New AHRQ Publication Looks at Methods and Implementation Approaches Used for HAI Research Projects

AHRQ’s latest healthcare-associated infection (HAI) resource is now available. Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs contains 19 original articles focused on the methods and implementation approaches that AHRQ-funded researchers used in their projects aimed at HAI prevention and risk identification for quality improvement. For over a decade, AHRQ has invested in research and implementation projects to prevent HAIs in diverse health care settings. This new publication features a selection of articles that will advance the professional knowledge about HAIs, including topics such as:

Reducing cardiac and surgical site infections (SSI), including surveillance techniques
Overcoming staff barriers in ICUs to prevent infections
Decreasing antibiotic overuse in primary care
Reducing HAIs in dialysis centers
Improving antibiotic use in nursing homes
Developing the capacity to implement antimicrobial stewardship
Detecting and treating MRSA in nursing homes and the community

Print copies of Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs are available at no charge. They can be ordered via email or by calling the AHRQ Publications Clearinghouse at 1-800-358-9295 and asking for AHRQ Publication No. 14-0003.