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ICU Assessment Response Guide – Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI
Document to evaluate the responses to 35 assessment questions used to determine strengths and weaknesses in a unit’s ability to effectively reduce CLABSI and CAUTI rates.
3 - Intermediate
Activity Included
Acute Care Hospital
AHRQ
Audio Only
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Checklist
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Graphics
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Post-Training Support Materials
Print Resources
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Slideshow
Surveillance
Toolkit
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Video
ICU Assessment – (for preventing CLABSI and CAUTI)
Assessment questions to determine strengths and weaknesses in a unit’s ability to effectively reduce CLABSI and CAUTI rates; it is designed to be used with an assessment response guide.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
AHRQ
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Free
Infection Preventionists
Interactive
Pediatric / NICU
Print Resources
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Surveillance
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs
Customizable, educational toolkit aims to help ICUs reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
AHRQ
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
Central Line
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
Checklist
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Downloadable
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Infection Preventionists
Pediatric / NICU
Post-Training Support Materials
Print Resources
Slideshow
Surveillance
Toolkit
Urinary Catheter
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship
Checklist to help a facility assess infection control measures used to reduce C. difficile infections and to help identify gaps for program improvement.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
AHRQ
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Assisted Living Facility (ALF)
Checklist
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Clostridioides difficile
English
Free
Gastrointestinal Infections
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Nursing Home / Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)
Pediatric / NICU
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Transmission-Based Precautions
Making Dialysis Safer for Patients: Bloodstream Infections, Wall Boxes, Lessons Learned
52 minute video describing a multi-center outbreak of gram negative bloodstream infections among dialysis patients. The video provides information on how to conduct an outbreak investigation, focuses on how to avoid a newly recognized risk associated with dialysis wall boxes; and provides information about how to design a correction plan.
3 - Intermediate
Acute Care Hospital
Auditing / Observation / Monitoring / Assessment Tools
CDC
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI)
CEU
CHES
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Closed Captioning
CME
CNE
CPE
CPH
Dialysis
Downloadable
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
MCHES
Outbreak Investigation
Physical Environment / Environment of Care (EOC)
Quality Improvement
Risk Assessment
Surveillance
Webinar (Pre-recorded)
Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies
Index of AHRQ educational resources for understanding the role of antibiotic therapy for common infectious disease syndromes seen in ambulatory care.
4 - Advanced
AHRQ
Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care
Ambulatory Surgery
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Post-Training Support Materials
Print Resources
Respiratory Infections
Slideshow
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) & Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
Approach to Patients Reporting Penicillin Allergies
Video to guide the diagnosis and treatment of possible penicillin allergy; it is intended to be part of an antibiotic stewardship program.
4 - Advanced
Acute Care Hospital
AHRQ
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Free
Laboratory Collection and Interpretation
Video
Did you know? Germs Spread Through Touch
A 17-second video with text highlights how all surfaces touched by healthcare workers offer opportunities for germs to spread.
1 - Essentials
Any Practice Setting
CDC
Cleaning and Disinfection
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Closed Captioning
Downloadable
English
Free
Hand Hygiene
Infection Preventionists
Non-Clinical / Indirect Healthcare Personnel
Patients, Family, Visitors, Unpaid Caregivers
Standard Precautions
Video
Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis
Website with links to tools to guide diagnosis and treatment of sepsis; it is intended to be part of an antibiotic stewardship program.
4 - Advanced
Acute Care Hospital
AHRQ
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Laboratory Collection and Interpretation
Post-Training Support Materials
Print Resources
Slideshow
Template
Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Clostridioides difficile Infections
Website with links to tools to guide diagnosis and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infections; it is intended to be part of an antibiotic stewardship program.
4 - Advanced
Acute Care Hospital
AHRQ
Antimicrobial & Diagnostic Stewardship
Clinical / Direct Healthcare Personnel
Clostridioides difficile
English
Facilitator Guide
Free
Gastrointestinal Infections
Laboratory Collection and Interpretation
Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
Post-Training Support Materials
Print Resources
Slideshow
Template