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September 01, 2017 - Nursing homes can also use the antibiogram to monitor antimicrobial stewardship and provide feedback … The Concise Antibiogram toolkit (Using Nursing Home Antibiograms to Choose the Right Antibiotic) provides … guidance and tools to help a nursing home create its own antibiogram based on lab results. … The Comprehensive Antibiogram toolkit (The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How to Develop … and Implement an Antibiogram Program) provides detailed and comprehensive information and tools for
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Choose the Right Antibiotic
Three toolkits describe how to work with a lab and use an antibiogram.
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November 01, 2019 - ☐ Review antibiotic use data and recommend improvement approaches
☐ Review the antibiogram and recommend … ☐ Yes
☐ No
Does your microbiology laboratory develop an annual antibiogram? … microbiology lab follow Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines for making the antibiogram … ☐ Yes
☐ No
☐ N/A
Is the antibiogram disseminated to prescribers?
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January 01, 2024 - Syndromic antibiograms and nursing home clinicians' antibiotic choices for urinary tract infections.
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June 01, 2021 - W on trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, based on the facility's local antibiogram.