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AHRQ: Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals
The 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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From Data Elements to Quality Measures: Cross-Setting Web-Based Training
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering this cross-setting web-based training course that provides post-acute care (PAC) providers with a high-level overview of how data elements within CMS patient/resident assessment instruments are used to construct quality measures (QMs) across PAC settings. The course also discusses the relationship between these data elements and Quality Reporting Program (QRP) QMs, QM calculation, and how to access reports and use QM data for quality improvement (QI).
This training is intended for providers in the following PAC settings: Home Health Agencies (HHAs), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs), Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCHs), and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs).
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Advanced Care of Older Adults Certificates
Each certificate includes an overview of aging, including common conditions, mental health, communication, ageism, caregiving, cultural issues, safety and legal issues, palliative/end-of-life issues and more.
Health professionals will also gain important geriatric knowledge and skills specific to their occupations.
Upon successful completion, students will receive a digital (PDF) Certificate of Completion from the University of Arizona Center on Aging and the Office of Continuing and Professional Education.
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AHRQ: Opioids in Older Adults Compendium
The purpose of this change package, known as the Compendium, is to support efforts by primary care practices and healthcare systems to improve opioid medication management and prevent opioid misuse and opioid use disorder in older adults in primary care. The Compendium offers key activities with tools and resources that practices and systems can use in their improvement efforts.
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WHO: Infection prevention and control in the context of COVID-19: a guideline - Dec2023
The Infection prevention and control guideline for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) consolidates IPC technical guidance developed and published during the COVID-19 pandemic, with evidence-informed recommendations for health-care and community settings.
COVID-19 is the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Health-care facilities remain high- risk settings for SARS-CoV-2 transmission as they admit and care for patients with a risk of Consistent application of IPC measures is essential to preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in health-care settings.
This update (version 7) considers the current context of COVID-19, epidemiological trends, the emergence of variants of concern and factors including specific considerations for populations at-risk of severe disease outcomes, availability and uptake of vaccines, immunity levels and indoor environmental conditions.
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CDC Train: Public Health and Dementia Caregiving
This 90-minute course, Public Health and Dementia Caregiving, is designed for public health students, educators and professionals and is part of the larger Healthy Brain Initiative curriculum, A Public Health Approach to Dementia. Follow the directions on the course landing page to access the course.
This suite of training modules was developed for the Alzheimer’s Association by the Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This course was also developed in partnership with the BOLD Public Health Center of Excellence on Dementia Caregiving located at the University of Minnesota.
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The 5 Essential Elements for Promoting Person-Centered CareIf you work in a care profession, you likely use person-centered approaches every day. This guide will help you discover even more ways to help every person in your care thrive.
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The 5Ms of Geriatrics
Even though people all over the world are living longer and healthier lives, our health can change over time because of the different conditions and concerns we may face. Many of us, especially as we reach our mid-70s and beyond, may develop different combinations of diseases, health conditions, and disabilities. Our health needs become more complex as we get older, and what matters most to us may vary also.
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5 Moments for Hand Hygiene (3/2/21)
The World Health Organization has put together a helpful infographic to remind Health Care Workers when they should practice hand hygiene.
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5 Simple Steps for Hosting Your Event: A Focus on Fall Prevention
A falls education packet containing resources and ways to roll out your program; while keeping the families, residents and staff involved and educated!
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