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  1. Sb40 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb40.pdf
    November 01, 2007 - and drugs 55,100 1.9% 0.4%† 11 Fluid and electrolyte disorders 51,500 1.8% 1.8% 12 Urinary tract infections … 14 Complication of device; implant or graft 42,300 1.5% 2.1%† 15 Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections

  2. Rheumatoid-Arthritis-Medicine Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/rheumatoid-arthritis-medicine_executive.pdf
    April 01, 2012 - such as injection site reactions to severe and possibly life-threatening problems such as severe infections … adverse events, and specific adverse events if data were available (e.g., injection-site reactions, infections

  3. Evidence Report on the (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/arthritis-psoriatric_research-protocol.pdf
    December 06, 2010 - effects such as injection site reactions to severe and possibly life-threatening problems such as severe infections … effects such as injection site reactions to severe and possibly life-threatening problems such as severe infections

  4. Chartbook on Women's Health Care: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/womenh-slides.html
    March 01, 2020 - 27 Adult surgery patients age 18 and over with postoperative catheter-associated urinary tract infection … Graph shows adult surgery patients age 18 and over with postoperative catheter-associated urinary tract infection … 2.8 3.3 2.1 Importance: The urinary tract is a common site of healthcare-associated infections … pulmonary disease, congestive heart failure, dehydration, diabetes, hypertension, and urinary tract infection … Strategies to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals. 

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60174/psn-pdf
    March 30, 2020 - feedback.[4] New harm-specific PSPs have also been added to this report, including practices within infection

  6. Engage the Senior Executive | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/engage/exec-slides.html
    December 01, 2012 - Infection Preventionist Checklist. Board Checklist. Shadowing Another Professional Tool.

  7. Final Progress Report: A National Report of Nursing Home Quality Measures and Information Technology (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/alexander-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - a chair; 10) whose ability to move in and around their room got worse; 11) who have a urinary tract infection … clinical support and the QM identifying the Percentage of Long-Stay Residents with a Urinary Tract Infection … relationship indicates that, as ITS scores increases, the percentage of residents with urinary tract infections … The exception was % Long Stay with Urinary Tract Infection, in which differences in IT capabilities … IT used for laboratory systems) was an important predictor of the % of residents with urinary tract infections

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33656/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2007 - err-human-building-safer-health-system https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intervention-decrease-catheter-related-bloodstream-infections-icu … thinking about the hospital in Pittsburgh that has managed to go close to 2 years without a wound infection

  9. Recommendations to Improve Children’s Health Care Quality Measures: Background Report on the 2012 Process (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/pubs/background-2012/backgrnd2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - The initial core set includes a measure of health-care associated infections for newborns and children … in intensive care units; this measure was compared to the submitted measure of newborn infection rates … Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are among the most common infections … in American youth, and HPV infection is the most common STD in the United States. … cervical cancer and 90 percent of cases of anogenital warts.17 Morbidity and deaths associated with HPV infections

  10. Emergency Department Visits Involving Influenza and Influenza-Like Illnesses, 2016–2018 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb269-Influenza-ED-Visits-2016-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - Introduction Each year in the United States, influenza infections result in substantial hospital … novel influenza A virus with other manifestations Influenza-like illness J069 Acute upper respiratory infection … J129 Viral pneumonia, unspecified J440 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute lower resp infection … obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) exacerbation J470 Bronchiectasis with acute lower respiratory infection … market-area variation analyses, and to identify State-specific trends in injury surveillance, emerging infections

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

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/intro-dailycare-facguide.docx
    January 01, 2017 - Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle Slide Title and Commentary Slide Number and Slide Title Slide Introduction to Daily Care Processes: Evidence Behind Spontaneous Awakening Trials, Spontaneous Breathing Trials, and Head of Bed Elevation SAY: In this module, you will be introduced to daily care pr…

  12. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/overview/background/corebackgrnd.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection that causes pelvic inflammatory disease, a condition … Without the presence of a bacterial infection, antibiotics are ineffective in treating pharyngitis. … Pediatric catheter-associated blood stream infection rates (intensive care and high risk nursery patients … The data source for the measure is medical records; data are collected by hospital infection control … Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare- Associated Infections. Washington, DC: Author 51.

  13. PRCCSR-ChangeLog-v20221-v20231 (xls file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/PRCCSR-ChangeLog-v20221-v20231.xlsx
    November 01, 2022 - Notification, New Technology Group 8 MAM005 Measurement during cardiac catheterization XXE5X38 Measurement of Infection

  14. Disseminating Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Primary Care Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-kho.html
    April 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Disseminating Evidence-based Strategies to Improve Primary Care Delivery Abel Kho, M.D., M.S. Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Abel Kho, M.D., M.S. “With AHRQ funding, I have built infrastructure to provide primary care practices with effective …

  15. Most Common Diagnoses and Procedures in U.S. Community Hospitals, 1996: Summary

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/natstats/commdx.htm
    October 01, 1999 - Most Common Diagnoses and Procedures in U.S. Community Hospitals, 1996: Summary Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project HCUP Research Note Most Common Diagnoses and Procedures in U.S. Community Hospitals, 1996 Summary This Research Note provides information on the most frequent diagnoses and proc…

  16. 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Sources (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-datasources.pdf
    December 31, 2021 - AIDS as HIV infection, stage 3. … HIV infection and AIDS data are nationally representative. … of 21 measures representing six types of adverse drug events (ADEs); six types of hospital-acquired infections … Report: Data Sources 83 • Adverse events associated with surgical procedures • Hospital-acquired infections … Identification of hospital-acquired catheter- associated urinary tract infections from Medicare claims

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867427/psn-pdf
    December 18, 2024 - In hospitals, falls with injuries can lead to other adverse outcomes including pressure injuries or infections

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50699/psn-pdf
    November 26, 2019 - predisposes older patients to be less resilient to the side effects of procedures and medications, such as infections

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49764/psn-pdf
    June 01, 2016 - notable for a markedly elevated white blood cell count of 121,000 (normal is 5,000–10,000, and routine infections

  20. Module 3: Conversations Around Device Necessity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod3.html
    February 01, 2023 - the indications for an indwelling urinary catheter, the causes of catheter-associated urinary tract infections
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