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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Dec. 18, 2024
Patient Safety Analysis Quick Reference Guides
These quick reference guides were created to help you understand, modify, and interpret your data using the NHSN application’s various analysis output (report) options for the NHSN Patient Safety Component. These guides serve as companions to the “Introduction to NHSN Analysis” training slideset.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsPage
Nov. 20, 2024
Patient Safety Analysis Resources
The NHSN application provides various options that allow NHSN users to analyze their surveillance data. The resources listed below are intended to help you use the analysis tool, and interpret data analyzed from the Patient Safety Component of NHSN.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsPage
May. 23, 2024
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Analysis Training Videos
Presentations from the 2024 annual NHSN live training hosted virtually were recorded and are now posted on this page as archived videos. You can view presentations on how to identify, report, and analyze VAE, PedVAE, CAUTI, CLABSI, Secondary Bloodstream Infection (BSI) and Site-Specific Infections, SSI, MRSA Bacteremia and C. difficile LabID events, as well as presentations on validation of healthcare-associated infection data and data quality, reporting and analysis of antibiotic use and resistance data, the Outpatient Procedure Component (OPC), Rebaseline, NHSN Geolocation, and information on the upcoming the NHSN Initiatives Digital Quality Measures and Hospital Bed Capacity Project.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsPage
Apr. 12, 2024
Intravascular Catheter-related Infection (BSI) Prevention Guidelines
These guidelines provide recommendations for preventing intravascular catheter-related infections (BSI). These guidelines have been developed for healthcare personnel who insert intravascular catheters and for persons responsible for surveillance and control of infections in hospital, outpatient, and home healthcare settings.
CentralLineAssociatedDocument
Jan. 1, 2024
Bloodstream Infection Event (Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections)
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) occur when germs enter the bloodstream through a central line. CLABSIs are preventable. This resource document provides guidance in the prevention of CLABSI.
CentralLineAssociatedDocument
Jan. 1, 2024
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Patient Safety Component Manual
This NHSN Patient Safety Component (PSC) resource is available to access modules that focus on process measures and events associated with medical devices, surgical procedures, antimicrobial agents used during the provision of healthcare, and multidrug-resistant organisms.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsPage
Dec. 7, 2022
HAI National Action Plan
This HAI Action Plan, published by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, provides a roadmap for preventing HAIs in acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, end-stage renal disease facilities, and long-term care facilities.
HospitalAcquiredInfectionsDocument
Oct. 7, 2022
Best Practices to Reduce Falls Associated with Toileting Presentation Slides
Use this slide deck to accompany the Video Best Practices to Reduce Falls Associated with Toileting by Patricia A. Quigley.
FallsAndFallsWithInjuryDocument
Oct. 7, 2022
Redesigning Post Fall Management: Getting to Types of Falls, Repeat Falls, and Determining Preventab
Use this slide deck to accompany the Video Post Fall Management: Getting to Types of Falls, Repeat Falls, and Determining Preventability by Patricia A. Quigley.
FallsAndFallsWithInjuryPage
May. 1, 2022
Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients with Devices
This AHRQ toolkit can help hospital infection prevention programs implement a decolonization protocol that was found to reduce bloodstream infections by more than 30 percent in adult inpatients who were not in intensive care units (ICUs) and who had specific medical devices. It includes implementation instructions, demonstration videos, and customizable tools.
HospitalAcquiredInfections