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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/rapid-mis-strep
February 01, 2004 - still bring their children with a sore throat to the clinician for a throat swab and are often given an antibiotic … As patients usually improve symptomatically even without antibiotic therapy, the goal of antibiotic therapy … Recent support by some for short-course antibiotic therapy (fewer than 10 full days of a penicillin or … At the present time, a full 10-day course of most antibiotics is recommended in most authoritative guidelines … A positive RADT should result in antibiotic therapy for patients with consistent signs and symptoms.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-emergency-department-visits-outpatient-adverse-drug-events-2013-2014
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-computerized-clinical-decision-support-system-reducing-inappropriate-antimicrobial-use
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/pharmacist-role-patient-safety
June 29, 2020 - Advancing Medication Stewardship Antibiotic stewardship programs have been proven effective at improving … clinical outcomes, reducing adverse events, and reducing antibiotic resistance. [7] , [8] , [9] , [10 … ] Given the success of the antibiotic stewardship model, pharmacist leadership in other medication stewardship … Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices for hospital inpatients. … Effect of antibiotic stewardship on the incidence of infection and colonisation with antibiotic-resistant
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-accidental-awareness-during-general-anaesthesia-obstetrics-multicentre-prospective
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-error-care-unrepresented-disclosure-and-apology-vulnerable-patient-population
March 13, 2024 - September 7, 2016
Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. … August 2, 2010
Emergency department visits for antibiotic-associated adverse events.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stop-line-interventions-prevent-retained-surgical-items
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pregnancy-related-deaths-saving-womens-lives-during-and-after-delivery
September 07, 2016 - September 7, 2016
Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic resistance … September 7, 2016
Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic resistance
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/dangers-missing-epidural-abscess-multiple-visits-and-delayed-diagnosis-severely-negative
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safety-interventions-labor-and-delivery-unit
September 23, 2020 - May 8, 2024
Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions … June 8, 2022
Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/instructions-included-why-materials-managers-need-make-safety-training-part-medical-device
March 02, 2022 - October 14, 2020
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safeguarding-patients-complexity-science-high-reliability-organizations-and-implications-team
March 31, 2021 - March 31, 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-
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2018-update-pediatric-medical-overuse-review
March 04, 2020 - More
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Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sent-home-die
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/maternal-morbidity-and-mortality
September 06, 2011 - September 6, 2011
Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care: A Practical Playbook. … Susan Haas, MD, MSc
March 1, 2019
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/developing-and-evaluating-large-language-model-generated-emergency-medicine-handoff-notes
March 12, 2025 - November 29, 2023
Automated identification of antibiotic overdoses and adverse drug events … November 20, 2015
WebM&M Cases
Delay in Initiating Antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-features-and-preventability-delayed-diagnosis-pediatric-appendicitis
September 13, 2023 - June 22, 2022
Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions … August 24, 2022
Antibiotic prescribing errors in patients discharged from the pediatric
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/synergy-patient-safety-and-quality-academic-and-service-partnerships-promote-effective-nurse
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