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1. Beyond the bundle: reducing the risk of central line-associated bloodstream infections

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):
Catheterization, Central Venous -- adverse effects
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Catheters, Indwelling -- adverse effects
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Risk Management
Safety Management -- methods
Checklist
Equipment Contamination -- prevention & control
Evidence-Based Practice
Guideline Adherence
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

2. Clostridium difficile infections in nursing homes

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2010
Subject(s):
Clostridium Infections -- prevention & control
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Nursing Homes
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium Infections -- epidemiology
Clostridium Infections -- transmission
Evidence-Based Practice
Mandatory Reporting
Risk Factors
Risk Management
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

3. Barriers to urinary catheter insertion and management practices

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2009
Subject(s):
Catheters, Indwelling -- adverse effects
Infection Control -- methods
Urinary Catheterization -- adverse effects
Urinary Catheterization -- methods
Urinary Tract Infections -- prevention & control
Health Care Surveys
Infection Control -- statistics & numerical data
Risk Management -- methods
Urinary Tract Infections -- economics
Humans
United States

4. Prevent the occurrence of bloodborne disease transmission associated with unsafe injection practices

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Blood-Borne Pathogens
Communicable Disease Control -- methods
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Disease Transmission, Infectious -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Injections, Intravenous -- adverse effects
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Cross Infection -- transmission
Equipment Contamination
Guideline Adherence
Needle Sharing -- adverse effects
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Risk Factors
Syringes -- adverse effects
Humans
United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

5. Successful reduction of healthcare-associated MRSA infection rates

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2009
Subject(s):
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Infection Control -- methods
Staphylococcal Infections -- epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Organizational Case Studies
Humans
United States

8. Hand hygiene practices and the use of alcohol-based sanitizers

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2008
Subject(s):
Alcohols -- administration & dosage
Alcohols -- therapeutic use
Anti-Infective Agents, Local -- administration & dosage
Anti-Infective Agents, Local -- therapeutic use
Hand Disinfection -- methods
Hygiene
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Guideline Adherence
Infection Control -- methods
Risk Management
Soaps -- administration & dosage
Soaps -- therapeutic use
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

9. Central-line-associated bloodstream infection: comprehensive, data-driven prevention

Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, c2011
Subject(s):
Bacteremia -- prevention & control
Catheter-Related Infections -- prevention & control
Catheterization, Central Venous -- adverse effects
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Evidence-Based Practice
Infection Control -- methods
Acute Disease
Catheter-Related Infections -- epidemiology
Data Collection
Equipment Contamination -- prevention & control
Health Facilities
Maintenance
Risk Factors
Safety Management
Time Factors
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States