The percentage of nursing home residents that will receive at least one systemic antibiotic over the course of a year
What is 50%-70%?
100
The name of the national organization for infection preventionists whose acronym is APIC
What is the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology?
100
The minimum amount of time needed for hand washing to be effective in preventing transmission of bacteria
What is 20 seconds?
100
A coordinated program at both the facility and community level aimed at reducing antimicrobial resistance by promoting the appropriate use of antibiotics
What is antimicrobial stewardship?
100
A secure, internet-based surveillance system sponsored by the CDC that allows facilities to identify infection prevention problems by facility, benchmark progress of infection prevention efforts and comply with state and federal public reporting mandates
What is the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)?
200
This largely preventable healthcare associated infection causes 14,000 deaths each year in the United States
What is C. difficile infection?
200
This website specializes in providing resources for three areas of improving public health: Performance Management, Quality Improvement, and Workforce Development and has an article on its' landing page written by CT DPH on "Tackling Healthcare Associated Infections Through QI"
What is the Public Health Foundation?
200
This test should always be performed prior to initiating antibiotics and reviewed when results become available
What is a culture and sensitivity test?
200
This government entity provides support to facilities and clinicians working to reduce HAIs and antibiotic resistance and has an abundance of information and free tools on their website
What is Centers for Disease Control (CDC)?
200
The usual daily dose of antibiotic for adults as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), this is one way to measure antibiotic use at the facility level
What is the defined daily dose (DDD)?
300
The annual number of people in the United States that become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics
What is 2 million?
300
These patient friendly educational materials on appropriate antibiotic use can be found on the CDC website
What are Get Smart for Healthcare: one-page sheets?
300
Along with judicious use of antibiotics, limiting the use of these commonly prescribed drugs can help maintain normal intestinal flora to combat C difficile infection
What are proton pump inhibitors?
300
This is used by clinicians to assess local suceptibility and resistance trends
What is an antibiogram?
300
This is necessary to measure the effectiveness of any organizational improvement efforts
What is data?
400
CDC estimates show that at any given time, this ratio of hospital patients has an infection resulting from medical treatment.
What is 1 in 20?
400
This professional organizations' mission is to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections and advance the field of healthcare epidemiology and has helped define best practices in healthcare epidemiology worldwide since its founding in 1980
What is the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)?
400
These evidence-based practice guidelines incorporate microbiology and resistance patterns that can guide clinicians when prescribing treatment options
What are clinical pathways?
400
These two professions should be involved in an AMS program
Who are physicians, pharmacists, nurses, PAs/APRNs, senior leadership?
400
Early recognition of patterns of infection and transmission can be accomplished by this process
What is surveillance?
500
Percentage range of hospitalized patients who receive antibiotics at any given time
What is 20%-40%?
500
This is the mascot for the CDC's Get Smart for Healthcare Campaign
What is the owl?
500
Use of these standardized tools are an effective way to guide clinicians when prescribing antimicrobials
What are antibiotic order forms?
500
The process of re- assessing an antibiotic's appropriateness 48-72 hrs after start
What is an antibiotic timeout?
500
This measurement is often used as it is easy to obtain and can be converted into defined daily doses (DDDs). It is a proxy for the quantity of antibiotics dispensed in a given time period