HAI Reduction Resources
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools and Resources
- American Hospital Association (AHA) Appropriate Use of Medical Resources Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Appropriate Antibiotic Use Campaign
- CDC Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
- CDC Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs Checklist
- National Quality Partners Playbook: Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care, National Quality Forum, National Quality Partners Antibiotic Stewardship Action Team
- The White House. National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB)
- The Joint Commission Antimicrobial Stewardship Standard 2017
- What do we do when antibiotics don't work any more? TED Talk
- World Health Organization (WHO) Global Priority List of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to Guide Research, Discovery, and Development of New Antibiotics
- WHO Save Lives: Clean Your Hands
Clinical Field Guide
Zone Tools
Additional Tools and Resources
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools & Resources
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)—Guide to the Elimination of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs)
- Catheterout.org—Comprehensive Resource and toolkit for all CAUTI prevention strategies, including patient and family engagement
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Healthcare-associated Infection—Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
- CDC—Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI)
- CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee—Guidelines for Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections
- CDC—Surveillance for Urinary Tract Infections
- TAP CAUTI Toolkit Implementation Guide: Links to Example Resources
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools and Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections: Resources for Patients and Healthcare Providers
- CDC—Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Requirements for CLABSI Surveillance and Reporting
- CDC—Checklist for Prevention of Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections
- CDC—Healthcare-associated Infection - Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI)
- CDC—Paving the Path Forward: 2015 Rebaseline
- Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET)—Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSIs) Change Package
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools and Resources
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC): Guide to the Elimination of Clostridium difficile in Healthcare Settings
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC): What you need to know about Clostridium difficile
- California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in California Hospitals
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)—Making Health Care Safer
- Health Research & Educational Trust—Clostridium difficile Infection (C. difficile) Change Package
- CDC—Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Prevention Primer
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)—Implementation Guide: Guide to Preventing Clostridium difficile Infections
- TAP CDI Implementation Guide: Links to Example Resources
- TEDx Talk—Improving Healthcare: Straight from the Heart
- WHO Save Lives: Clean Your Hands
- Clinical Practice Guidelines for CDI in Adults and Children: 2017 Updated by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
- Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings
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AHRQ—Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of C. difficile: Current State of the Evidence
- CDC—Strategies to Prevent Clostridioides difficile Infection in Acute Care Facilities
- Greater New York Hospital Association United Hospital Fund—Reducing C. difficile Infections Toolkit
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools and Resources
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Facility Guidance for Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
- CDC—Campaign to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings
- CDC Healthcare-Associated Infections, Tracking CRE
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)—Guide to the Elimination of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Transmission in Healthcare Settings
- Management of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings
- National Quality Partners Antibiotic Stewardship Action Team —Playbook: Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care
- TEDx Talk: Improving Healthcare: Straight from the Heart
- World Health Organization. Global Priority List of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria to Guide Research, Discovery, and Development of New Antibiotics
- WHO Save Lives: Clean Your Hands
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools and Resources
- American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines
- APIC New Implementation Guide: Infection Preventionist's Guide to the Operating Room
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses: Guidelines for Perioperative Practices
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017
- Health Research & Educational Trust—Preventing Surgical Site Infections Change Package
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Event
- Patient Risk Factors and Best Practices for Surgical site Infection Prevention
- Risk Factors Influence SSI—Fishbone Diagram
- WHO Save Lives: Clean Your Hands
Harm Reduction Resources
HSAG HIIN Readmission Materials
Clinical Field Guide
Best Practice Sharing
- Health Research & Education Trust (HRET) HIIN Change Package
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) IDEAL Discharge Toolkit
- Huddle for Care
Specific Tools
- Project BOOST® (Better Outcomes by Optimizing Safe Transitions)
- The Care Transitions Program®
- Project RED (Re-Engineered Discharge)
- AHRQ Health Literacy Tools (Revised)
- AHRQ Designing and Delivering Whole-Person Transitional Care
- Modified LACE Tool
- Transitional Care Model (TCM)
- Patient Discharge Survey
- Eldercare Services—Coming Home After a Stay in the Hospital
- Administration for Community Living—Connected Older Adults and Those With Disabilities With Community Services
Readmission Reduction Programs
Clinical Field Guide
HSAG HIIN HEAT Tool
Opioid ADE
ADE Sprint
Additional Tools and Resources
- HSAG HIIN Glycemic Business Case Flyer
- Minnesota Hospital Association—Road Map to a Medication Safety Program
- Health Research & Educational Trust—Adverse Drug Event Change Package
- American Diabetes Association—Management of Inpatient Hyperglycemia and Diabetes in Older Adults
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement—Anticoagulant Toolkit: Reducing ADEs
- Society of Hospital Medicine—Reducing ADEs related to Opioids (RADEO) Implementation Toolkit
- SAMSHA Toolkit to Help Prevent Opioid Overdoses in the Community
- Patient Safety Movement—Monitoring for Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression
- Patient Safety Authority—Oral Anticoagulants: A Review of Common Errors and Risk Reduction Strategies
- ISMP—Medication Safety Self Assessment® for High-Alert Medications
- Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)—Improving Glycemic Control in the Non-Critical Care Setting
- Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)—Patient Education Materials
- Optimizing Glucose Management in Hospitalized Patients Using a Subcutaneous Basal-Bolus Insulin Therapy Approach
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease—Managing Diabetes
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists—Clinical Evidence for Glucose Control in the Inpatient Setting
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
- The Joint Commission—Pain Assessment and Management Standards for Hospitals
- Society of Critical Care Medicine—Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption (PADIS) Guidelines
- Project Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment (SHOUT): Start and Maintain Patients on Effective Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
- Project SHOUT: Opioid Toolkit
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools & Resources
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—Preventing Falls in Hospitals—A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care
- AHRQ—Fall Prevention in Hospitals Training Program
- Exercise Programs That Promote Senior Fitness
- Falls Prevention Conversation Guide for Caregivers
- Health Research & Educational Trust—Stop to Start Improving Fall Injuries
- HRET—Falls With Injury Change Package
- Stop Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) Materials for Healthcare Workers
- Veterans Administration National Center for Patient Safety—Falls Toolkit
- Patient Safety and Quality an Evidence-based Handbook for Nurses
- Fall TIPS: Tailoring Inteventions for Patient Safety—A Patient Centered Fall Prevention Toolkit
- HD Nursing: The Science Behind Falls Management
Clinical Field Guide
HSAG HIIN HAPI Resources
- HSAG HIIN Pressure Injury Study Form
- HSAG HIIN Pressure Injury Study Tool
- HSAG HIIN Pressure Injury Data Collection Worksheet
- HSAG HIIN HAPI Business Case—Things to Consider
- HSAG HIIN HAPI Post Event Form
Additional Tools and Resources
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)— Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals. A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care
- AHRQ—Preventing Pressure Ulcers: A Patient's Guide
- Health Research & Educational Trust—Preventing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers/Injuries
- HSAG HIIN—HAPU-I Assessment Tools for Hospitals
- NPUAP, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance—Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Quick Reference Guide
- National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®): Press Gainey. Pressure Injury Training
- Institute for Pressure Injury Prevention—Pressure Injury Advisory Board Information
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools and Resources
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)—Toolkit to Improve Safety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
- Society of Critical Care Medicine—ICU Liberation: ABCDEF Bundle
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement, How-to Guide: Prevent Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
- Health Research & Educational Trust—Preventing Ventilator Associated Events
- Health Services Advisory Group Hospital Improvement Innovation Network (HSAG HIIN)—VAE Reporting Presentation
- HSAG HIIN—VAE Observation Tool
- Society of Critical Care Medicine—2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption (PADIS) in Adult Patients in the ICU
- Vanderbilt University—Critical Illness, Brain dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center Research on Delirium
Clinical Field Guide
Additional Tools and Resources
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism
- Society for Hospital Medicine—The VTE Toolkit
- Health Research and Educational Trust—Venous Thromboembolism Change Package
- ScienceDirect—Antithrombotic Therapy for VTE Disease: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report
- Johns Hopkins Medicine. Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality—Preventing Venous Thromboembolism
- HRET—VTE Process Discovery Tool
- HSAG HIIN—VTE Business Case
- HSAG HIIN—Thromboprophylaxis Tool
Foundations for Harm Reduction
- PfP Strategic Vision Roadmap Digest on PFE Metric 1
- Includes PFE #1—Sample Checklist Tool
Additional Tools and Resources
- AHRQ—Guide to Patient and Family Engagement in Hospital Quality and Safety
- BJC HealthCare—Patient and Family Advisory Council: Getting Started Toolkit
- Healthcarecommunities.org—PfP Library on HealthCare Communities Website
- Institute for Patient-and Family-Centered Care (IPFCC)—Advancing the Practice of Patient-and Family-Centered Care in Hospitals
- IPFCC—Partnering with Patients and Families to Enhance Safety and Quality: A Mini Toolkit
- National Academy of Medicine—Guiding Framework for Patient and Family Engaged Care
- PFE Metric Organizational Assessment Tool
- PFE Data Collection Resources
HSAG HIIN HEOA Resources
Other HEOA Resources
- Equity of Care: A Toolkit for Eliminating Health Care Disparities
- Guide to Preventing Readmissions Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Medicare Beneficiaries
- Disparities Impact Statement Guide
- Health Equity Organizational Assessment Hospital Tutorial
- Health Disparities Guide
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—Plain Language Materials and Resources
- CDC TRAIN—Effective Communication for Healthcare Teams
- HSAG HIIN Overall HIIN Success
- HSAG HIIN HEAT Tool
- HSAG HIIN Plan Ahead Worksheet
- IHI Improvement Toolkit
Zone Tools
- Asthma Self-Management Plan English
- Asthma Self-Management Plan Spanish
- Blood Thinner Zone Tool English
- COPD Self-Management Plan English
- COPD Self-Management Plan Spanish
- Diabetes Safety Zone Tool English
- Diabetes Safety Zone Tool Spanish
- Heart Disease Self-Management Plan English
- Heart Disease Self-Management Plan Spanish
- Heart Failure Self-Management Plan English
- Heart Failure Self-Management Plan Spanish
- Medications Zone Tool English
- Mood Zone Tool English
- Mood Zone Tool Spanish
- Pneumonia Zone Tool English
- Pneumonia Zone Tool Spanish
- Sepsis Zone Tool English
- Sepsis Zone Tool Spanish
- Stroke Prevention and Early Recognition Zone Tool English
- Stroke Prevention and Early Recognition Zone Tool Spanish
- Total Hip Replacement Zone Tool English
- Total Hip Replacement Zone Tool Spanish
- Total Knee Replacement Zone Tool English
- Total Knee Replacement Zone Tool Spanish
- Urinary System Zone Tool English
- Urinary System Zone Tool Spanish
