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1. Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Antibiotics Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. … Antibiotic resistance is becoming a national threat. … AHRQ's efforts for combating antibiotic-resistanct bacteria focus on promoting appropriate antibiotic … Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits

2. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)
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   October 01, 2024 - Antibiotic stewardship aims to optimize the use of antibiotics by ensuring antibiotics are prescribed … Slide 4 Some Facts About Antibiotic Use SAY: Antibiotics have revolutionized modern medicine and saved … antibiotic regimens, use of antibiotics in patients who do not have signs or symptoms of infection, … antibiotic use is to decide what antibiotics or syndromes you want to target on the unit. … On the front, the prescriber is asked to provide an indication for antibiotics, assess whether antibiotic

3. Learning-From-Antibiotic-Adverse (doc file)
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   June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events An … Negative Factor Positive Factor Patient Factors Example: Family preferred antibiotics. … X Team Factors Example: Team discussion about need to start antibiotics occurred … Have we collected appropriate cultures and diagnostic tests before starting antibiotics? … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy?

4. Antibiotic-Time-Out-Tool (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic 1: Treatment day #: Antibiotic 2: Treatment day #: Antibiotic 3: Treatment … day #: Check the patient’s indication(s) for continuing antibiotics below: Antibiotic Time Out … for any of the following conditions even though antibiotics are NOT typically recommended? … Can any of the antibiotics be discontinued? … ☐ Yes ☐ No Are the antibiotics selected consistent with local guidelines?

5. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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   September 01, 2022 - of antibiotics. … • The Antibiotics: When Are They Needed? … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotics-brochure-english.docx … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotics-brochure-spanish.docx … use and enhance the safety of patients receiving antibiotics.

6. Antibiotic-Use-Commitment-Poster (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - No. 17(20)-0028-EF November 2019 Our institution is committed to prescribing the most appropriate antibiotics … when they are needed and to not prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed. … Please ask a member of your medical team if you have any questions about antibiotics. Thank you! … Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs but can have harmful side effects. … the individuals you believe are important to indicate your institution’s commitment to prescribing antibiotics

7. Identifying-Antibiotic-Adverse-Events-Form (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Identifying Antibiotic-Associated … Adverse Events Form PURPOSE OF THIS FORM: To discuss issues that may result in unnecessary antibiotic … administration or antibiotic-associated adverse events that could negatively impact patient safety. … next patient in your unit or clinical area will be harmed by an event related to administration of antibiotics … or by receiving unnecessary antibiotics.

8. Inappropriate Antibiotic Use | PSNet
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   September 22, 2010 - Inappropriate Antibiotic Use. PSNet [internet]. … infectious cause not covered by antibiotics. … Many physicians find it hard to limit antibiotic use when they think that broad-spectrum antibiotic coverage … How can overuse of antibiotics be prevented? … Strategies to improve antibiotic stewardship and reduce antibiotic resistance have recently been summarized

9. Learning-Antibiotic-Adverse-Events-Form (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse … Events An antibiotic-related adverse event is any event or situation involving the prescription or administration … of antibiotics that you would not want to happen again because it either caused your patient harm or … Identify the antibiotic-associated adverse event. 2. … From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Form image2.jpeg image3.png image7.jpeg image8.png

10. Gap Analysis for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ N/A ➕Do your facility guidelines provide recommendations about specific antibiotics? … Consider ➕Is there is a formal procedure for all clinicians to review the appropriateness of all antibiotics … there a process for intravenous to oral conversion of antibiotics in the pharmacy? … ☐ Yes ☐ No ➕Are activities conducted by the ASP to target antibiotics commonly associated with C. … any culture or susceptibility results as a strategy to assist prescribers in selecting appropriate antibiotics

11. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Decision Making to improve antibiotic use. … Access the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals . … About This Project Antibiotics are life-saving drugs when used appropriately. … Using antibiotics inappropriately can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria and increase the risk of … antibiotic regimens, routes of administration, and durations.

12. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    use by getting residents the right antibiotics when they need them. … Toolkit To Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics : This toolkit … toolkit helps residents and their family members understand what the nursing home is doing to make sure antibiotics … are used properly, what the risks of taking antibiotics are, and what they can do to be engaged in decisions … Telemedicine-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Improves Prescribing, Reduces Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics

13. AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use: Final Report (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - However, misuse of antibiotics has led to avoidable harm such as emergence of antibiotic resistance … /index.html 2 who receive antibiotics in the hospital will develop an antibiotic-associated adverse … Antibiotic use was stratified by individual antibiotics. … Antibiotic use was stratified by individual antibiotics. … Rethinking how antibiotics are prescribed: incorporating the 4 Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making

14. 4 Tk2 T2-Antibiotic Pocket Cards (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - • Especially consider in residents who received antibiotics in previous 60 days and have one or more … • Use anti-MRSA antibiotic empirically for abscess or chronic ulcer meeting criteria for deep infection … www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 12 Common Nursing Home Situations in Which Systemic Antibiotics

15. Reducing Harms from Unsafe Use of Antibiotics and Preventing the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Reducing Harms from Unsafe Use of Antibiotics and Preventing the Spread of Antibiotic … Unsafe antibiotic use includes obtaining and using prescription antibiotics without a prescription, using … another person's antibiotics, or using one's own stored antibiotics for a reason other than originally … Taking prescription antibiotics without a prescription increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, adverse … and penicillin, at home, with younger caregivers more likely to store and use these antibiotics.

16. Poster_Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Questions (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Poster_Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Questions AHRQ Pub. … Moment 1: Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics … Moment 3: If antibiotics are indicated, what is the narrowest, safest, and shortest regimen I can prescribe

17. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/antibiotic-stewardship.html
    October 01, 2024 - and Resources Program Implementation of MRSA Prevention Fundamental Best Practices Antibiotics … are life-saving drugs, but a significant amount of antibiotics in hospital settings are prescribed inappropriately … for each patient receiving antibiotics on the unit. … The tool asks the prescriber to: (1) Track prescribed antibiotics and treatment day; (2) Record indication … for continuing antibiotics; (3) Assess whether antibiotic therapy can be stopped, narrowed, or changed

18. Antibiotic and Opioid Stewardship in Dentistry | PSNet
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    December 07, 2020 - Antibiotics are a powerful tool that have made once deadly infections easily treatable. … If an antibiotic was started in the ED [emergency department], it was rare that the antibiotic was discontinued … There was more adding on layers of antibiotics versus removing antibiotics. … antibiotics, there were also groups that we really didn't have a lot of data on. … published in the US on how or why dentists prescribed antibiotics.

19. Timeline for Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Ambulatory Care (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - : Communicating With Patients and Families About Antibiotic Decisions Patient handout: Antibiotics: … The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV Presentation and facilitator guide Discussion … The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Acute Bronchitis Presentation and facilitator guide Discussion … The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children Presentation and facilitator … The “Usually Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Community-Acquired Pneumonia Presentation and facilitator guide

20. Gap Analysis for Antibiotic Stewardhip in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - ☐ Annually ☐ Other: ☐ N/A ☐ Monthly ☐ Quarterly ☐ Biannually ☐ Annually ☐ Other: ☐ N/A Antibiotics … ☐ Annually ☐ Other: ☐ N/A ☐ Monthly ☐ Quarterly ☐ Biannually ☐ Annually ☐ Other: ☐ N/A Antibiotics … ☐ Annually ☐ Other: ☐ N/A ☐ Monthly ☐ Quarterly ☐ Biannually ☐ Annually ☐ Other: ☐ N/A Antibiotics … ☐ Annually ☐ Other: ☐ N/A ☐ Monthly ☐ Quarterly ☐ Biannually ☐ Annually ☐ Other: ☐ N/A Antibiotics … education on approaches to communicate with patients and families when antibiotics are not needed?