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  1. Wrong Turn through Colon: Misplaced PEG | PSNet

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    May 01, 2017 - 72 hours) or late (> 72 hours).( 10 ) Minor complications include tube clogging, superficial wound infection … of PEG patients and may reflect hyperosmolar solutions, medications such as antibiotics or antacids, infection

  2. CVC Removal: A Procedure Like Any Other | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/cvc-removal-procedure-any-other
    October 01, 2018 - removal has not.( 12,13 ) Recently, CVC insertion technique has received renewed attention as part of infection … Perspective Health Care–Acquired Urinary Tract Infection

  3. Archived: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/bladder-cancer-adults-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - trauma, menstrual bleeding) or of questionable importance (bladder stones, dysplasia, asymptomatic infection … benefit of early detection of many of these conditions (bladder stones, mild obstruction, urinary tract infection

  4. Making Effective Behavior Changes Around Antibiotic Prescribing (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/behavior-change-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - There were nonsignificant reductions in 30-day readmissions and Clostridioides difficile infections … days and the house staff narrowed therapy in even more cases. 30-day readmissions and C. difficile infections

  5. Classics and Emerging Classics | PSNet

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    August 01, 2023 - Interruptions and distractions (5) Medical Complications (93) Nosocomial Infections … Surgery (4) Postoperative Surgical Complications (18) Surgical Site Infections

  6. Patient as a Team Member in Clinical Care | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/patient-team-member-clinical-care
    March 15, 2025 - provider hand hygiene rates have escalated in the setting of increased attention to health care–associated infections … provider hand hygiene rates have escalated in the setting of increased attention to health care–associated infections

  7. Implementation of Patient Safety Projects | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/implementation-patient-safety-projects
    September 15, 2025 - multimodal interventions, the data-driven processes, and the reframing of catheter-related blood stream infections … remarkable successes achieved by this project include near-elimination of catheter-related bloodstream infections

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/849660/psn-pdf
    May 31, 2023 - Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy. May 31, 2023 Seidel E, Cortes T, Chong C. Strategies to Improve Organizational Health Literacy. PSNet [internet]. 2023. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/strategies-improve-organizational-health-literacy Background Health literacy is important at both the personal …

  9. Sustainability Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/fac-notes.html
    October 01, 2020 - dynamics by using an example of implementing a checklist to prevent central-line associated blood stream infections … For example, using surgical site infections (SSI) as a focus area, the facility must decide who will … percentage of patients whose intravenous antibiotics were given for the prevention of surgical site infection … improvement in antibiotic use and safety culture and most importantly in the rate of surgical site infections

  10. Training-Tools-Facnotes (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-facnotes.docx
    May 01, 2017 - dynamics by using an example of implementing a checklist to prevent central-line associated blood stream infections … For example, using surgical site infections (SSI) as a focus area, the facility must decide who will … percentage of patients whose intravenous antibiotics were given for the prevention of surgical site infection … improvement in antibiotic use and safety culture and most importantly in the rate of surgical site infections

  11. In Conversation with…Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpeter-j-pronovost-md-phd
    June 01, 2005 - rotating the antibiotics used in an intensive care unit was associated with a six-fold reduction in infection-related … We know little about other infection control programs introduced at the time, changes to ICU staffing … Infection Control Programme. Lancet. 2000;356:1307-1312. [ go to PubMed ] 9.

  12. Two Cases of Retained Vaginal Packing: When Writing an Order is Not Enough | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/two-cases-retained-vaginal-packing-when-writing-order-not-enough
    September 01, 2003 - When she was seen in the office, the physician told her she had a urinary tract infection and placed … forcefully and tightly placed in a cavity, orifice, or wound, usually to control bleeding, aid healing of infection … forcefully and tightly placed in a cavity, orifice, or wound, usually to control bleeding, aid healing of infection

  13. Preventing CAUTI in Specialized Patient Populations: The ICU | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-specialized-populations-icu.html
    December 01, 2017 - We're decreasing their risk of infection. We're decreasing the risk of trauma. … We coordinated extensively with our infection control department to help us with our data collection … So, through coordinating with infection control, I developed this CAUTI alert. … , and as well as educating people on the standards that we're held to with NHSN for reporting these infections … And this was a board that they created for us to keep staff aware of our CAUTI infections, and it was

  14. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2015.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - 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

  15. Paul Tedrick (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-icu-transcript.doc
    May 13, 2014 - We’re decreasing their risk of infection. We’re decreasing the risk of trauma. … We coordinated extensively with our infection control department to help us with our data collection … So, through coordinating with infection control, I developed this CAUTI alert. … , and as well as educating people on the standards that we’re held to with NHSN for reporting these infections … And this was a board that they created for us to keep staff aware of our CAUTI infections, and it was

  16. PS Grantee | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/index.html?page=10
    January 01, 2024 - Development, Measure Implementation, Surgical Quality Improvement Publication Date: June 2013 Infection

  17. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4h_combo_psi11-postoprespfailure-bestpractices.pdf
    May 20, 2016 - physicians and other providers, hospitalists, respiratory therapists, dieticians, and pharmacists from infection

  18. Allergy to Holter | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/allergy-holter
    May 01, 2008 - One notable exception comes from the infection control literature.

  19. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.296_slideshow.ppt
    April 01, 2013 - The boy had multiple recent admissions for anemia and infections. … home Anticipated adverse effects of PN Related to intravenous access (e.g., thrombosis, bloodstream infection

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49794/psn-pdf
    May 01, 2017 - Decline in ICU adverse events, nosocomial infections and cost through a quality improvement initiative
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