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  1. Final Progress Report: Pursuing Perfection in Pediatric Therapeutics (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lannon2-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - OPQC has also improved infant outcomes by reducing bloodstream infections by 30% in infants hospitalized … falls by 81%, ventilator-associated pneumonias by 47%, adverse drug events by 42%, and surgical-site infections … LN Donovan EF, Sparling K, Lake MR, et al The investment case for preventing NICU- associated infections … ’Riordan M, Cunningham DJ, et al A Statewide Collaborative to Reduce Pediatric Surgical Site Infections … 25107545 2015 NPC-QIC Improvement/outcomes Schaffzin JK, Harte L, Marquette S, et al Surgical Site Infection

  2. Return on Investment Estimation (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/f1_pdi_returnoninvestment.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - 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

  3. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_8.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - PSI 7 Selected infections due to medical care per 1000 discharges (excluding immunocompromised and cancer … patients and neonates)* * Also excludes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases … sepsis per 1000 elective-surgery discharges of longer than 3 days (excluding patients admitted for infection … PSI 23 Selected infections due to medical care* per 100,000 population (excluding immunocompromised or … cancer patients and neonates) * Includes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases

  4. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014 #221

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb221-Super-Utilizer-ED-Visits-Payer-2014.jsp
    February 01, 2017 - super-utilizers aged 65 years and older accounted for 19 percent of all ED visits for urinary tract infections …     14       Abdominal pain 3 1 1 1 21 34 15 24 Urinary tract infections … Other complications of pregnancy       2       22 Other upper respiratory infections … Urinary tract infection was the fourth most common first-listed diagnosis for ED visits among Medicare … Urinary tract infection ranked fourth among common first-listed diagnoses of ED visits for Medicare super-utilizers

  5. Characteristics of Emergency Department Visits for Super-Utilizers by Payer, 2014 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb221-Super-Utilizer-ED-Visits-Payer-2014.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - super-utilizers aged 65 years and older accounted for 19 percent of all ED visits for urinary tract infections … Superficial injury; contusion 2 14 Abdominal pain 3 1 1 1 21 34 15 24 Urinary tract infections … 5 4 22 7 Other complications of pregnancy 2 22 Other upper respiratory infections … ■ Urinary tract infection was the fourth most common first-listed diagnosis for ED visits among … Urinary tract infection ranked fourth among common first-listed diagnoses of ED visits for Medicare

  6. Ad-Br2Otj67Fendhhkltpa (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/aD-Br2oTJ67FeNdHHkLtPA
    ModerateModerateModerateModerate � HighHighHighHigh � (tick one) Premature aging, wrinkling of the skin Respiratory infections … and asthma High blood pressure, diabetes Respiratory infections, allergies and asthma in children … behaviourThe injecting behaviour � If you inject you may damage your skin and veins and get infections … equipment (needles & syringes, spoons, filters, etc.) you are more likely to spread blood borne virus infections

  7. Return on Investment Tool (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/f1_combo_returnoninvestment.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - 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

  8. Missing the Point—Eye Injury | PSNet

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    March 01, 2005 - angle closure glaucoma, corneal ulcer, retinal detachment, temporal arteritis, and ophthalmic herpes infection … intraocular foreign bodies    • Posttraumatic corneal ulcers    • Retinal tears and detachment Infection … removal    • Subconjunctival hemorrhage    • Biologic ocular exposures Infection

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49417/psn-pdf
    October 01, 2003 - notification had adverse clinical consequences (the role of antiretroviral treatment during primary HIV infection … in which the test is used diagnostically rather than to follow therapeutic response: in acute HIV infection … Real-time, universal screening for acute HIV infection in a routine HIV counseling and testing population

  10. 19-Perioperative-Teams (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/19-perioperative-teams.docx
    June 01, 2023 - Improvement Donna Frazier, R.N., M.P.H., CIC Saint Francis Health System Tulsa, OK System Manager for Infection … Control and Prevention ISCR Project Lead for two service lines 32 years of experience in infection … Lee Health Fort Myers, FL Vice President, Clinical Transformation and Infection Control Part-time Critical

  11. On the CUSP: STOP CAUTI Teamwork Theory in Action April 16, 2013

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/sustaining-change-041415.pptx
    April 16, 2013 - Acknowledgements… Mohamad Fakih, MD, MPH Medical Director Infection Prevention and Control St. … 2010; 71: 1692-1701) Evaluation Use data to assess progress: Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Infection … Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

  12. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/a2_pdi_boardpresentation.pptx
    October 01, 2015 - 01 Neonatal Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate NQI 02 Neonatal Mortality Rate NQI 03 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … Rate PDI 11 Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate PDI 12 Central Venous Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infection … PDI 16 Gastroenteritis Admission Rate PDI 17 Perforated Appendix Admission Rate PDI 18 Urinary Tract Infection

  13. Lost in the Black Hole | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lost-black-hole
    December 01, 2005 - notification had adverse clinical consequences (the role of antiretroviral treatment during primary HIV infection … in which the test is used diagnostically rather than to follow therapeutic response: in acute HIV infection … Real-time, universal screening for acute HIV infection in a routine HIV counseling and testing population

  14. Do Me a Favor | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/do-me-favor
    September 12, 2016 - The vaginal probe may not have been properly cleaned prior to use, exposing the patient to potential infection … case also illustrates a failure to return the system to "ready" status and to adhere to appropriate infection … state of disarray, creating risks for future patients, including potential delays in treatment and/or infection

  15. IQI, PSI, AND PDI RATES GENERATED BY THE AHRQ WINDOWS QI SOFTWARE (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/b2b_combo_ratesgenbywin.pdf
    March 01, 2016 - Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 5 Tool B.2b NQI3 NQI #3 Neonatal Blood Stream Infection … 0.00065731304 PDI17 PDI #17 Perforated Appendix Admission Rate 0 0.30621781707 PDI18 PDI #18 Urinary Tract Infection … 0.00121113493 PQI11 PQI #11 Bacterial Pneumonia Admission Rate 117 0.00296807473 PQI12 PQI #12 Urinary Tract Infection … Rate 0 207 0 0.000251 0 0.000439 0 0.000436 PSI #7 Central Venous Catheter- Related Blood Stream Infection

  16. Order Interrupted by Text: Multitasking Mishap | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/order-interrupted-text-multitasking-mishap
    August 21, 2015 - 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

  17. Pre-analytical pitfalls: Missing and mislabeled specimens | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/pre-analytical-pitfalls-missing-and-mislabeled-specimens
    April 18, 2018 - The patient did not manifest any signs or symptoms of infection one week and up to one month following … Case #1, if the microbiology sample were to have been positive, resulting delays in the treatment of infection … Studies have highlighted that every hour delay in treatment of severe infections, such as sepsis, exponentially … The burden of healthcare utilization, cost, and mortality associated with select surgical site infections

  18. Maternal and Child Health Care: Effectiveness Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/healthyliving/mcheff-measures.html
    June 01, 2018 - made up 7.1%. 10 Youth ages 10-19 years are at risk of contracting meningitis, a possibly fatal 11 infection … Meningococcal diseases are infections caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis. 12 Neisseria … meningitidis causes various infections but is most important as a potential cause of meningitis. 12 … It can also cause meningococcemia, a bloodstream infection. 12 The meningococcal vaccine can

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38012/psn-pdf
    August 27, 2008 - Emergency department visits for antibiotic-associated adverse events. August 27, 2008 Shehab N, Patel PR, Srinivasan A, et al. Emergency department visits for antibiotic-associated adverse events. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;47(6):735-43. doi:10.1086/591126. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-department-visits-antib…

  20. Clinical Classifications for Health Policy Research: Hospital Inpatient Statistics, 1995

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/natstats/his95/appab.htm
    September 01, 1998 - 4748 4749 475 125 Acute bronchitis 4660 4661 46611 46619 126 Other upper respiratory infections … 4788 4789 5191 5192 5193 7841 78440 78441 78449 7847 7848 7849 7861 135 Intestinal infection … 5849 586 158 Chronic renal failure V420 V451 V560 V561 V568 585 159 Urinary tract infections … 65100 65101 65110 65111 65120 65121 65180 65181 65190 65191 197 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections
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