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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/cauti-hospitals/index.html
March 01, 2018 - Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
The Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) in Hospitals helps hospitals prevent CAUTI in patients and improve safety culture at the unit level by implementing concepts from the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP). Health car…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/058-nursing-protocol-showering-liquid.docx
October 01, 2024 - drains, and tubing (e.g., central lines, midline catheters, chest tubes, surgical drains, G-tube/J-tube, urinary … catheter, rectal tube) that are closest to the body.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/056-nursing-protocol-bathing-cloths.docx
October 01, 2024 - drains, and tubing (e.g., central lines, midline catheters, chest tubes, surgical drains, G-tube/J-tube, urinary … catheter, rectal tube).
· Use a new clean cloth or a clean portion of a cloth to clean lines and tubing
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/toolkit-sections.html
March 01, 2017 - Toolkit Sections
Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
The toolkit is organized in three sections. Your facility can use the materials in each section in improvement efforts to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and other healthcare-associated infections …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/playbook.html
February 01, 2025 - Playbook for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in the ICU Setting
The playbook helps your intensive care unit (ICU) understand how to integrate the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) and the tiered interventions introduced in the central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associat…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/learning-tools.html
February 01, 2025 - CLABSI and CAUTI Learning Tools
This step identifies two types of tools that can be revisited any time a central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) or catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) occurs on your unit. They both support a thorough review of the event to identify and address the…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/2017qdr-patsafchartbook.pdf
October 01, 2018 - National Healthcare Quality And Disparities Report Patient Safety Chartbook
CHARTBOOK
ON
PATIENT SAFETY
Updated October 2018
National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission.
Citation of the source is appreciated. Suggest…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/erepguide-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Facilitator Training Instructor Guide Slide Presentation
Text version of slide presentation.
Slide 1: Introduction to Pressure Ulcer Prevention Reports
AHRQ's Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/patient-family-engagement-ed.pptx
September 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Patient and Family Engagement in the ED
Sue Collier, RN, MSN, FABC
Clinical Content Development Lead
Health Research & Education Trust
American Hospital Association
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Learning Objectives
Define patient and family engagement.
Describe examples of engaging patients and familie…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T1-SBAR_UTI_Final.pdf
June 01, 2014 - Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
HAIs
Healthcare-
Associated
Infections
PREVENT
Date/Time _________________…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/reduce.html
March 01, 2017 - Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and Overuse of Antibiotics
Know When To Order Urine Cultures
Educational module and tools that summarize why more urine cultures lead to more catheter-associated urinary tract infection diagnoses, and provide tools to use to appropriately identify when to order a urine cul…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/sampleransferandintakenotes.pdf
April 02, 2025 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time
Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Transfer Note and Intake Note
Transfer Notes and Intake Notes are not required, but the elements included in them must be in
the nursing home’s electronic medical record (EMR) to generate all components of the re…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/implement/index.html
April 01, 2022 - Implementing CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention
The implementation guide will help your team be supported with resources to move through a program that enhances previous CUSP resources to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the hospit…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereport-handouts.html
June 01, 2017 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Transfer Note and Intake Note
Transfer Notes and Intake Notes are not required, but the elements included in them must be in the nursing home’s electronic medical record (EMR) to generate all components of…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/implement/pdsa-worksheet.html
March 01, 2017 - Example:
Improvement in staff knowledge related to:
Indwelling urinary catheter (IUC)
☐ Clinical
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2015-interim.html
December 01, 2016 - National Scorecard on Rates of Hospital-Acquired Conditions 2010 to 2015: Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Health Care Safer
Summary
Preliminary 1 estimates for 2015 show a 21 percent decline in hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) since 2010. A cumulative total of 3.1 million fewer HACs were expe…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/guides/sustainability-guideapa.html
October 01, 2015 - A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions
Appendix A. Action Plan Tool for Project Sustainability
Previous Page
Table of Contents
A Model for Sustaining and Spreading Safety Interventions
Appendix A. Action Plan Tool for Project Sustainability
The Purpose of This …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevehosp-trans-intakenotes.pdf
April 02, 2025 - AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and ED Visits - Transfer Note and Intake Note
AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time
Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits
Transfer Note and Intake Note
Transfer Notes and Intake Notes are not required, but the elemen…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/index.html
July 01, 2024 - Impact Case Studies
AHRQ’s evidence-based tools and resources are used by organizations nationwide to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care. The Agency’s Impact Case Studies highlight these successes, describing the use and impact of AHRQ-funded tools by State and Federal policy ma…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/qsrs-2021-2022-adverse-event-data-report.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Adverse Events Among In-Hospital Medicare Patients in 2021 and 2022
Adverse Events Among In-Hospital
Medicare Patients in 2021 and 2022
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Adverse Events Among In-Hospital Medicare
Patients in 2021 and 2022
Authors:
David Rodrick, Andrea Ti…