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1141. Computer-Based Training Modules: Bed Bathing With CHG
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-bed-bathing.pptx
      March 01, 2022 - products to remove bacteria from the body surface Decolonization is proven in hospitals to prevent antibiotic-resistant

1142. Involving Patients and Families in Safety: Slide Presentation (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/involving-patients-families-in-safety-slides.pdf
      July 25, 2023 - by AHRQ Build a team and safety culture in hospitals and nursing homes which addresses safety -- antibiotic

1143. Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety Across Clinical Settings (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bates-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - If there was any question as to the reason for antibiotic prescription, the patient was not called. … electrolyte solutions, antibiotics … infection without noting that the resident is taking warfarin.1 The result may be an order for an antibiotic … Evans RS, Pestotnik SL, Classen DC, et al: A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics

1144. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/monitoring-fac-guide.html
      February 01, 2017 - combination would indicate a pneumonia, and an initial reaction would be to prescribe broad spectrum antibiotics

1145. Issue Brief 9: Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-probabilistic-thinking.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - has nonspecific findings on chest x ray is far from certain to have pneumonia, but treatment with antibiotics … Exploration of primary care clinician attitudes and cognitive characteristics associated with prescribing antibiotics

1146. Prenatal Care Screening (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-170-fullreport.pdf
      April 01, 2016 - is convincing that for pregnant women, detection of and treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria with antibiotics … from 0.29 per 1,000 live births in 1993 to 0.23 in 1998, suggesting that increased use of intrapartum antibiotics … The proportion of mothers with an indication for intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis who received them

1147. Making Healthcare Safer III: Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/exe-summary.html
      March 01, 2020 - There was moderate evidence of process measure improvement in the hospital setting, including time to antibiotics … Antimicrobial resistance has not been eliminated as a concern when using antibiotics in antibiotic lock

1148. Timely Fluid Bolus for Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0231-fullreport.pdf
      May 01, 2018 - children, designed to increase compliance with key interventions such as fluid resuscitation and timely antibiotic … received initial fluid resuscitation of at least 20 mL/kg (normal saline [NS]) within an hour, as well as antibiotics … resource-intensive patients, difficulty in obtaining frequent vital signs, lack of standardization of empiric antibiotics … Delays in making the diagnosis and initiating treatment (fluid resuscitation and appropriate antibiotics

1149. Optimize Briefings and Debriefings: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/opt-briefings-fac-notes.html
      December 01, 2017 - Ask: Do we have enough of the right type of antibiotics on hand? … Ensure the operating room is sterile and that prophylactic antibiotics and beta blocker plans are communicated

1150. Preventing-Cauti-Engaging-Clinicians-Transcript (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-clinicians-transcript.doc
      May 14, 2013 - docs makes a lot of sense, given the importance of CAUTI, and a lot of these patients get treated with antibiotics … and antibiotic use and Clostridium difficile infection, of course, are important problems. … For example, do you use antibiotic impregnated catheters? Do you use silver impregnated latex?

1151. Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change (May 14, 2013) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-clinicians-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - docs makes a lot of sense, given the importance of CAUTI, and a lot of these patients get treated with antibiotics … and antibiotic use and Clostridium difficile infection, of course, are important problems. … For example, do you use antibiotic impregnated catheters? Do you use silver impregnated latex?

1152. Final Progress Report: Clinical importance of the drug interaction between statins and CYP3A inhibitors (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/strom-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - prescribed CYP3A4 inhibitors include calcium channel blockers, histamine H2 receptor antagonists, antibiotics … conducted secondary analyses stratified by chronic (e.g., calcium channel blockers) and acute (e.g., antibiotics … sex, cholesterol, year at statin initiation, CHF, stroke, diabetes, hypothyroidism, fluoroquinolone antibiotics

1153. Appendix 3. Guidelines to Prevent Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/clabsi-tools/appendix-3.html
      March 01, 2018 - Do not give antibiotics based on a positive catheter culture only.

1154. 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/monitoring-vae-facguide.docx
      January 01, 2017 - combination would indicate a pneumonia, and an initial reaction would be to prescribe broad spectrum antibiotics

1155. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/ena-slides.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - Hospitals Transcript 6 • With the rise of medication-resistant infections, the use of antibiotics … Every time we can avoid unnecessary antibiotic use, we reduce risks for our patients.

1156. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/ena-slides.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - Hospitals Transcript 6 • With the rise of medication-resistant infections, the use of antibiotics … Every time we can avoid unnecessary antibiotic use, we reduce risks for our patients.

1157. Creating a Culture of Patient Safety through Innovative Hospital Design (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Reiling.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - order entry (CPOE) system with decision support reduced the incident of adverse drug events related to antibiotic … A computer-assisted management program for antibiotic and other anti-infective agents.

1158. Final Progress Report: Advancing Quality Measurement and Care Improvement with Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/shapiro-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - return included an elderly patient with urinary tract infection who was initially discharged without antibiotics … Effect of emergency department crowding on time to antibiotics in patients admitted with community-acquired

1159. Facilitator Guide: Optimize Your Briefings and Debriefings (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_opt_briefings_facnotes.docx
      December 01, 2017 - ASK: Do we have enough of the right type of antibiotics on hand? … Ensure the operating room is sterile and that prophylactic antibiotics and beta blocker plans are communicated

1160. AHRQ Timeline | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/timeline/index.html
      March 01, 2025 - Plan) is designed to help prevent HAIs in multiple healthcare settings and to coordinate efforts on antibiotic