AHRQ Issues MRSA Prevention Toolkit
Per the notice below, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued a toolkit for preventing Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in intensive care unit (ICU) and non-intensive care unit (non-ICU) settings.
Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings
- Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings
- Welcome to the Toolkit for MRSA Prevention in ICU & Non-ICU Settings
- The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention
- The Importance of MRSA Prevention
- Decolonization
- Tools & Resources for Decolonization
- Tools & Resources for Decolonization: First Steps, Readiness, and Pre-Launch
- Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Protocols
- Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Staff Training Materials
- Tools & Resources for Decolonization: Patient Educational Resources
- MRSA Surveillance
- Environmental Cleaning
- Contact Precautions
- Hand Hygiene Promotion
- Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
- Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP
- Antibiotic Stewardship
- Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship
- Index of Clinical Topics
- The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) for MRSA Prevention
- Why Choose a CUSP Approach?
- The Science of Safety
- How To Integrate a CUSP Approach
- Performing a Premortem Assessment
- What Are The 4 Es?
- CUSP Psychological Safety
- Learning From Defects
- Evaluating and Sustaining Progress
- Index of CUSP Tools and Resources
- Program Implementation of MRSA Prevention
Please select the appropriate toolkit for your patient care setting below. Please note: the Toolkit for Surgical Services and the Toolkit for Long-Term Care Settings will be coming in 2025.
About the AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
The AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention was a 5-year national project aimed at implementing improvements in MRSA prevention across hospital acute care units (including both intensive care units and non-intensive care units), high-risk surgical services, and long-term care facilities. The program collaborated with clinicians, frontline staff, surgeons, educators, researchers, hospitals, and long-term care centers to establish comprehensive and sustainable programs to address MRSA prevention from multiple angles. These Toolkits for MRSA Prevention were developed by the AHRQ Safety Program based on the best available evidence and the experiences of frontline clinical teams. The goal of these toolkits is to assist staff and leadership in improving infection prevention practices and ultimately reduce MRSA rates in their units and facilities.
