a national project that reduced central line-associated blood stream infections … strategies can help prevent harmful events such as medication errors, bed sores, and healthcare-associated infections … effective antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) with the potential to reduce Clostridium difficile infection … can suffer adverse outcomes and even fatal complications, and clinicians can be exposed to injury or infection

  3. Sb261-Most-Expensive-Hospital-Conditions-2017 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb261-Most-Expensive-Hospital-Conditions-2017.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - of other surgical or medical care, injury, initial encounter 2,658 1.3 151 1.0 18 Urinary tract infections … failure • Complication of cardiovascular device, implant or graft, initial encounter • Urinary tract infections … Spondylopathies/spondyloarthropathy (including infective) 1,018 1.2 48 0.6 14 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … of the lower limb (except hip), initial encounter 293 2.1 15 1.0 8 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  4. Statistical Brief #107: The National Hospital Bill: The Most Expensive Conditions by Payer, 2008 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb107.pdf
    March 11, 2011 - national hospital bill was for treatment of five conditions: mother’s pregnancy and delivery, blood infection … Hospital stays for sepsis (blood infection) and coronary artery disease each accounted for approximately … For all four payer groups, blood infection, coronary artery disease, and acute cerebrovascular disease … 290 16 Complications of surgical procedures or medical care $9,052 1.7% 226 17 Urinary tract infections … infants $1,261 2.6% 247 7 Gall bladder disease $1,177 2.5% 42 8 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  5. Overview of Children in the Emergency Department, 2010 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb157.pdf
    March 01, 2013 - as fever, cough, nausea and vomiting, and pain) and acute conditions (such as respiratory and viral infections … 400,700 (13.8) 1,119,400 (13.9) Other lower respiratory disease3 301,800 (10.4) Viral infection … Other respiratory conditions—including pneumonia, acute bronchitis, and upper respiratory infections—were … reason for ED visits resulting in admission for infants younger than 1 year, and upper respiratory infections … ICD-9-CM diagnoses within this CCS category for children aged 1–4 years were acute upper respiratory infection

  6. Artificial lung ventilation tube connected to the patient in the bed (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/044-vap-prevention-essential.docx
    October 01, 2024 - Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Prevention Essential Practices1 Avoid intubation if possible.2-3 Consider alternative strategies, such as, high flow O2 or noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. Consider each patient’s clinical scenario to determine the most appropriate strategy. Minimize sedation.2-5 Determ…

  7. Community-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/cap-one-pager.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia Community-Acquired Pneumonia Diagnosis Symptoms: Cough (generally with increased sputum), fevers, shortness of breath, or chest pain Exam: Tachycardia, tachypnea, or decreased oxygen saturation with rhonchi or crackles • In patients with obvious signs and symptoms of …

  8. CAUTI Sustainability: Embedding CAUTI Policies, Using Data to Monitor Proress and Hardwiring CUSP Principles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/cauti-sustainability-transcript.html
    December 01, 2017 - In the spirit of preventing hospital acquired infections, we went a step further and also took down all … It is really ingrained in us to prevent any kind of hospital acquired infection through the hand hygiene … They sent that to infection prevention and to the nurse manager. … We have to report out to infection prevention council. This is our analysis tools that we have. … They are our true partners in fighting against hospital acquired infection and to quote one of our senior

  9. Information to Help Hospitals Get Started (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_to_Use_Guide_Ldr_Slide_508.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Overall improvements in quality and safety • Patients and families as allies in safe medication use, infection … be prevented • Common complications post-discharge are adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections

  10. INSTRUCTIONS: Return on Investment Estimation (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/f1-returnoninvestment.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - For example, by reducing its infection rates, a hospital could eliminate the costs it had been incurring … to provide the extra care required to treat infections. … It also could enhance or protect its revenues, if insurers offered incentives for infection control … or imposed penalties for occurrences of infections. … For example, reducing infections will affect costs to insurers from changes in payments made to the

  11. In Conversation with…William B. Munier, MD, MBA | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withwilliam-b-munier-md-mba
    July 01, 2011 - 40% of those hospitals did the event reporting system receive any reports on health care-associated infections … , which meant that the patient safety team running the event reporting system wasn't talking to the infection … detailed information is standardized for the more common types of events, such as health care–associated infections … increasing requirement of CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system for health care-associated infections … Common events (e.g., health care–associated infections, falls) may be so common that individual hospitals

  12. Return on Investment Tool (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.docx
    January 01, 2013 - For example, improvement actions might reduce hospital-associated infections, rates of pressure ulcers … For example, by reducing its infection rates, a hospital could eliminate the costs it had been incurring … to provide the extra care required to treat infections. … It also could enhance or protect its revenues, if insurers offered incentives for infection control or … imposed penalties for occurrences of infections.

  13. Becoming a Patient Safety Organization | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/becoming-patient-safety-organization
    July 01, 2011 - Common events (e.g., health care–associated infections, falls) may be so common that individual hospitals … 40% of those hospitals did the event reporting system receive any reports on health care-associated infections … , which meant that the patient safety team running the event reporting system wasn't talking to the infection … detailed information is standardized for the more common types of events, such as health care–associated infections … increasing requirement of CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system for health care-associated infections

  14. Most Frequent Conditions in U.S. Hospitals, 2011 #162

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb162.jsp
    September 01, 2013 - failure, insufficiency, arrest (adult) 199 404 7 13 78 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … 330 652 12 21 73 Previous Cesarean Section 271 502 10 16 62 Intestinal infection … 504 343 -32 Septicemia (except in labor) 76 195 196 340 -32 Urinary tract infections … 88 percent, diabetes mellitus with complications doubled, and stays for skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … 137 11 7 -28 Mood disorders 55 103 3 5 88 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  15. Return on Investment Tool (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/f1_pdi_returnoninvestment.docx
    January 01, 2013 - For example, improvement actions might reduce hospital-associated infections, rates of pressure ulcers … For example, by reducing its infection rates, a hospital could eliminate the costs it had been incurring … to provide the extra care required to treat infections. … It also could enhance or protect its revenues, if insurers offered incentives for infection control or … imposed penalties for occurrences of infections.

  16. Neds 2011V2 Maskedstats Core Weighted (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2011v2_MaskedStats_Core_Weighted.PDF
    November 03, 2014 - 0.04 7: Viral infection 1,389,176 1.06 8: Other infections; including parasitic 223,918 0.17 9: Sexually … transmitted infections (not HIV or hepatitis) 45,242 0.03 10: Immunizations and screening for infectious … chronic tonsillitis 336,940 0.26 125: Acute bronchitis 1,548,404 1.18 126: Other upper respiratory infections … unspecified renal failure 437,618 0.33 158: Chronic renal failure 39,884 0.03 159: Urinary tract infections … 204,335 0.16 196: Normal pregnancy and/or delivery 80,396 0.06 197: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  17. Neds 2009 Maskedstats Core Weighted (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2009_MaskedStats_Core_Weighted.PDF
    January 01, 2009 - 0.04 7: Viral infection 2,065,792 1.60 8: Other infections; including parasitic 183,198 0.14 9: Sexually … transmitted infections (not HIV or hepatitis) 37,471 0.03 10: Immunizations and screening for infectious … chronic tonsillitis 352,796 0.27 125: Acute bronchitis 1,689,858 1.31 126: Other upper respiratory infections … unspecified renal failure 345,672 0.27 158: Chronic renal failure 62,188 0.05 159: Urinary tract infections … 227,016 0.18 196: Normal pregnancy and/or delivery 95,972 0.07 197: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  18. Neds 2012 Maskedstats Core Weighted (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2012_MaskedStats_Core_Weighted.PDF
    January 01, 2012 - 0.04 7: Viral infection 1,554,722 1.16 8: Other infections; including parasitic 259,968 0.19 9: Sexually … transmitted infections (not HIV or hepatitis) 47,358 0.04 10: Immunizations and screening for infectious … chronic tonsillitis 334,483 0.25 125: Acute bronchitis 1,625,888 1.21 126: Other upper respiratory infections … unspecified renal failure 441,164 0.33 158: Chronic renal failure 49,106 0.04 159: Urinary tract infections … 208,329 0.16 196: Normal pregnancy and/or delivery 90,952 0.07 197: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  19. Neds 2013 Maskedstats Core Weighted (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2013_MaskedStats_Core_Weighted.PDF
    January 01, 2013 - 0.04 7: Viral infection 1,507,590 1.12 8: Other infections; including parasitic 271,828 0.20 9: Sexually … transmitted infections (not HIV or hepatitis) 52,104 0.04 10: Immunizations and screening for infectious … chronic tonsillitis 332,502 0.25 125: Acute bronchitis 1,614,405 1.20 126: Other upper respiratory infections … unspecified renal failure 470,562 0.35 158: Chronic kidney disease 54,300 0.04 159: Urinary tract infections … 218,790 0.16 196: Normal pregnancy and/or delivery 91,331 0.07 197: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  20. Neds 2010 Maskedstats Core Weighted (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/neds/stats/NEDS_2010_MaskedStats_Core_Weighted.PDF
    January 01, 2010 - 0.04 7: Viral infection 1,321,906 1.02 8: Other infections; including parasitic 212,538 0.16 9: Sexually … transmitted infections (not HIV or hepatitis) 46,283 0.04 10: Immunizations and screening for infectious … chronic tonsillitis 380,053 0.29 125: Acute bronchitis 1,501,670 1.16 126: Other upper respiratory infections … unspecified renal failure 368,190 0.29 158: Chronic renal failure 51,617 0.04 159: Urinary tract infections … 214,199 0.17 196: Normal pregnancy and/or delivery 106,370 0.08 197: Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections
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