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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 6 of 6 Research Studies DisplayedPage B, Klompas M, Chan C
Surveillance for healthcare-associated infections: hospital-onset adult sepsis events versus current reportable conditions.
US hospitals are required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to publicly report central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), Clostridioidesdiffficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, and selected surgical site infections for benchmarking and pay-for-performance programs. In this study the investigators retrospectively assessed the overlap between HO-ASEs and reportable HAIs among adults hospitalized between June 2015-June 2018 in 3 hospitals.
AHRQ-funded; HS025008.
Citation: Page B, Klompas M, Chan C .
Surveillance for healthcare-associated infections: hospital-onset adult sepsis events versus current reportable conditions.
Clin Infect Dis 2021 Sep 15;73(6):1013-19. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab217..
Keywords: Sepsis, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Hospitals, Clostridium difficile Infections, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
McAlearney AS, Gaughan AA, DePuccio MJ
Management practices for leaders to promote infection prevention: lessons from a qualitative study.
This study looked at the management practices around prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) and central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) that hospital leaders can take to promote healthcare associated infection (HAI) prevention efforts. Interviews were conducted with 420 managers and frontline staff in 18 hospitals across the United States. The three management practices characterized as important facilitators of HAI prevention were 1) engagement of executive leadership; 2) information sharing; and 3) manager coaching.
AHRQ-funded; HS024958.
Citation: McAlearney AS, Gaughan AA, DePuccio MJ .
Management practices for leaders to promote infection prevention: lessons from a qualitative study.
Am J Infect Control 2021 May;49(5):536-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.09.001..
Keywords: Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI), Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Prevention, Communication
Chopra V, Saint S
Vascular catheter infections: time to get technical.
Combining technical and socioadaptive factors within a bundle of best practices has substantially reduced catheter-related bloodstream infections in the past decade, but which elements of this bundle are most responsible for reducing catheter infections? Although a key technical solution should become the standard of care to prevent vascular catheter infections, the authors recommended getting even more technical to prevent other health-care-associated infections.
AHRQ-funded; HS022835.
Citation: Chopra V, Saint S .
Vascular catheter infections: time to get technical.
Lancet 2015 Nov 21;386(10008):2034-36. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)00245-7.
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Keywords: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Patient Safety, Prevention
Kawai AT, Calderwood MS, Jin R
Impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services hospital-acquired conditions policy on billing rates for 2 targeted healthcare-associated infections.
The 2008 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hospital-acquired conditions policy limited additional payment for conditions deemed reasonably preventable. This study examined whether this policy was associated with decreases in billing rates for 2 targeted conditions, vascular catheter-associated infections (VCAI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). The CMS policy appears to have been associated with immediate reductions in billing rates for VCAI and CAUTI, followed by a slight decreasing trend or leveling-off in rates.
AHRQ-funded; HS018414.
Citation: Kawai AT, Calderwood MS, Jin R .
Impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services hospital-acquired conditions policy on billing rates for 2 targeted healthcare-associated infections.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015 Aug;36(8):871-7. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.86.
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Keywords: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Policy, Medicare, Payment, Hospitals, Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Healthcare Costs
Meddings J, Saint S, Fowler KE
The Ann Arbor criteria for appropriate urinary catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method.
A 15-member multidisciplinary panel used the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to assess the appropriateness of using Foley catheters, intermittent straight catheters, and external condom catheters for hospitalized adults on medical services in 299 scenarios, including urinary retention, incontinence, and wounds. The panel concluded that these new appropriateness criteria can inform large-scale collaborative and bedside efforts to reduce inappropriate urinary catheter use.
AHRQ-funded; 290201000025I; HS019767
Citation: Meddings J, Saint S, Fowler KE .
The Ann Arbor criteria for appropriate urinary catheter use in hospitalized medical patients: results obtained by using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method.
Ann Intern Med. 2015 May 5;162(9 Suppl):S1-34. doi: 10.7326/m14-1304..
Keywords: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Shared Decision Making, Guidelines, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Inpatient Care, Patient Safety
Dicks KV, Baker AW, Durkin MJ
The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
The authors examined surveillance data from a network of community hospitals as well as a tertiary-care medical center to describe the potential impact of excluding yeast as a urinary pathogen from the catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) definition on CAUTI rates. They found that excluding yeast from the CAUTI surveillance definition reduced CAUTI rates by nearly 25% in the studied medical centers.
AHRQ-funded; HS023866.
Citation: Dicks KV, Baker AW, Durkin MJ .
The potential impact of excluding funguria from the surveillance definition of catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015 Apr;36(4):467-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2014.72.
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Keywords: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), Patient Safety, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)