Tools To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections
AHRQ offers free toolkits designed for clinicians by clinicians. These toolkits offer actionable guidance on what to do and how to do it. They help clinicians and other healthcare staff hardwire improved practices into daily routines and keep patients safe.
Ambulatory surgery centers: Toolkit To Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Antibiotic use: Toolkits To Improve Antibiotic Use
Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
Central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI): Tools for Reducing CLABSI
Decolonization: Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol
End-stage renal disease facilities: Reducing Infections in End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities
Intensive care units: Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs
Long-term care facilities:
- Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
- Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities
MRSA prevention: Toolkits for MRSA Prevention
Medical devices: Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices
Surgical care and recovery: Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
Surgical site infections: Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP): Toolkit To Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Frontline clinical teams are also using these AHRQ resources to help build the foundation to make care safer, including healthcare-associated infections:
