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Indwelling Urinary Catheter Removal – Maintaining Catheter Awareness and Prompting Removal
Presentation designed to help an ICU as part of a CAUTI reduction program. It describes ways to tailor reminders and orders through low tech and high tech methods and has an accompanying facilitator guide.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Indwelling Urinary Catheter Maintenance – Maintaining Awareness and Proper Care of Catheters in Place
Presentation designed to help an ICU as part of a CAUTI reduction program. It describes ways to maintain catheter, tubing, and collection bag and has an accompanying facilitator guide.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Indwelling Urinary Catheter Alternatives– Ensuring Aseptic Placement
Presentation designed to help an ICU as part of a CAUTI reduction program. It describes ways to ensure aseptic catheter placement and has an accompanying facilitator guide.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Indwelling Urinary Catheter Alternatives– Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
Presentation designed to help an ICU as part of a CAUTI reduction program to suggest alternatives to indwelling urinary catheters; it has an accompanying facilitator guide.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Indwelling Urinary Catheter Indications – Avoiding Placement and Determining Appropriateness
Presentation designed to help an ICU as part of a CAUTI reduction program to assure urinary catheters are used only as needed. It advises daily assessment, and suggests criteria for catheter use; it has an accompanying facilitator guide.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Slideshow
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
CMS Hospital Infection Control Worksheet
An on-site survey, in order to determine compliance with the Infection Control Condition of Participation
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Bloodborne Pathogens
Central Line
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CMS
Construction
Downloadable
Emergency Preparedness & Operations
Employee/Occupational Health
English
Fillable PDF
Free
Hand Hygiene
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Influenza (Flu)
Injection Safety
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Regulatory Compliance
Risk Assessment
Standard Precautions
Sterile Processing
Transmission-Based Precautions
Tuberculosis (TB)
Urinary Catheter
Vaccination
Ventilator
Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet
A 17 page worksheet/checklist for on-site survey to determine compliance with CMS Infection Control Condition of Participation in an ambulatory surgical center.
3 - Intermediate
Ambulatory Surgery
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CMS
Downloadable
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
High Level Disinfection
Infection Preventionists
Injection Safety
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Regulatory Compliance
Sterile Processing
Central Venous Catheter Removal – Prompting Removal of Unnecessary Catheters
Presentation designed to help an ICU as part of a CLABSI reduction program to assure central catheters are removed when no longer needed. It advises daily assessment, the identification of physician and nurse champions, and leadership support; it has an accompanying facilitator guide.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Quality Improvement
Slideshow
Central Venous Catheter Maintenance – Maintaining Awareness and Proper Care of Catheters in Place
Presentation designed to help an ICU as part of a CLABSI reduction program to assure optimal central catheter maintenance for each patient. It provides evidence based support for the use of maintenance bundle checklist, and provides a sample central line maintenance audit form; it has an accompanying facilitator guide.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Acute Care Rehabilitation or Long-Term Care Acute Hospital (LTACH)
AHRQ
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Quality Improvement
Slideshow
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Long Term Care (LTC) Infection Control Worksheet LTC Facility Self-Assessment Tool
This is a 18 page worksheet/checklist that can be used by long term care facilities as a self-assessment tool. It comprises both regulatory requirements and best practices in infection prevention and control. A facility that uses this ICWS will identify gaps in practice and have a “roadmap” that can lead to an improved infection prevention and control program. CMS IPC Intermediate Level English Checklist Downloadable Nonclinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel  Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel  Infection Preventionist  Assisted Living Facility (ALF)  Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)  Surveillance Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship Hand Hygiene Standard Precautions Transmission-Based Precautions Injection […]
3 - Intermediate
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Central Line
Checklist
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
CMS
Downloadable
Employee/Occupational Health
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Influenza (Flu)
Injection Safety
Inter-/Intra-Facility Patient Transfer
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Standard Precautions
Surveillance
Transmission-Based Precautions
Tuberculosis (TB)
Urinary Catheter
Vaccination
Water Management
Wound Care