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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48078/psn-pdf
August 14, 2019 - quality champion who prompted teams to discuss a safety checklist daily facilitated a reduction
in urinary … catheter days and length of stay.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/intro.html
September 01, 2015 - Preventing CAUTI in the ICU Setting: Facilitator’s Guide
Introduction
Module 1: Overview
Module 2: Urinary … Catheter Maintenance
Module 3: Conversations Around Device Necessity
Module 4: Summary and Next
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T4-Urinalysis_and_UTIs_Improving_Care-updated.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit
Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit
Tool 4. Training Modules: Urinalysis and UTIs Improving Care
Overview
These training modules are designed to be flexible to meet your needs. Training coord…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/sustaining-change-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - B’s urinary catheter?
Change it to an antimicrobial coated catheter.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74752/psn-pdf
February 07, 2022 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-
line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), and
catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): the
urgent need to refocus on hardwiring prevention efforts.
February 7, 2022
Fakih MG, Bufalino A, Sturm L, et al. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pan…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/926.html
August 01, 2024 - The result: the 11-bed critical access hospital reduced the number of indwelling urinary catheter days
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/index.html
March 01, 2023 - Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs
Today’s intensive care unit (ICU) teams understand the importance of providing high-quality care that relies on a culture of safety and evidence-based clinical practices to help prevent infections. This customizable, educational toolkit aims to help ICUs reduce …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/haccost2017-appendix.html
November 01, 2017 - urinary tract infections"[mh] OR "urinary tract infection*"[tiab]) AND (Urinary catheterization[mh] OR urinary … catheter*[tiab] OR "catheter associated"[tiab])) OR ("catheter-related infections"[mh] AND "urinary" … 0.02 a
0.68–3.09
1.61 (1.14, 2.27)
0.012 (0.003–0.025)
CAUTI
Hospitalized patients with urinary … catheters
0.071 b
1.28–1.97
1.50 (1.06, 2.11)
0.036 (0.004–0.079)
CLABSI
Hospitalized
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/summary/index.html
September 01, 2017 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
Project Summary
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a proven method for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and other patient harms. CUSP…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T4-Urinalysis_and_UTIs_Improving_Care-updated.docx
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Determine Whether To Treat
Tool 4. Training Modules: Urinalysis and UTIs Improving Care
Overview
These training modules are designed to be flexible to meet your needs. Training coordinators can use them individually or combine them to suit the needs of their facility.
Goal…
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/patient-and-family-engagement.html
Patient and Family Engagement
A set of behaviors by patients, family members, and health professionals and a set of organizational policies and procedures that foster both the inclusion of patients and family members as active members of the health care team and collaborative partnerships with pro…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-n.docx
April 02, 2025 - Skin Care in the Incontinent Patient
An indwelling urinary catheter is not the answer for urinary incontinence
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-prevent-central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections-acute-care-hospitals-2022
February 07, 2022 - Organizational Policy/Guidelines
Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update.
Citation Text:
Buetti N, Marschall J, Drees M, et al. Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/sustainability-guide.html
October 01, 2015 - periodic processes for staff training and retraining in appropriate and inappropriate indications for urinary … catheters, use of a nurse-driven protocol for catheter removal, as well as aseptic insertion technique … rounding processes are already established that could accommodate review of patients for presence of urinary … catheters and ongoing appropriateness of those catheters.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/explaining-michigan-developing-ex-post-theory-quality-improvement-program
April 04, 2011 - Study
Classic
Explaining Michigan: developing an ex post theory of a quality improvement program.
Citation Text:
Dixon-Woods M, Bosk CL, Aveling EL, et al. Explaining Michigan: developing an ex post theory of a quality improvement program. Milbank Q. 2011;89(2):…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/no-more-cauti-video.html
December 01, 2017 - No More CAUTI: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Video Presentation
Return to CAUTI Toolkit Information for Specialty Audiences
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/sustainability/guide.html
March 01, 2017 - or different interventions are needed to optimize safe care for residents who require an indwelling urinary … catheter.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/compendium-strategies-prevent-hais-acute-care-hospitals-2022
June 22, 2022 - Special or Theme Issue
Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs in Acute Care Hospitals 2022.
Citation Text:
Compendium of Strategies to Prevent HAIs in Acute Care Hospitals 2022. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022-2023.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T1-Sample_Policy_final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
Toolkit 3. Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit
Tool 1. Sample Policy
[NAME OF NURSING HOME]
Protocol for Three Common Infections
[DATE]
Between 25 percent and 75 percent of antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes do…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201518.html
July 01, 2015 - incorporated into the hospital’s electronic health records system to remind medical teams to assess urinary … catheter use and to remove catheters when they are no longer needed.