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8821. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/antibiotic-prescribing.html
      July 01, 2022 - clinics decreased overall by nearly 48 percent, while antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infection

8822. Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/learn-from-defects-fac-notes.html
      December 01, 2017 - Infection rates from hospital epidemiology and infection prevention also present known complications. … reminder, the two questions are listed: How will the next patient be harmed or get a surgical site infection … In the case of reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections or catheter-associated urinary … tract infections, measure the outcome rates of these events. … For example, if you want to measure how often patients maintain normothermia to prevent surgical-site infection

8823. AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report: Real-Time, Wireless, Networked Feedback for Bed-Tilt Compliance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/thomas1-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Bedside Feedback Structured Abstract Purpose: Ventilator-associated pneumonia, a common nosocomial infection … Scope: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common infection acquired in intensive care units … papers shows crude VAP mortality rates of between 24% and 50%, reaching 76% for specific settings and infection … Trauma VAP SWAT team: A rapid response to infection prevention.

8824. Scoring Different Kinds of Health Care Quality Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2016 - captures a negative event, such as the percentage of hospital patients who acquired a central line infection

8825. Calcineurin_Inhibitors_Protocol_FINAL_10-07-2014 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/calcineurin-inhibitor_research-protocol.pdf
      October 08, 2014 - (elective) as a result of an adverse event such as nephrotoxicity or BK viral infection … As more potent, tacrolimus-based immunosuppression has become the clinical standard, opportunistic infections … measured § New onset diabetes after transplant § Major adverse cardiac events § Malignancy § Infections … o timing of infections o clinical impact of infections on patients § Other adverse outcomes (e.g … such as immunosuppressants Immunosuppression: reducing the ability of the immune system to fight infection

8826. Evidence Summary: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ovarian-cancer-screening
      February 13, 2018 - have cancer found. 31 Major complications occurred in 3.1% of these operations (15/488), including infection … Major complications occurred in 15.1% of these operations, including infection, direct surgical harms … f Includes bruising (13), pain (8), hematoma (3), fainting (1), cystitis/infection (1), other (4). … i Includes pain (20), cystitis or infection (11), discomfort (5), bruising (2), fainting (1), other … Includes infection (89), direct surgical harms (63), cardiovascular or pulmonary events (31), other (

8827. ___APS-Def_Public.book (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/APS-DRGs%20V22%20Definitions%20Manual.pdf
      April 01, 2006 - illnesses (e.g., heart attack and stroke) to minor illnesses (e.g., otitis media and urinary tract infections … Table 3-2: MDC DESCRIPTION 24 Multiple Significant Trauma 25 HIV Infections Table 3-3: CDRG … PROC 366 366 MALIGNANCY, FEMALE REPRO SYSTEM 367 366 MALIGNANCY, FEMALE REPRO SYSTEM 368 368 INFECTIONS … NECK PROC EXC SPINAL FUSION 500 499 BACK & NECK PROC EXC SPINAL FUSION 501 501 KNEE PROC W PDX OF INFECTION … 502 501 KNEE PROC W PDX OF INFECTION 503 503 KNEE PROC W/O PDX OF INFECTION 504 504 EXT, FULL TH

8828. Facilitator Guide: Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_learn_from_defects_facnotes.docx
      December 01, 2017 - Infection rates from hospital epidemiology and infection prevention also present known complications. … reminder, the two questions are listed: 1) How will the next patient be harmed or get a surgical site infection … In the case of reducing central line-associated bloodstream infections or catheter-associated urinary … tract infections, measure the outcome rates of these events. … For example, if you want to measure how often patients maintain normothermia to prevent surgical-site infection

8829. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2019.pdf
      January 01, 2019 - o Readmissions based on ICD-9-CM codes (e.g., post-surgical infection): Use discharge months of January … ; unspecified site 1,625 18.22 18.71 2.7 4: Mycoses 10,755 27.56 28.10 2.0 5: HIV infection … 7,495 26.99 27.66 2.5 6: Hepatitis 10,121 35.23 36.29 3.0 7: Viral infection 14,033 16.01 … caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) 1,945 17.22 18.46 7.2 78: Other CNS infection … 18.94 19.54 3.1 134: Other upper respiratory disease 12,106 18.43 19.09 3.6 135: Intestinal infection

8830. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2020.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - o Readmissions based on ICD-9-CM codes (e.g., post-surgical infection): Use discharge months of January … ; unspecified site 1,625 18.22 18.71 2.7 4: Mycoses 10,755 27.56 28.10 2.0 5: HIV infection … 7,495 26.99 27.66 2.5 6: Hepatitis 10,121 35.23 36.29 3.0 7: Viral infection 14,033 16.01 … caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) 1,945 17.22 18.46 7.2 78: Other CNS infection … 18.94 19.54 3.1 134: Other upper respiratory disease 12,106 18.43 19.09 3.6 135: Intestinal infection

8831. THE HCUP NATIONWIDE READMISSIONS DATABASE (NRD), 2020
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2020.jsp
      January 01, 2020 - Readmissions based on ICD-9-CM codes (e.g., post-surgical infection): Use discharge months of January … site 1,625 18.22 18.71 2.7 4: Mycoses 10,755 27.56 28.10 2.0 5: HIV infection … 7,495 26.99 27.66 2.5 6: Hepatitis 10,121 35.23 36.29 3.0 7: Viral infection … tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) 1,945 17.22 18.46 7.2 78: Other CNS infection … 2.8 89: Blindness and vision defects 1,943 12.30 13.02 5.9 90: Inflammation; infection

8832. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - o Readmissions based on ICD-9-CM codes (e.g., post-surgical infection): Use discharge months of January … ; unspecified site 1,625 18.22 18.71 2.7 4: Mycoses 10,755 27.56 28.10 2.0 5: HIV infection … 7,495 26.99 27.66 2.5 6: Hepatitis 10,121 35.23 36.29 3.0 7: Viral infection 14,033 16.01 … caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) 1,945 17.22 18.46 7.2 78: Other CNS infection … 18.94 19.54 3.1 134: Other upper respiratory disease 12,106 18.43 19.09 3.6 135: Intestinal infection

8833. THE HCUP NATIONWIDE READMISSIONS DATABASE (NRD), 2010-2018
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2018.jsp
      January 01, 2018 - Readmissions based on ICD-9-CM codes (e.g., post-surgical infection): Use discharge months of January … site 1,625 18.22 18.71 2.7 4: Mycoses 10,755 27.56 28.10 2.0 5: HIV infection … 7,495 26.99 27.66 2.5 6: Hepatitis 10,121 35.23 36.29 3.0 7: Viral infection … tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) 1,945 17.22 18.46 7.2 78: Other CNS infection … 2.8 89: Blindness and vision defects 1,943 12.30 13.02 5.9 90: Inflammation; infection

8834. Pressure-Ulcer-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pressure-ulcer-treatment_executive.pdf
      May 01, 2013 - healing, healing time, reduced wound surface area, pain, and prevention of serious complications of infection … Other outcomes included pain and avoidance of serious complications of infection. … For harms of treatment, we evaluated pain, dermatologic complications, bleeding, infection, and other … harms of treatment (including but not limited to pain, dermatologic complications, bleeding, and infection … harms were pain; dermatologic reactions; bleeding; and complications, including but not limited to infection

8835. Supplemental Project To Assess the Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children With Otitis Media (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-tympanostomy_research.pdf
      June 01, 2017 - a history of sensorineural hearing loss Subject has a history of chronic or recurrent bacterial infections … occur concurrently with TTP; history of sensorineural hearing loss, chronic or recurrent bacterial infections … within 3 days of randomization or a systemic corticosteroid within 7 days of randomization; any infection … The adverse events reported include: mastoiditis, respiratory syncytial virus infection, otorrhea, pyrexia … , upper respiratory tract infection, nasopharyngitis, and cough.

8836. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/treat-release.html
      September 01, 2017 - Related Injury: Not Fall Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms Abnormal Labs or Anemia Fever/Possible Infection

8837. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a2_combo_boardpresentation.pptx
      October 01, 2015 - during procedure   PSI 06 Iatrogenic pneumothorax   PSI 07 Central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections … 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

8838. Statistical Brief #101
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb101.jsp
      November 01, 2010 - Common principal diagnoses for dog bite-related hospitalizations included skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … bite-related hospital stays (43.2 percent) had a principal diagnosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue infections …   All dog bite-related stays (percentage) 9,500 (100.0) 1 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections … bite-related hospital stays, 2008 Rank Procedure Number of procedures 1 Debridement of wound; infection

8839. Final Progress Report: Care and Safety Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Home-Based Long-Term Services and Supports (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/wendel-hummell-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Research on infection control and emergency management in home care is sparse. … emergency response in home care was sparse, with the former focusing primarily on isolated patient infections … conducted with a small portion of early interview participants (9%), to beter understand how changes in infections … Poster presented at: Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. 2022 Jun 13 … Infection control in home care.

8840. How should U.S. hospitals prepare for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-should-us-hospitals-prepare-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
      June 14, 2017 - April 22, 2020 Targeted versus universal decolonization to prevent ICU infection.