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1. Antibiotic Side Effects (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2021 - Antibiotic Side Effects Risk of antibiotic side effects and adverse reactions • Antibiotic use is … (5–25%) • Antibiotics can lead to nephrotoxicity (damage to kidneys), neurotoxicity (damage to central … and/or peripheral nervous system), skin reactions such as rashes, or yeast infections • Antibiotics … Meta- analysis of antibiotics and the risk of community- associated Clostridium difficile infection. … Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotics: a meta-analysis.

2. Antibiotic Audit Tool (doc file)
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   December 01, 2017 - This tool will help your safety program team understand how appropriately you are using prophylactic antibiotics … Antibiotic infusion stop time Antibiotic 1 Name: Dose: Time (1): Time (2): Time (3): Antibiotic … Question 15: Assess if the antibiotics clindamycin or cefotetan were redosed during the case. … If the antibiotics were redosed, determine and document if the difference in time between the first antibiotic … Antibiotic infusion stop time Antibiotic 1 Name: Dose: Time (1): Time (2): Time (3): Antibiotic

3. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)
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   October 01, 2024 - Antibiotic stewardship aims to optimize the use of antibiotics by ensuring antibiotics are prescribed … Slide 4 Some Facts About Antibiotic Use SAY: Antibiotics have revolutionized modern medicine and saved … antibiotic regimens, use of antibiotics in patients who do not have signs or symptoms of infection, … antibiotic use is to decide what antibiotics or syndromes you want to target on the unit. … On the front, the prescriber is asked to provide an indication for antibiotics, assess whether antibiotic

4. Team-Antibiotic-Review-Form (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Team Antibiotic Review Form *Questions 1–6 should … Question 2: Record antibiotic regimen and indication below: Antibiotic: Indication: Antibiotic … : Indication: Antibiotic: Indication: Antibiotic: Indication: Moment ONE Question … ☐ Yes ☐ No 2 Team Antibiotic Review Form AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – … Moment THREE Question 7: Are antibiotics still needed?

5. Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Antibiotics Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. … Antibiotic resistance is becoming a national threat. … AHRQ's efforts for combating antibiotic-resistanct bacteria focus on promoting appropriate antibiotic … Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits MRSA Prevention Toolkits

6. Antibiotic-Targets-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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   June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Identifying Targets To Improve Antibiotic Use Long-Term … · Prescribing antibiotics for too long · Forgetting to stop antibiotics when they are not needed · Accidentally … It’s been 2–3 days since we started antibiotics. … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? … She met criteria for empiric antibiotics.

7. Learning-From-Antibiotic-Adverse (doc file)
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   June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events An … Negative Factor Positive Factor Patient Factors Example: Family preferred antibiotics. … X Team Factors Example: Team discussion about need to start antibiotics occurred … Have we collected appropriate cultures and diagnostic tests before starting antibiotics? … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy?

8. Antibiotic-Time-Out-Tool (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic 1: Treatment day #: Antibiotic 2: Treatment day #: Antibiotic 3: Treatment … day #: Check the patient’s indication(s) for continuing antibiotics below: Antibiotic Time Out … for any of the following conditions even though antibiotics are NOT typically recommended? … Can any of the antibiotics be discontinued? … ☐ Yes ☐ No Are the antibiotics selected consistent with local guidelines?

9. Completion Guide_Team Antibiotic Review Form (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2019 - Completion Guide_Team Antibiotic Review Form AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use … Day of antibiotic therapy: For the antibiotic or antibiotic regimen you are evaluating, day 1 is the … Antibiotic regimen and indication: Include all antibiotics that the patient is receiving. … • If the patient has a reported antibiotic allergy but the specific antibiotic was not recorded or … Day of antibiotic therapy: Question 2. Antibiotic regimen and indication: Question 3.

10. Antibiotic-Patient-Safety-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue … Slide 3 Antibiotic Development Is on the Decline SAY: Antibiotics are a precious resource. … For all of us, using antibiotics judiciously is critical to making sure antibiotics continue to remain … Slide 5 Antibiotics Alter the Bacteria in the Gut SAY: When people take antibiotics to treat an … Slide 6 Antibiotics & Clostridioides difficile SAY: After taking an antibiotic, people are at greater

11. 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

12. Antibiotic-Use-Commitment-Poster (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - No. 17(20)-0028-EF November 2019 Our institution is committed to prescribing the most appropriate antibiotics … when they are needed and to not prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed. … Please ask a member of your medical team if you have any questions about antibiotics. Thank you! … Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs but can have harmful side effects. … the individuals you believe are important to indicate your institution’s commitment to prescribing antibiotics

13. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - of antibiotics. … • The Antibiotics: When Are They Needed? … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotics-brochure-english.docx … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotics-brochure-spanish.docx … use and enhance the safety of patients receiving antibiotics.

14. Identifying-Antibiotic-Adverse-Events-Form (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Identifying Antibiotic-Associated … Adverse Events Form PURPOSE OF THIS FORM: To discuss issues that may result in unnecessary antibiotic … administration or antibiotic-associated adverse events that could negatively impact patient safety. … next patient in your unit or clinical area will be harmed by an event related to administration of antibiotics … or by receiving unnecessary antibiotics.

15. 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.

16. Learning-Antibiotic-Adverse-Events-Form (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse … Events An antibiotic-related adverse event is any event or situation involving the prescription or administration … of antibiotics that you would not want to happen again because it either caused your patient harm or … Identify the antibiotic-associated adverse event. 2. … From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Form image2.jpeg image3.png image7.jpeg image8.png

17. 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

18. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - among practice members and patients about management of common infectious diseases, including when antibiotics … will inform the annual sustainability plan is to examine the proportion of clinic visits for which antibiotics … These are three of the “never antibiotics” diagnoses—that is, diagnoses for which antibiotics should … and implemented changes, the practice had a decrease in the proportion of influenza visits for which antibiotics … technologists may be able to develop an alert in the electronic health record reminding clinicians that antibiotics

19. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits AHRQ’s antibiotic stewardship toolkits were developed based on … Decision Making rubric to improve antibiotic use. … the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals . … About This Project Antibiotics are life-saving drugs when used appropriately. … Using antibiotics inappropriately can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria and increase the risk of

20. Identifying Targets for Improving Antibiotic Use
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    November 01, 2019 - from the pharmacy to the patient Invest in machines that can house certain antibiotics on the unit … requires antibiotics? … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Can I stop antibiotics? Can I narrow therapy or change from IV to oral therapy? … The patient had a favorable response to diuresis so it is reasonable to stop his antibiotics.