Health Care Quality Resource Center
Health Care Quality Resource Center
We’re excited to offer you a dedicated space to find up-to-date information on quality and patient safety resources, tools, educational opportunities such as webinars, information on events, news and updates from the WHA Chief Quality Officer, Quality Director, Quality Managers, and more!
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Nov. 25, 2024
Current HAI Progress Report
This report, along with the detailed technical tables, provides national- and state-level data about HAI incidence during 2023. The report is designed to be accessible to many audiences. National and state HAI reports will be available for viewing, downloading, and printing from the Antimicrobial Resistance and Patient Safety Portal. For detailed methods, references, and definitions, please refer to the Technical Appendix and Glossary within this report. For more information, please visit CDC's Healthcare-Associated Infection Data Reports website.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsPage
Oct. 1, 2024
CUSP Method
This Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) is a method that can help clinical teams make care safer by combining improved teamwork, clinical best practices, and the science of safety. The Core CUSP toolkit gives clinical teams the training resources and tools to apply the CUSP method and build their capacity to address safety issues.
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Apr. 12, 2024
Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Prevention Guideline
This guideline provides recommendations for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The guideline reviews the available evidence on CAUTI prevention for patients requiring chronic indwelling catheters and individuals who can be managed with alternative methods of urinary drainage (e.g., intermittent catheterization). The guideline also includes specific recommendations for implementation, performance measurement, and surveillance.
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Apr. 11, 2024
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) Resources
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a threat to patient safety. CDC provides a listing of resources from national leadership in surveillance, outbreak investigations, laboratory research, and prevention of healthcare-associated infections for healthcare facilities and workers.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsPage
Apr. 3, 2024
Infection Control Basics
Infection control prevents or stops the spread of infections in healthcare settings. This resource page from the CDC provides Healthcare workers ways to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infections and protect themselves, patients and visitors by following CDC guidelines.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsPage
Mar. 1, 2023
Toolkit for Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in ICUs
This customizable, educational toolkit aims to help ICUs reduce rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI).
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsDocument
Oct. 7, 2022
Post-Fall Huddle form
Use this tool as a guide for post fall huddles.
FallsAndFallsWithInjuryDocument
Oct. 7, 2022
Post-Fall Audit Tool
Use this tool to audit your organization's post fall huddle to identify best practices and interventions needed.
FallsAndFallsWithInjuryDocument
Apr. 1, 2022
Guide to Implementing and Sustaining a Program to Prevent CLABSI and CAUTI in the Intensive Care Uni
AHRQ Safety Program for Intensive Care Units: Preventing CLABSI and CAUTI. This guide will help your team navigate resources that enhance previous Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) resources to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the hospital setting. Additionally, these resources introduce a new, tiered interventional approach designed to help overcome challenges with persistently elevated infection rates in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsPage
Mar. 1, 2018
Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
This is a Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) in Hospitals helps hospitals prevent CAUTI in patients and improve safety culture at the unit level by implementing concepts from the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP). Health care professionals can use it to make care safer by following clinical best practices and creating a culture of safety. The toolkit has evidence-based, practical resources that reflect the real-world experiences of the frontline providers and researchers who participated in a national implementation project to reduce CAUTIs. It builds on the core CUSP toolkit by providing specific tools focused on reducing CAUTI in hospitals.
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