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81. Recommended Infection Prevention Components of Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (pdf file)
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    December 08, 2014 - Infection occurrence surveillance: Occurrences should be logged for— a. … Surveillance of all patients per CDC guidelines, including comprehensive investigation and reporting … Tuberculosis surveillance of patients and staff c.

82. Exhibit 12. Data for Algorithm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - identifier for each surgery sSSI superficial surgical site infection integer [0,1] 0 if routine surveillance … infection; 1 for + superficial SSI dSSI deep surgical site infection integer [0,1] 0 if routine surveillance … infection; 1 for + deep SSI oSSI organ space surgical site infection integer [0,1] 0 if routine surveillance

83. Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Control and Prevention Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2014 - Tools and Resources Background: The authors found that the details of the KPC surveillance … Use: This can also be used to train staff involved in implementing the surveillance program.

84. Section 3. Putting Your Intervention Into Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2014 - While active-surveillance-driven initiation of isolation precautions for MDRO control is a controversial … PCR based active surveillance for carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) colonization with … Potential role of active surveillance in the control of a hospital-wide outbreak of carbapenem-resistant … On the other hand, they are relatively inexpensive and will work well in surveillance situations where … Successful KPC control interventions using PCR-driven active surveillance coupled with timely initiation

85. Tracking Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) Using the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - describe how the National Healthcare Safety Network supports long-term care facilities and infection surveillance

86. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Reported data are immediately available for use in strengthening local and national surveillance, monitoring

87. AHRQ Views Blog: Seizing the Opportunity To Improve Healthcare for All | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - Study Identifies Barriers to Surveillance of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Home Healthcare … Study Identifies Barriers to Surveillance of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Home Healthcare … new AHRQ-funded study highlights barriers that prevent home health workers from conducting successful surveillance … published in the American Journal of Infection Control , identified eight major steps in performing CLABSI surveillance … The study also describes facilitators, strategies and suggestions for improving CLABSI surveillance to

88. 013-Strategies-Prevent-Bcc (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - Maintain Surveillance of Blood Culture Contamination and Provide Feedback Regularly.2 Surveillance data … Surveillance and feedback mechanism have been shown to positively impact contamination rates on their

89. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2020 - Passive surveillance may be sufficient to reduce transmission in low-endemicity settings—initiating … Toth et al., 201719 • Enhanced contact isolation • Active surveillance The model’s intervention … Active surveillance and enhanced contact isolation were found to be successful in one model of LTACHs … There is little evidence to support universal active surveillance for CRE. … Reduced incidence was accomplished without active surveillance.

90. Infection Control and Prevention (pdf file)
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    October 14, 2008 - Preventing and managing a specific pathogen exposure • Hepatitis B o Surveillance: Test all patients … • Hepatitis C: Surveillance: Test all patients per CDC guidelines: prior to admission; ongoing testing … • Tuberculosis: Surveillance: Baseline testing of all patients and staff with rescreening for symptoms

91. Systemic and Public Policy Changes Needed To Improve Care for Patients With Psychiatric Conditions and Substance Use Disorders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2023 - Home Infusion Therapy Staff AHRQ-funded researchers found a lack of formal infection prevention and surveillance … staff, primarily nurses, and identified three main barriers to training in-home infusion infection surveillance … The authors concluded that surveillance staff should be made aware of resources available for home infusion … infection surveillance training and should be provided access to training materials. … Barriers to colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in homeless patients: a case report and policy

92. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) Training—Overview National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) Component | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/nhsn-training-overview.html
    April 01, 2022 - describe how the National Healthcare Safety Networks support long-term care facilities and infection surveillance

93. Final progress report: Developing Evidence for Safety Surveillance from Device Adverse Event Reports (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - Final progress report: Developing Evidence for Safety Surveillance from Device Adverse Event Reports … Final progress report Developing Evidence for Safety Surveillance from Device Adverse Event Reports … The MAUDE database is a reporting system mandated by the FDA for postmarket device surveillance. … The FDA also required the manufacturer to conduct a post-market surveillance study with a comparison … The MAUDE database houses adverse event reports mandated by the FDA for postmarket device surveillance

94. Appendix I. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Definition CAUTI Criteria Pocket Card | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - Surveillance definitions of infections in long-term care facilities: Revisiting the McGeer criteria.

95. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Capacity in HAI Prevention Research: NICHE and the STOP CAUTI Workgroup Using Claims Data to Perform Surveillance … Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated SSI Surveillance … manuscripts fall into the category of HAI Risk Identification for Quality Improvement and focus on HAI surveillance

96. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Capacity in HAI Prevention Research: NICHE and the STOP CAUTI Workgroup Using Claims Data to Perform Surveillance … Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated SSI Surveillance … manuscripts fall into the category of HAI Risk Identification for Quality Improvement and focus on HAI surveillance

97. MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - Clinical Topics Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention MRSA Surveillance … Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention. ”   Office/Home Phase Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Hand Hygiene MRSA Surveillance

98. Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Capacity in HAI Prevention Research: NICHE and the STOP CAUTI Workgroup Using Claims Data to Perform Surveillance … Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated SSI Surveillance … Using Claims Data to Perform Surveillance for Surgical Site Infection: The Devil Is in the Details Katelin … Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated SSI Surveillance

99. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Surveillance safety. In: McCloskey Dochterman J, Bulechek G, eds. … Surveillance: a strategy for improving patient safety in acute and critical care units. … The role of nursing surveillance in keeping patients safe. … Surveillance: a nursing intervention for improving patient safety in critical care environment. … Development of the hospital nurse surveillance capacity profile.

100. Building an Ambulatory Patient Safety Learning Laboratory for Diverse Populations (ASCENT) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2021 - An electronic registry to improve adherence to active surveillance monitoring among men with prostate … Defining and measuring adherence in observational studies assessing outcomes of real-world active surveillance … An electronic registry to improve adherence to active surveillance monitoring among men with prostate … Defining and measuring adherence in observational studies assessing outcomes of real-world active surveillance … Gaps in treatment and surveillance: head and neck cancer care in a safety-net hospita l.