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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa.html
April 01, 2018 - Articles on General Surgery
The efficacy of infection surveillance and control programs in preventing … Data used to calculate a surveillance index (measuring the extent to which each hospital conducted … active surveillance over the occurrence of nosocomial infections) and a control index (measuring the … and control program with both surveillance and control activities (having a hospital epidemiologist) … There was postdischarge surveillance for the first 30 days following the procedure in order to detect
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/093-universal-targeted-decolonization-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - .
· Usually based on nasal surveillance culture or polymerase chain reaction. … .
· Does not require screening or surveillance of patients.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/vtguide/guide7.html
May 01, 2016 - VTE prevention, and how persistence, consolidation of Level 3 performance, and a variety of active surveillance … Active surveillance to detect those bypassing order sets.
4
Order sets with guidance are in place … Active surveillance to detect improper use of the order set.
5
Patient gets placed on right prophylaxis … Active surveillance alerts have up to three steps:
A screen or filter that identifies a current potential … have had success when coupling education with monitoring and intervention programs. 16,17
Active surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide7.html
May 01, 2016 - VTE prevention, and how persistence, consolidation of Level 3 performance, and a variety of active surveillance … Active surveillance to detect those bypassing order sets.
4
Order sets with guidance are in place … Active surveillance to detect improper use of the order set.
5
Patient gets placed on right prophylaxis … Active surveillance alerts have up to three steps:
A screen or filter that identifies a current potential … have had success when coupling education with monitoring and intervention programs. 16,17
Active surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide7.html
May 01, 2016 - VTE prevention, and how persistence, consolidation of Level 3 performance, and a variety of active surveillance … Active surveillance to detect those bypassing order sets.
4
Order sets with guidance are in place … Active surveillance to detect improper use of the order set.
5
Patient gets placed on right prophylaxis … Active surveillance alerts have up to three steps:
A screen or filter that identifies a current potential … have had success when coupling education with monitoring and intervention programs. 16,17
Active surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/854.html
March 01, 2023 - in Rates of Surgical Site Infections
When compared with traditional surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance … applying a statistical method, known as optimized statistical process control, in addition to traditional surveillance … identified best practice deficiencies and allowed SSI rate increases to be detected earlier than traditional surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/6-gap-analysis-goal.docx
June 01, 2023 - The relevant post-operative surveillance period should be based on the NHSN operative procedure category … data available) for [specify procedures]
Type
Rate (%)
Numerator (number of SSI events within the surveillance … period)
Denominator (number of relevant procedures performed within the surveillance period)
Superficial
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/index-clinical-topics.html
April 01, 2025 - Clinical Topics
Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools
Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention
MRSA Surveillance … MRSA Surveillance MRSA is one of the most invasive and deadly MDROs.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/maternal-health-indicators.html
October 01, 2024 - organizations must have the ability to measure maternal morbidities and use their data for epidemiological surveillance … Future updates to the software may include measures of post-discharge outcomes, such as extending the surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/vap.html
October 01, 2024 - Staff Training Materials
Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Patient Educational Resources
MRSA Surveillance … During Interdisciplinary Rounds: Facilitator Guide CDC NHSN Patient Safety Component These are the surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/018-revision-summary-contact-precautions.docx
October 01, 2024 - only contact precautions, but also hand hygiene promotion, adherence to standard precautions, MRSA surveillance … · The STAR*ICU trial was a 6-month, cluster-randomized trial of active surveillance and expanded barrier … .9 Intervention units implemented universal gloving for all patient contact until results of active surveillance … non-ICUs, respectively, in association with the introduction of a “MRSA bundle,” consisting of active surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/measspec-6.pdf
January 01, 2020 - https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-supplemental-report-vol … -22-2.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-supplemental-report-vol … https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-supplemental-report-vol … -22-2.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-supplemental-report-vol … https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/library/reports/surveillance/cdc-hiv-surveillance-supplemental-report-vol
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/iomracereport/reldataapa.html
May 01, 2018 - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS
BRFSS
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance … Bureau's 1996 Racial and Ethnic Targeted Test
RWJF
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SEER
Surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-143-section-5a-evidence-table.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Computerized
surveillance of adverse
drug events in hospital
patients. … qualitative details not
available from computerized surveillance. … surveillance was higher (90% vs.
76%). … In the second year of
surveillance, physicians were notified of all
verified ADEs. … Prevention of
adverse drug events
through computerized
surveillance.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/017-contact-precautions-webinar-slides-notes.docx
October 01, 2024 - Slide 15
Patient Placement and MRSA Surveillance
SAY:
Current guidelines recommend placing patients … Facilities without an active surveillance program can base the implementation of contact precautions … Facilities with an active surveillance program can utilize both prior clinical culture results and results … from active surveillance cultures to decide which patients require isolation precautions. … Isolating newly admitted patients until the surveillance culture result is available can prevent MRSA
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/advances/index.html
July 01, 2022 - Reige
Surveillance
Detection of Inpatient Health Care Associated Injuries: Comparing Two ICD-9-CM … Masheter, Paul Hougland, Wu Xu
Surveillance of Surgery-related Adverse Events in Missouri Using ICD … Song, Tracey Pritchett
Developing a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Serious Injury Surveillance … Allan Klock, Richard Cook
Post-fielding Surveillance of a Guideline-based Decision Support System … Michael Marcy, the Brighton Collaboration
Surveillance
Fundamentals of Medicare Patient Safety Surveillance
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/123-mrsa-toolkit-implementation-guide.docx
October 01, 2024 - Conducting MRSA surveillance is the primary means of gaining this insight. … : MRSA Surveillance
· This presentation offers an overview of MRSA surveillance, discusses both active … and passive approaches to MRSA surveillance and their pros and cons, and outlines how to use MRSA surveillance … Strategies One-Pager (.docx)
· A concise overview of MRSA surveillance strategies, including pros and … All resources can be accessed in the MRSA Surveillance section of the AHRQ Toolkit for MRSA Prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/haify11.pdf
January 01, 2011 - subsequent option years
expanding to all States, the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico
Electronic Surveillance … Ambulatory surgery
Goals: The goals of this project are to
determine the epidemiology and
improve the surveillance … sensitive and efficient
identification of SSI after
ambulatory pediatric surgery
• Create an EHR-based surveillance … tool that will facilitate efficient and
effective SSI surveillance after
ambulatory pediatric surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/CHIPRA202-Materials_VB.pdf
January 01, 2013 - Early identification of
developmental delays through surveillance, screening, and diagnostic evaluation
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicompapc.html
January 01, 2013 - pertain to calculated attributable CLABSI cost estimates
CDC,
1992
Public health focus: surveillance … Published before 2002
CDC,
1998
National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) system … review articles
Fraher MH,
2009
Cost-effectiveness of employing a total parenteral nutrition surveillance … Published before 2002
Haley RW,
1985
The efficacy of infection surveillance and control … stay, and cost due to candidemia: A case-control study using data from population-based candidemia surveillance