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  1. Effect of a postdischarge virtual ward on readmission or death for high-risk patients: a randomized clinical trial. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-postdischarge-virtual-ward-readmission-or-death-high-risk-patients-randomized-clinical
    October 31, 2011 - October 31, 2011 Variability in antibiotic use across nursing homes and the risk of antibiotic-related

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40118/psn-pdf
    January 05, 2011 - psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/computerized-provider-order-entry https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/public-reporting-antibiotic-timing-patients-pneumonia-lessons-flawed-performance-measure

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43616/psn-pdf
    October 29, 2014 - epidemiological issues, disparities in HAI rates, quality improvement efforts, assessment tools, and how antibiotic

  4. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

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    March 01, 2012 - discharged home (she lived with her daughter and grandson) with a prescription for doxycycline (an oral antibiotic … days following discharge, the patient’s cough worsened and shortness of breath returned, despite the antibiotics … doxycycline treatment, the team contacted her local pharmacy and prescribed levofloxacin (a broader spectrum antibiotic … With the change in antibiotics, the patient felt much better.

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60169/psn-pdf
    March 25, 2020 - is commonly administered intravenously by anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists as prophylactic antibiotic … The addition of this amount of antibiotic to a 1L bag of normal saline therefore does not immediately … Risk arising from these incidents Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside type antibiotic that is one of the

  6. To Resuscitate or Not? | PSNet

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    November 01, 2011 - The patient was suffering from multiple concurrent infections requiring intravenous antibiotics. … The patient in the room next to him was also receiving antibiotics. … Inadvertently, the antibiotics were switched at the nursing station, resulting in the administration … of Nafcillin (a penicillin-like antibiotic) to the AIDS patient, who in the past had a known anaphylactic-shock … nurse taking care of both patients realized the error after she went to give the other patient his antibiotics

  7. The PROTECT Initiative: Advancing Children's Medication Safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/protect-initiative-advancing-childrens-medication-safety
    April 01, 2024 - September 7, 2016 Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic resistance

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 24, 2018 - This retrospective review of voluntary error reports of pediatric antibiotic errors found that less

  9. Medication Safety Program. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-safety-program
    November 30, 2023 - September 7, 2016 Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic resistance

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2008 - Antibiotic coverage is initiated, and, because many of these patients have chronic obstructive pulmonary … prospective, randomized study of giving 40 mg prednisolone intravenously for 3 days in addition to antibiotics … to one cohort of moderate–severe CAP patients, and antibiotics alone to a second cohort, the glucocorticoids … were reported to promote resolution of symptoms and reduce the duration of intravenous antibiotic … that mortality decreased in the patients with severe CAP who were given both systemic steroids and antibiotics

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45730/psn-pdf
    December 14, 2016 - psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/care-transitions https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/time-day-and-decision-prescribe-antibiotics … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/time-day-and-decision-prescribe-antibiotics https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue

  12. Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/making-dialysis-safer-patients-coalition
    April 06, 2022 - September 7, 2016 Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic resistance

  13. One & Only Campaign. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/one-only-campaign
    April 06, 2022 - September 7, 2016 Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic resistance

  14. Core Elements of Hospital Diagnostic Excellence (DxEx). | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/core-elements-hospital-diagnostic-excellence-dxex
    April 26, 2023 - January 21, 2021 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use.

  15. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocl. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/universal-icu-decolonization-enhanced-protocl
    October 01, 2024 - April 27, 2022 Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program in long-term care

  16. Clostridium Difficile Relapse Secondary to Medication Access Issue | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/clostridium-difficile-relapse-secondary-medication-access-issue
    October 01, 2015 - The patient reported recent antibiotic use, and a stool sample was positive for Clostridium difficile … CDI has shifted the last 10 years and will likely continue to change with the introduction of novel antibiotics … vancomycin and 23.1% with rectal vancomycin, p16) Stool transplant is not a substitute for appropriate antibiotic … However, in most cases of CDI—including severe episodes—appropriate antibiotic therapy should result … Antibiotic resistance threats in the United States, 2013.

  17. Spotlight: Overdiagnosis and Delay: Challenges in Sepsis Diagnosis | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/spotlight-overdiagnosis-and-delay-challenges-sepsis-diagnosis
    October 28, 2020 - His blood pressure was low (80/50 mm Hg), and he was started on intravenous fluids and broad spectrum antibiotics … For example, a retrospective study of patients with septic shock found that each hour of delay in antibiotic … that these alerts lead clinicians to more frequently order lactate, chest radiographs, blood cultures, antibiotics … When patients present with circulatory shock or signs of end-organ dysfunction, empiric antibiotics are … Using procalcitonin to guide antibiotic therapy. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017;4:ofw249.

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46529/psn-pdf
    November 08, 2017 - perspective/opioid-overdose-patient-safety-problem https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/automated-identification-antibiotic-overdoses-and-adverse-drug-events-analysis-prescribing

  19. Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/armstrong-institute-patient-safety-and-quality
    July 09, 2019 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic

  20. Opioid Overdose. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-overdose
    April 06, 2022 - September 7, 2016 Making health care safer: protect patients from antibiotic resistance
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