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1041. National Hospital Week Spotlight on Patient Safety Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/957.html
      May 01, 2025 - Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in urgent care: a comparison of in-person and

1042. AHRQ Views: Taking Needed Steps To Strengthen Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/933.html
      October 01, 2024 - played a significant role in national and global efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance by improving antibiotic

1043. Appendix | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-appendix.html
      October 01, 2015 - 0.35 MPSMS (2013) Hospital-Acquired VRE 10,000 0.31 MPSMS (2013) Hospital-Acquired Antibiotic-Associated

1044. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health - National Institute for Research on Safety and Quality (NIRSQ) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/mission/budget/2021/FY_2021_CJ_NIRSQ.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - At the FY 2021 President’s Budget level, NIRSQ’s Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use, which … is applying CUSP to promote implementation of antibiotic stewardship, will complete the expansion of … its reach beyond earlier cohorts of hospitals and long-term care facilities to encompass antibiotic … NIRSQ’s Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use, which is applying CUSP to promote implementation … and long-term care facilities to encompass antibiotic stewardship in ambulatory settings, using FY

1045. Final Progress Report: Encoding and Processing Patient Allergy Information in EHRs (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/zhou-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - most commonly reported drug allergies in this population were to penicillins (12.8%), sulfonamide antibiotics … patients, 19,836 (1.1%) reported drug-induced anaphylaxis; penicillins (45.9 per 10,000), sulfonamide antibiotics … anaphylaxis occurred in approximately 1% of patients, most commonly from penicillins, sulfonamide antibiotics … common drug allergy alerts were triggered by allergies to narcotics (48%) and other analgesics (6%), antibiotics

1046. Two New Issue Briefs Examine Diagnosis Improvement and Healthcare Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/953.html
      April 01, 2025 - Intravenous antibiotics for urinary tract infections in children with neurologic impairment.

1047. CUSP Program Sustainability
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/028-ss-cusp-program-sustainability.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - Are perioperative antibiotics administered at the appropriate time?

1048. Appendix C. Article Exclusion List with Reason for Exclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/clabsi-final-companion/clabsicompapc.html
      January 01, 2013 - calculated attributable CLABSI cost estimates Blot S,  2002 Nosocomial bacteremia caused by antibiotic-resistant … not within the United States Evans RS, 1998 A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics

1049. Hand Hygiene
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/infection-prevention/hand-hygiene/hand-hygiene.pptx
      March 01, 2017 - membrane, which can be toxic, especially in the circulatory system, and provide protection from some antibiotics … C. diff has a high degree of antibiotic resistance and can cause diarrhea and inflammation if it infects

1050. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4k_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
      May 17, 2016 - Early-Onset Group B Strep Bacteria Screen all pregnant women between 35 and 37 weeks and administer antibiotics … pregnant women with vaginal-rectal screening for GBS colonization at 35-37 weeks.16 • Give intrapartum antibiotic

1051. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4y_combo_nqi03-bsi-bestpractices.pdf
      May 17, 2016 - Early-Onset Group B Strep Bacteria Screen all pregnant women between 35 and 37 weeks and administer antibiotics … pregnant women with vaginal-rectal screening for GBS colonization at 35-37 weeks.16 • Give intrapartum antibiotic

1052. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet, Appendix B (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket-apb.pdf
      June 02, 2025 - ■ For bacterial overgrowth, may need intermittent dosing of antibiotics that affect anaerobic bacteria … – Stomal infection requiring antibiotics (45%). … ■ Send swab for culture and treat with appropriate topical or systemic antibiotics. … Diarrhea ■ Antibiotic therapy ■ Infusion rate/ volume too high ■ Gastroenteritis ■ Low serum albumin … ■ Review antibiotic therapy. ■ Obtain stool sample for culture.

1053. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking5.html
      September 01, 2022 - Exploration of primary care clinician attitudes and cognitive characteristics associated with prescribing antibiotics

1054. Appendix F. Interventions (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/envscan-app-f.pdf
      January 01, 2015 - interactive workshop support physicians in employing shared decisionmaking with patients, reducing antibiotic … Interventions to facilitate shared decision making to address antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections … effective communication delivers improved diagnosis, enhanced self-care and more rational use of antibiotics … J Clin Pract Suppl, 2013, PMID 24238425) Yes Yes Moderate Program improves self-care and reduces antibiotic … Training family physicians in shared decision-making to reduce the overuse of antibiotics in acute

1055. AHRQ National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Minutes from November 17, 2021 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/nac/nac-meeting-minutes-2021-nov.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - At the end of September, AHRQ’s Ambulatory Care Cohort in the Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Use reported significant decreases in antibiotic prescriptions, despite COVID-19 challenges.

1056. Meeting Minutes, July 2021 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2021-07-nac/nacmtg071421-minutes.html
      December 01, 2021 - Brady reported that AHRQ had released a toolkit to improve antibiotic use in long-term care settings. … emphasized AHRQ’s programs for reducing hospital (or healthcare)-acquired infections (HAIs) and combating antibiotic-resistant

1057. Unique Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-older-adults2.html
      September 01, 2024 - and pneumonia. 78,79 Such misdiagnoses raise major concerns about the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics … in this population and the impact of inappropriate antibiotic therapy, such as increased risk of drug

1058. AHRQ Views: Meeting the American Indian/Alaska Native Trust Responsibility | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/937.html
      November 01, 2024 - Situations predisposing primary care patients to use antibiotics without a prescription in the United

1059. Final Progress Report: Off-Label Prescribing: Comparative Evidence, Regulation, and Utilization (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kesselheim-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Fighting antibiotic resistance: marrying new financial incentives to meeting public health goals. … Improving antibiotic markets for long-term sustainability. … Approval and withdrawal of new antibiotics in the US, 1980-2009.

1060. Module 4: Component Kit (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/observation/observation-component-kit.docx
      May 01, 2017 - Key: ID: Identity DOB: Date of birth CRNA: Certified registered nurse anesthetist IVATB: Intravenous antibiotics