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  1. Teaching Pre-Implementation Measurement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/implement/pre-measure.html
    May 01, 2023 - : handwashing (process), surgical site infection rates (outcomes)  What would be important to consider

  2. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/reconsidering-approach-prevention-recommendations-older-adults-figure-2
    December 01, 2010 - outpatient visits for abnormal heart rhythm with exercise intervention; minor local skin irritation or infection

  3. Learning From Defects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/learning-from-defects.html
    April 01, 2025 - the Perioperative Setting Contact Precautions Optimizing Environmental Cleaning Perioperative Infection

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33775/psn-pdf
    December 01, 2014 - Health-care-associated infection in Africa: a systematic review. … Health care–associated infections 6. Health care worker protection 7.

  5. labor-dystocia-protocol-amended-160728 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/labor-dystocia_research-protocol.pdf
    July 28, 2016 - Prolonged labor may increase the risk for maternal and neonatal infection, fetal distress, neonatal … (chorioamnionitis, endometritis, wound infection) § Hemorrhage § Uterine rupture § Hysterectomy … supplementation, CPAP, intubation/ventilatory support) § Meconium aspiration syndrome § Neonatal infection … Element Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria • Cesarean delivery • Operative vaginal delivery • Infection … (chorioamnionitis, endometritis, wound infection) • Hemorrhage • Uterine rupture • Hysterectomy

  6. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/cusp/assess-psc-hsop-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - terms of patient care experience, hospitals with a better safety culture tend to have lower rates of infection … One study shows that successful debriefing can produce a 10.2 percent reduction in infection rates, an … As a result, debriefing can make a significant difference in infection rates.

  7. Trends in Potentially Preventable Inpatient Hospital Admissions and Emergency Department Visits #195

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb195-Potentially-Preventable-Hospitalizations.jsp
    November 01, 2015 - Medical conditions such as asthma, urinary tract infections, and complications of diabetes are considered … The rate of treat-and-release ED visits increased 17 percent for urinary tract infection and 23 percent … 171 179 4.9 Bacterial pneumonia 360 306 -15.0 218 223 2.1 Urinary tract infection … Urinary tract infection was the most common condition among potentially preventable treat-and-release … For urinary tract infection, the cumulative percentage change in the age-sex adjusted rate of potentially

  8. Final Research Plan: Illicit Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Primary Care-Based Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents
    August 30, 2018 - , unintended pregnancy/pregnancy complications, deep bacterial abscesses, endocarditis, respiratory infections … Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition ; STI = sexually transmitted infection

  9. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) KID Notes

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/drg/kidnote.jsp
    September 01, 2008 - Assignment to MDC 24 (multiple trauma) and MDC 25 (patients with HIV infection) is based on BOTH principal … year 2001, the Iowa Hospital Association prohibits the release of two types of discharges: HIV Infections

  10. Kid 1997 Comparison (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/reports/KID_1997_Comparison.pdf
    January 01, 1997 - 0.01 level. 20 451: poisoning & toxic effects of drugs age 0-17 18 322: kidney & urinary tract infections … 25,872 752 193: Trauma to perineum and vulva 27,059 1 83: Epilepsy, convulsions 25,836 447 7: Viral infections … 24,688 651 135: Intestinal infection 23,524 2601 196: Normal pregnancy and/or delivery 22,306 669 154 … : Noninfectious gastroenteritis 21,794 612 159: Urinary tract infections 21,775 597 181: Other complications … 11 83: Epilepsy, convulsions 135: Intestinal infection 12 7: Viral infections Rank1 Diagnoses classified

  11. Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-ape4.html
    September 01, 2013 - Goal is to prevent MRSA and MSSA infection during high-risk periods (ICU stays, post-op). … CHG reduces bacteria for up to 24 hours and prevents infection.

  12. Appendix E. Training and Educational Materials (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-ape4.html
    September 01, 2013 - Goal is to prevent MRSA and MSSA infection during high-risk periods (ICU stays, post-op). … CHG reduces bacteria for up to 24 hours and prevents infection.

  13. Project Report - Lean Sigma

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/modules/implement/teamwork.pptx
    January 01, 2007 - Treatment Delays3 6 Root Causes of Treatment Delays (1995-2004) Communication Breakdowns Cause Infection-Associated … Events3 Root causes of infection-associated events (2005) 7 Exercise Think of a defect that has

  14. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.200_slideshow.ppt
    May 01, 2009 - Amplifies risks of hospitalization Deconditioning and malnutrition Aspiration pneumonia Nosocomial infection … antidepressants, alcohol) Basic laboratory tests for electrolytes, kidney function, workup of suspected infection

  15. Slide 1 (ppt file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-centered-care-040913.ppt
    June 02, 2025 - the CUSP Team Establish unit team with direct care providers, nurses, nurse manager or charge nurse, infection … Implementation of Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

  16. Turning Data Into Action—Using HSOPS and SSI Data as Part of a Meaningful Change: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/data-into-action-slides.html
    December 01, 2017 - labeled YES: Units that used semi-structured debriefing of culture survey achieved 10.2% reduction in infection … pointing down and labeled NO: Units that did not debrief survey results only achieved 2.2% reduction in infection

  17. Linking Dental Services to Treatment Outcomes for Diabetes: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/treatment-outcomes-diabetes-rapid-research.pdf
    November 01, 2024 - In addition, there may be increased risk in diabetes patients of systemic opportunistic infections … c-reactive protein or other inflammatory markers • Incidence of adverse effects of diabetes treatment • Infections … Other studies did not evaluate these markers. 3.1.4.5 Infection, Comorbidities, and Mortality None … There is insufficient evidence for outcomes relating to infection, comorbidities, mortality, and quality … Mortality and infections were not assessed in other studies.

  18. Conclusions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim5.html
    July 01, 2013 - thereby reducing not only overall catheter utilization during hospitalization, but also subsequent infections … Preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection in the United States: A national comparative study

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35328/psn-pdf
    May 19, 2015 - Applicability of Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to healthcare epidemiology: evaluation of the sterilization and use of surgical instruments. May 19, 2015 Weinstein RA, Linkin DR, Sausman C, et al. Applicability of Healthcare Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to Healthcare Epidemiology: Evaluation of …

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43136/psn-pdf
    April 30, 2014 - Patient-as-observer approach: an alternative method for hand hygiene auditing in an ambulatory care setting. April 30, 2014 Le-Abuyen S, Ng J, Kim S, et al. Patient-as-observer approach: an alternative method for hand hygiene auditing in an ambulatory care setting. Am J Infect Control. 2014;42(4):439-42. doi:10.10…
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