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21. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
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    November 01, 2019 - of antibiotics is not entirely benign! … one antibiotic during their hospital stay.1 Approximately 30-50% of antibiotics hospitalized patients … Use – Patient Safety Issue AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 6 Antibiotics … Care 7 Antibiotics & Clostridiodes difficile Antibiotics can increase the risk of Clostridiodes difficile … The Infectious Diseases Society of America’s 10 x ’20 Initiative (Ten new systemic antibacterial agents

22. Learn Strategies for Communicating With Colleagues, Patients, and Families About Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - One-Page Document provides a brief summary of approaches to improve communication with patients about antibiotics … The Antibiotics: When Do you Need Them? … Patient Brochure (in English and Spanish) can be provided to patients and families to explain why antibiotics … Document  (PDF, 181 KB) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? … Patient Brochure (English)  (DOCX, 318 KB) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them?

23. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Welcome to the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care. … practices for common infectious syndromes Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics … Improve antibiotic prescribing Infection Preventionists and other members of the Antibiotic Stewardship … for common infectious syndromes,” and “Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics … for common infectious syndromes,” and “Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics

24. PowerPoint Presentation
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    June 01, 2021 - Program for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. … have risks and may cause harm The Importance of Antibiotics 3 Patient Safety 3 5 Antibiotic … Patient Safety 5 6 Antibiotics Alter the Bacteria in the Gut4 Susceptible Bugs Resistant Bugs Antibiotic … It’s been 2–3 days since we started antibiotics. … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? 

25. Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) Development
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    June 01, 2021 - To use antibiotics only when necessary, thereby protecting residents from unnecessary antibiotic exposure … No followup on the resident to note her response to antibiotics. … No followup on the resident to note her response to antibiotics. … No followup on the resident to note her response to antibiotics. … Cost of antibiotics Use of guideline-concordant antibiotics Clostridioides difficile infection rates

26. Predischarge Antibiotics Review Associated With Lower Antibiotic Overuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Today's Headlines: Predischarge Antibiotics Review Associated With Lower Antibiotic Overuse . … Predischarge Antibiotics Review Associated With Lower Antibiotic Overuse Hospitals that reviewed patients … ’ use of antibiotics before discharge had less antibiotic overuse, AHRQ-supported research found. … stewardship strategies, including establishing an antibiotic stewardship team and reviewing antibiotics … lower antibiotic overuse. 

27. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use … Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Ambulatory … Step four: Determine how to access antibiotic prescription data. … Step seven: Monitor and report back antibiotic prescription data to practice. … After this period, ongoing antibiotic stewardship efforts are needed to continue to observe optimal antibiotic

28. The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Sinusitis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - : Influenza and RSV Never Antibiotics: Common Cold Never Antibiotics: Acute Bronchitis … Sometimes Antibiotics: Acute Otitis Media Sometimes Antibiotics: Sinusitis Sometimes Antibiotics … Describe the non-antibiotic management of sinusitis. … The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Slides (PPTX, 2 MB) The “Sometimes Antibiotics” … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/sinusitis.html  

29. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - of antibiotic decision making. … whenever the need for antibiotics is being considered. … Moment 2: Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … If there is no evidence of a bacterial infection, stop antibiotics. … antibiotic use using the Four Moments Framework for patients receiving antibiotics.

30. Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - : Influenza and RSV Never Antibiotics: Common Cold Never Antibiotics: Acute Bronchitis … Sometimes Antibiotics: Acute Otitis Media Sometimes Antibiotics: Sinusitis Sometimes Antibiotics … The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper … Antibiotics Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children The Sometimes Antibiotics Diagnoses: Sinusitis … The Sometimes Antibiotics Diagnoses: Pharyngitis The Usually Antibiotics Diagnoses: Community-Acquired

31. Antibiotic Stewardship Slides, Part 2
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    March 01, 2017 - Every course of antibiotics carries these risks—and nursing home residents get a lot of antibiotics each … We are learning when to give antibiotics and when to withhold antibiotics. 6 Antibiotic Use in LTC … use of antibiotics. 7 Fighting Back Against Antibiotic Resistance1 Infection prevention IS antibiotic … Improving antibiotic prescribing Bacteria are constantly evolving, requiring the need for new antibiotics … become resistant to antibiotics.

32. Best Practices in the Management of Patients With Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - : Influenza and RSV Never Antibiotics: Common Cold Never Antibiotics: Acute Bronchitis … Sometimes Antibiotics: Acute Otitis Media Sometimes Antibiotics: Sinusitis Sometimes Antibiotics … allergies before prescribing antibiotics. … Recognize types of reactions to antibiotics commonly prescribed in the outpatient environment. … Review the cross-reactivity between antibiotic classes.

33. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - should be considering when deciding whether to prescribe an antibiotic.   … Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … Before prescribing antibiotics, ensure that the patient has signs and symptoms suggesting a bacterial … patients have symptoms that are not consistent with an infection or are consistent with a viral infection; antibiotics … If antibiotics are indicated, what is the narrowest, safest, and shortest regimen I can prescribe?

34. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - stewardship programs—coordinated internal programs that promote the appropriate use of antibiotics. … "Antibiotics save lives—but we must use them judiciously to reduce the chance of resistance and ensure … resistance developing in microbes, rendering antibiotics useless against them. … The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making are the critical time periods to assess the need for antibiotics … ; clinicians can use the framework whenever antibiotics are being considered for treatment.

35. Communicating With Patients and Families About Antibiotic Decisions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Learn how to effectively communicate about antibiotic use with patients. … Making Communicating with Patients and Families Around Antibiotic Decisions – Clinician One-Page … Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? … – Patient Handout (English) (DOCX, 318 KB) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/strategies/communicating-decisions.html

36. Develop a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - the benefits and risks of antibiotic use and be engaged in reducing harm associated with antibiotic … Teamwork Around Antibiotic Decision Making Identifying Targets for Improvement in Antibiotic Decision … Around Antibiotic Prescribing   Tools The tools below are designed to be used to assist the Antibiotic … prescribing and takes action when harm related to antibiotics is detected. … Antibiotic Use Commitment Poster (DOCX) Antibiotic Time Out Tool (DOCX) Identifying Antibiotic–Associated

37. The "Never Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Acute Bronchitis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - : Influenza and RSV Never Antibiotics: Common Cold Never Antibiotics: Acute Bronchitis … Sometimes Antibiotics: Acute Otitis Media Sometimes Antibiotics: Sinusitis Sometimes Antibiotics … Tissue Abscesses Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Antibiotic Allergies … The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Acute Bronchitis – Slides (PPTX, 14 MB) The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/bronchitis.html  

38. 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 - 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 … Trautner expects this research to help the field understand the disparities in the use of antibiotics … and penicillin, at home, with younger caregivers more likely to store and use these antibiotics.

39. Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development: Part 2 (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - of antibiotics optimized. … An antibiotic time out allows providers or teams to review their patients on antibiotics to determine … if the antibiotics are needed or if they could be modified at a designated time each day. … ASPs should direct them to focus on specific antibiotics that for which use can be decreased. … An example might be, “Helping patients receive the right antibiotics when they need them.”

40. The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Pharyngitis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - : Influenza and RSV Never Antibiotics: Common Cold Never Antibiotics: Acute Bronchitis … Sometimes Antibiotics: Acute Otitis Media Sometimes Antibiotics: Sinusitis Sometimes Antibiotics … Tissue Abscesses Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections Antibiotic Allergies … The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Pharyngitis – Slides (PPTX, 2 MB) The “Sometimes Antibiotics … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/pharyngitis.html