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1061. AHRQ Views: Healthcare’s Next Technological Frontier—21st Century Artificial Intelligence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/935.html
      October 01, 2024 - Antibiotics not associated with shorter duration or reduced severity of acute lower respiratory tract

1062. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/c3_combo_staffpresentation.pptx
      January 01, 2006 - reduce: Sepsis, cellulitis, and bone and joint infections The need for unnecessary debridement and antibiotics

1063. FAQs (Staff): CHG for Bathing (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-chg-bathing.docx
      March 01, 2022 - protects patients with medical devices from bloodstream infection, and also reduces the risk of having antibiotic-resistant

1064. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Primary Neurologic Disorders (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2022 - • Consider the use of silver or antibiotic-coated urinary catheters only for unique patient situations

1065. Measure: Child HCAHPS–Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/CHIPRA_1415-P010-1-EF.pdf
      March 01, 2015 - patients are not asked about the quality of anesthesia when undergoing surgery or whether the correct antibiotic

1066. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2018 - part of this initiative, AHRQ is actively targeting current challenges such as diagnostic error and antibiotic

1067. Module 1. Detecting Change in a Resident's Condition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2018 - An antibiotic was started. … Even with the antibiotic, her bowel movements continued to be liquid and frequent over the next week, … Ordinarily, what is the result of treatment with an antibiotic for people with diarrhea?

1068. Sustainability Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2020 - Measure Say: This graph shows performance results for the percentage of patients whose intravenous antibiotics … provides an entire organizational or facility level view of how an implemented intervention to improve antibiotic … The surgical safety team’s family of measures shows improvement in antibiotic use and safety culture

1069. Training-Tools-Facnotes (doc file)
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      May 01, 2017 - Slide 30 SAY: This graph shows performance results for the percentage of patients whose intravenous antibiotics … provides an entire organizational or facility level view of how an implemented intervention to improve antibiotic … The surgical safety team’s family of measures shows improvement in antibiotic use and safety culture

1070. 043-Vap-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - Recent guidelines on the treatment of VAP have focused on de-escalation and short-course antibiotic therapy … Intravenous antibiotic use within the past 90 days increases the risk of MRSA HAP and VAP for patients … significant reductions in hospital mortality associated with the use of topical, oral, and parenteral antibiotics

1071. Using ICD-9-CM Codes in Hospital Claims Data to Detect Adverse Events in Patient Safety Surveillance (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2011 - Poisoning by antibiotics and other anti-infectives Total % 72.2 – Inpatient 3/84 (3.6) – Causing … Adverse effects of antibiotics and other anti-infectives Total % 72.7 97.7 Inpatient 29/156 (18.6 … or greater: poisoning by agents primarily affecting blood constituents (32 percent); poisoning by antibiotics … Four distinct adverse effects of antibiotics codes (including adverse effects caused by penicillins

1072. PowerPoint Presentation; Deep-Root Your Data
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      December 01, 2017 - Skin preparation at home x/10 (1 day of) Warmer in preoperative area x/10 Bowel preparation with antibiotics … For instance, check how often patients are appropriately redosed with the antibiotic prophylaxis.

1073. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2013 - Ethyl monate A: a semisynthetic antibiotic derived from pseudomonie acid A. … Mupirocin – A novel topical antibiotic. … An antibiotic ointment is also provided for the nose to remove common bacteria that can produce infection … Some people have raised the important issue that screening for all antibiotic-resistant pathogens is … We routinely use an antibiotic ointment in the nose to keep bacteria away to reduce the risk of infection

1074. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - If positive blood cultures, we give antibiotics as soon as possible. … if a patient complains of urinary frequency, urgency dysuria we diagnosis UTI and then again provide antibiotics … they have a Foley catheter in and they have a dirty urine, even though they feel fine, we give them antibiotics … For most of the time this would not be appropriate, they shouldn’t receive antibiotics.

1075. Rafael Borja (doc file)
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      November 04, 2014 - If positive blood cultures, we give antibiotics as soon as possible. … if a patient complains of urinary frequency, urgency dysuria we diagnosis UTI and then again provide antibiotics … they have a Foley catheter in and they have a dirty urine, even though they feel fine, we give them antibiotics … For most of the time this would not be appropriate, they shouldn’t receive antibiotics.

1076. Meeting Minutes, July 24, 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2015 - AHRQ is supporting a national action plan to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, fueling research and … It is working to support the implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs in nursing homes and other

1077. Discussion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2017 - Pediatric measures such as immunizations, filling of prescriptions for asthma, and appropriate antibiotic

1078. Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Resources From AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/954.html
      April 01, 2025 - with artificial airways: expert consensus statements from the BrighT STAR (Testing STewardship for Antibiotic

1079. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/090-decolonization-implementation.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - Nasal iodophor antiseptic vs nasal mupirocin antibiotic in the setting of chlorhexidine bathing to prevent

1080. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/vaesurveillance-facguide.docx
      January 01, 2017 - IVACs can contribute to infections such as Clostridium difficile and to antibiotic resistance because … Case Review 2 – Outcomes SAY: She didn’t have a fever, increased white blood cell count, or new antibiotics