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81. AHRQ Views: 20 Years of Innovation From the Digital Healthcare Research Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Topics by March 30 to Effective Health Care Program Webinar: How To Join an AHRQ Program on Improving Antibiotic … Webinar: How To Join an AHRQ Program on Improving Antibiotic Use in Telemedicine Register now to attend … informational webinar to get details on how to join the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic … Use, a no-cost, 18-month national program to strengthen antibiotic prescribing practices. … Guideline concordance and antibiotic-associated adverse events between Veterans Administration and non-Veterans

82. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Promoting antibiotic stewardship to improve antibiotic use and combat antibiotic-resistant HAIs.

83. National Action Plans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2018 - National Action Plan on Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria provides a roadmap to guide the Nation … in rising to the challenge of antibiotic resistance. … It outlines steps for implementing the National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

84. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 12, 2024 - Significant National Patient Safety Improvement July 6, 2022 New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic … Innovative Training Videos to Improve Patient Care February 28, 2022 New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic … Prioritization May Effect Equity February 26, 2021 AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic

85. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Laboratory studies, viral testing, antibiotic use, and respiratory support were unchanged. … Interviewees expressed concerns about overuse of urine testing and antibiotics. … on sepsis mortality, antibiotic use, and adverse events. … hospital types; however, even in worst-case scenarios, new antibiotic-associated adverse events were … Impact of reducing time-to-antibiotics on sepsis mortality, antibiotic use, and adverse events.

86. Register Now: July 25 Webinar by National Action Alliance Will Address Involving Patients and Families in Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Survey Finds That Many Patients Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription . … Survey Finds That Many Patients Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription More than two-fifths of 564 … patients responding to a survey said they had taken antibiotics without a prescription, according to … in 2020-21 at eight Texas healthcare facilities, found that 43.6 percent of respondents had taken an antibiotic … Respondents reported obtaining antibiotics from friends or relatives (22.3 percent), purchasing them

87. AHRQ Evidence Reviews: Catalysts for Practice Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Moreover, patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis treated with antibiotics had the same outcomes as … those not treated with antibiotics, currently a standard treatment for the condition. … That includes adverse effects resulting from the unnecessary use of antibiotics, like Clostridium difficile … infections and antibiotic resistance.

88. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2017 - Appropriate antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections is a key element of antibiotic stewardship … Treatment of ASB with antibiotics is one of the leading causes for antibiotic overuse in long-term care … .12,13 Moreover, antibiotics can lead to resident harm, such as nausea, diarrhea, allergic reactions, … and antibiotic-related infections.14 Antibiotics can also wipe out healthy bacteria that can lead to … urine testing (urine cultures) is one strategy that can be used to decrease the inappropriate use of antibiotics

89. Clinical Decision Support Found To Improve Use of Blood Clot Prevention Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and combat antibiotic-resistant … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant

90. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and to combat antibiotic-resistant … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant

91. Health Insurance Premiums Between 2020 and 2021 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2022 - Articles featured this week include: Assessment of Changes in Visits and Antibiotic Prescribing During … the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID … Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research … and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 pandemic.

92. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2023 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Healthcare Associated Infections and Combating Antibiotic … Large Research Projects for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) (R01) . … Large Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant

93. Auditing Your Briefings and Debriefings Process: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Reducing Surgical Site Infections : Emerging evidence [Skin preparation, Normothermia, Glucose control, Antibiotic … Antibiotics, airway risk, allergies? … Antibiotics (ABX) given. ABX redosing time. Beta blockers. Airway risk. Access issues. … Antibiotics redosing time - 0% Yes. Antibiotics given - 90% Yes. Patient consent - 60% Yes.

94. Supplemental Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Antibiotic Audit Tool ( Word , 1.6 MB) This tool will help your safety program team understand how … appropriately you are using prophylactic antibiotics throughout the perioperative period.

95. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2015 - Date Published: April 2014 Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care, Long-term Care Antibiotic … that help hospitals, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory practices apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic … Decision Making to improve antibiotic use.

96. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2015 - Date Published: April 2014 Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care, Long-term Care Antibiotic … that help hospitals, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory practices apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic … Decision Making to improve antibiotic use.

97. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2015 - Date Published: April 2014 Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care, Long-term Care Antibiotic … that help hospitals, long-term care facilities, and ambulatory practices apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic … Decision Making to improve antibiotic use.

98. Long-term Care Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2021 - technical reviews about long-term care Resources Long-term care resources Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic … TeamSTEPPS Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Related Content Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic

99. Integrating Clinical Prediction Rules into EHRs to Improve Care, Reduce Waste | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - the point of care to make evidence-based, cost-effective care decisions, such as whether to prescribe antibiotics … If you meet four out of the five, you should probably get an antibiotic, so let’s write it up. … This led to significant declines in inappropriate antibiotic and diagnostic test ordering.

100. Winners Selected in Challenge Competition To Create TeamSTEPPS Training Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - This is a unique opportunity to impact national efforts to advance HAI prevention and antibiotic stewardship … innovative funding opportunities; develop comprehensive improvement strategies to prevent HAIs and promote antibiotic … collaborations on priority areas with private and federal partners; and represent AHRQ’s interests in HAIs and antibiotic … Risk of misleading conclusions in observational studies of time-to-antibiotics and mortality in suspected