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121. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/008-antibiotic-stewardship-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2022 - About Antibiotic Use Although antibiotics have saved countless lives, their use is not benign or risk … Antibiotics Fluoroquinolones9 Other commonly prescribed antibiotics (e.g., ceftriaxone, cefepime, piperacillin … 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?

122. Acute Care Learning From Defects
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/changes-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that 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? … Decision Making Defect Issue Moment Patient remained on IV antibiotics for duration of hospitalization … Antibiotics could have been changed from IV to PO once clinical improvement and ability to tolerate

123. Toolkit 2: Monitor and Sustain Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2016 - Doctors in the experimental group received an antibiotic guide and a copy of their antibiotic prescribing … Monitoring antibiotic use helps a nursing home assess progress in utilizing the right antibiotics and … avoiding unnecessary antibiotics. … For example, each team will need to consider how to report on residents who receive antibiotics more … Is there decreased use of particular antibiotics that may be of concern (e.g., fluoroquinolones)?

124. Urinary Tract Infections
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/sepsis-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - infection that requires antibiotics? … for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care Sepsis Sepsis: Antibiotic Timing Antibiotics should be … infection that requires antibiotics? … . 21 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care Sepsis Narrowing Antibiotics … have an infection that requires antibiotics?

125. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/gastro-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - 4 The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics … antibiotics? … 18 The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics … courses into practice Order sets with preset antibiotic durations Evaluation of need for oral antibiotics … cultures are obtained and source control followed by a short course of antibiotics Avoid prolonged antibiotic

126. Acute Care Behavior Change Theory for Antibiotic Stewardship Leaders
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/behavior-change-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - Around Antibiotic Prescribing Acute Care AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. … antibiotics. … – Antibiotic Prescribing 7 Drivers of Suboptimal Antibiotic Prescribing Fear of inadequate antibiotic … Behavior Changes – Antibiotic Prescribing 11 Antibiotics Are Our Parrot St. … broad empiric coverage Are worried about stopping MRSA or Pseudomonas coverage Want to keep antibiotics

127. Acute Care Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections
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     September 01, 2022 - antibiotics Recognize types of reactions to antibiotics commonly prescribed in the outpatient setting … reports an allergy to penicillin 95% of people who report a penicillin allergy can tolerate beta-lactam antibiotics … antibiotics are more likely to receive an alternative, broader spectrum antibiotic that: Is less effective … Palpable purpura Joint pain Urticaria Lymphadenopathy Fevers Most commonly occur after several days of antibiotics … DRESS syndrome Nonsevere reactions Maculopapular/morbilliform rash Generally occur days to weeks after antibiotics

128. Acute Care ASP Development
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     November 01, 2019 - antibiotics Optimizes empiric antibiotic choices Gives opportunity to advise about sending appropriate … antibiotics Optimizes empiric antibiotic choices Gives opportunity to advise about sending appropriate … antibiotics Optimizes empiric antibiotic choices Gives opportunity to advise about sending appropriate … Con Providers or clinical teams review their patients who are receiving antibiotics to determine if … the antibiotics are truly needed or if they could be modified Engages frontline clinicians/teams to

129. Communicating Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/communicate-prescribers.html
     June 01, 2021 - Communicating Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers After viewing or presenting this … Recognize that SBAR can support the role of nurses as advocates for antibiotic stewardship. … Communicating Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers – Slides  (PPTX, 11 MB) Communicating … Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers – Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 3 MB) Communicating … Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers – Video  (21 minutes) The link below is intended

130. Guide to Sustainability Planning: Long-Term Care Facilities (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/sustainability-plan.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - for all residents receiving antibiotics to ensure that a discussion happens for the ongoing need for … antibiotics. … antibiotics should become familiar with the educational toolkit. … The Antibiotic Stewardship Team should monitor the use of antibiotics and Clostridioides difficile rates … readmission rates or the number of residents given antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria.

131. The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form A facility's antibiotic stewardship team … is encouraged to use Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form to review 5–10 residents each month … The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form  (PDF, 319 KB) Completion Guide for the Four Moments … of Antibiotic Decision Making Form  (PDF, 265.3 KB)

132. Tracking-Measuring-Data-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Tracking and Measuring Antibiotic Use Data Long-Term … It is useful to look at individual antibiotics as well as the combined total of all antibiotics. … This is the number of new prescriptions for each antibiotic and for all antibiotics. … Note that new admissions already on antibiotics should be counted as an antibiotic start. … If a resident receives two different antibiotics, count each as a start.

133. PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/VAP-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? 2. … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? 2. … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics?

134. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making in Long Term Care_Questions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments-questions.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making in Long Term Care_Questions The Four Moments of Antibiotic … Have we collected appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Moment 3 Length of Therapy What duration of antibiotic therapy is needed for the resident’s diagnosis … Most bacterial infections need 7 days or less of antibiotics: • Urinary tract infection (3 to 7 days … •Can we stop antibiotics? •Can we narrow therapy? •Can we change from intravenous to oral therapy?

135. Program-Dev-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/program-dev-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - The use of antibiotics is not without consequences. … This is one of the most distressing features of antibiotics. … You meet with your antibiotic stewardship team to brainstorm problems related to antibiotics in your … At this point, she has been on antibiotics for 8 days. … · Length of therapy · Cost of antibiotics · Use of guideline-concordant antibiotics · Clostridioides

136. Improving Teamwork and Communication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - viewers will be able to— Recognize the importance of seeking input from all team members when making antibiotic … change; A ssessment or appearance; and R equest for action), to improve communication related to antibiotic … Describe how to effectively communicate the potential harms of antibiotics to other health care practitioners … Communication – Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 2.2 MB) Poster – Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics

137. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/respiratory-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - As I have more clinical and microbiologic data available can I stop antibiotics, can I narrow antibiotics … , or can I change from intravenous to oral antibiotics? … have an infection that requires antibiotics?” … for the continued need for antibiotics is needed. … can be treated for a 5-day course of antibiotics.

138. PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-slides.pptx
     November 01, 2019 - of Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics?

139. Choosing a Stewardship Intervention and Measuring Change (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/intervention-worksheet.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - stewardship interventions can occur before antibiotics are prescribed (pre-prescription interventions … ) and after antibiotics have been started (post-prescription interventions) … started AND to reassess the need for continued antibiotics after they are started … of antibiotic therapy  Use of guideline-concordant antibiotics  Clostridioides difficile LabID events … • Pocket cards distributed to staff indicating minimum criteria for starting antibiotics.

140. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Consider a different beta-lactam antibiotic or medication to help with symptoms if the same antibiotic … require hospitalization should be evaluated by an allergy specialist before considering beta-lactam antibiotics … High risk These residents should NOT receive penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics in the absence … diarrhea) � Headache � Itching without rash � Yeast infection Laboratory abnormality related to antibiotics … evidence supporting the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation for prescribing cephalosporin antibiotics