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221. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 18, 2014 - A recent CDC report suggested the potential promise of antibiotic stewardship programs to decrease C … effect-hospital-acquired-clostridium-difficile-infection-hospital-mortality https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-improving-antibiotic-use-among-hospitalized-patients

222. Opioids, iatrogenic harm and disclosure of medical error. | PSNet
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     November 21, 2021 - Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates, antibiotic … July 13, 2016 Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing

223. Using preprinted medication order forms to improve the safety of investigational drug use. | PSNet
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     April 24, 2024 - August 2, 2015 Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. … December 18, 2014 Emergency department visits for antibiotic-associated adverse events

224. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2009 - After having his abscess successfully drained, the patient required a 6-week course of IV antibiotics … the best of the situation, the physicians caring for the patient elected to discharge him on an oral antibiotic … the hospital that would have been more acceptable to him and would have allowed continuation of IV antibiotic … case report tells us that "the physicians caring for the patient elected to discharge him on an oral antibiotic … Although he was ambulating at that point, he still required additional IV antibiotics and lacked any

225. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2021 - He was not treated with antibiotics. … Despite initiation of intravenous antibiotic therapy, the patient developed worsening neurologic symptoms … Ideally, antibiotics should be administered after cultures have been obtained from blood, urine, and … In practice, it is appropriate to administer antibiotics early if bacterial meningitis is suspected. … Depending on regional prevalence and patient history, antibiotic therapy covering Pseudomonas species

226. Adverse Event | PSNet
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     May 23, 2025 - operation proceeded with optimal adherence to sterile procedures, the patient received appropriate antibiotic

227. Cohort study of diagnostic delay in the clinical pathway of patients with chronic wounds in the primary care setting. | PSNet
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     November 18, 2020 - Notably, 36% of patients who presented to primary care had signs of infection, however 61% received antibiotics … , raising concerns of antibiotic overuse.

228. Impact of a computerized clinical decision support system on reducing inappropriate antimicrobial use: a randomized controlled trial. | PSNet
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     December 09, 2015 - laboratory and pharmacy data to provide guidance on appropriate antimicrobial therapy to the hospital's antibiotic … The antibiotic management team made significantly more interventions on patients randomized to the intervention

229. US emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events, 2013–2014. | PSNet
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     February 23, 2018 - Antibiotic reactions were the most common ADE for children. … The authors conclude that preventing ADEs requires attention to older adults and to antibiotic, anticoagulant

230. Spotlight (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2021 - He was not treated with antibiotics. … diagnosis of Staphylococcal meningitis. 7 Case Details (4) • Despite initiation of intravenous antibiotic … • Operative management is followed by 4-6 weeks of parenteral antibiotic therapy tailored to culture … Empiric intravenous antibiotic therapy should be broad-spectrum and should cover Staphylococci species … – The combination of vancomycin plus ceftriaxone or cefepime is one example of appropriate empiric antibiotic

231. Iowans' Views on Medical Errors: Iowa Patient Safety Study. | PSNet
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     October 23, 2019 - April 27, 2022 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-

232. USP initiatives for the safe use of medical gases. | PSNet
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     July 20, 2022 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic … prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic

233. Spotlight Case [MONTH] 2003 (ppt file)
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     November 01, 2006 - Pneumonia • Oxygenation assessment • Initial antibiotic timing • Pneumococcal vaccination • Influenza … vaccination • Blood culture performed prior to first antibiotic received in hospital • Smoking cessation … advice/counseling • Appropriate initial antibiotic selection US Dept. of Health and Human Services … • Prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after surgery end US Dept. of Health and Human … Automated detection can be used to measure how often patients with heart failure receive treatment with antibiotics

234. Standard Deviations | PSNet
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     January 01, 2006 - After having his abscess successfully drained, the patient required a 6-week course of IV antibiotics … the best of the situation, the physicians caring for the patient elected to discharge him on an oral antibiotic … the hospital that would have been more acceptable to him and would have allowed continuation of IV antibiotic … If physicians had failed to urge the patient to receive 6 weeks of IV antibiotics and explain the risks … case report tells us that "the physicians caring for the patient elected to discharge him on an oral antibiotic

235. Stop the line: interventions to prevent retained surgical items. | PSNet
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     July 10, 2024 - May 9, 2018 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

236. Incidence of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia in obstetrics: a multicentre, prospective cohort study. | PSNet
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     December 10, 2024 - February 24, 2021 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

237. How To Create a My Medicines List. | PSNet
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     December 24, 2008 - November 9, 2022 Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care. … November 23, 2016 View More Related Resources Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic

238. Making health care safer. Think sepsis. Time matters. | PSNet
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     August 31, 2016 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic … November 16, 2016 Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic resistance

239. Dangers of Missing an Epidural Abscess: Multiple Visits and Delayed Diagnosis with a Severely Negative Outcome | PSNet
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     April 27, 2022 - He was not treated with antibiotics. … Despite initiation of intravenous antibiotic therapy, the patient developed worsening neurologic symptoms … Ideally, antibiotics should be administered after cultures have been obtained from blood, urine, and … In practice, it is appropriate to administer antibiotics early if bacterial meningitis is suspected. … Depending on regional prevalence and patient history, antibiotic therapy covering Pseudomonas species

240. 2018 update on pediatric medical overuse: a review. | PSNet
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     March 04, 2020 - More Related Resources Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic … March 4, 2020 Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured