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21. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sustaining-antibiotic-slides.pptx
    September 01, 2022 - Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use … Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Ambulatory … Step four: Determine how to access antibiotic prescription data. … Step seven: Monitor and report back antibiotic prescription data to practice. … After this period, ongoing antibiotic stewardship efforts are needed to continue to observe optimal antibiotic

22. 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.

23. PowerPoint Presentation
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    June 01, 2021 - for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. … Forgetting to order needed cultures or diagnostic studies Prescribing antibiotics for too long Forgetting … to stop antibiotics when they are not needed Accidentally miscounting days of therapy during transitions … She is placed on intravenous antibiotics for pyelonephritis and admitted to the hospital. … 10 Describe the next patient scenario for which antibiotics may not be prescribed optimally.

24. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    use by getting residents the right antibiotics when they need them. … Toolkit To Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics : This toolkit … toolkit helps residents and their family members understand what the nursing home is doing to make sure antibiotics … are used properly, what the risks of taking antibiotics are, and what they can do to be engaged in decisions … Telemedicine-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Improves Prescribing, Reduces Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics

25. 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

26. PowerPoint Presentation
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    June 01, 2021 - Program for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. … have risks and may cause harm The Importance of Antibiotics 3 Patient Safety 3 5 Antibiotic … Patient Safety 5 6 Antibiotics Alter the Bacteria in the Gut4 Susceptible Bugs Resistant Bugs Antibiotic … It’s been 2–3 days since we started antibiotics. … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? 

27. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - stewardship programs—coordinated internal programs that promote the appropriate use of antibiotics. … "Antibiotics save lives—but we must use them judiciously to reduce the chance of resistance and ensure … resistance developing in microbes, rendering antibiotics useless against them. … The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making are the critical time periods to assess the need for antibiotics … ; clinicians can use the framework whenever antibiotics are being considered for treatment.

28. Predischarge Antibiotics Review Associated With Lower Antibiotic Overuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - Predischarge Antibiotics Review Associated With Lower Antibiotic Overuse Issue Number 811 … Today's Headlines: Predischarge Antibiotics Review Associated With Lower Antibiotic Overuse . … Predischarge Antibiotics Review Associated With Lower Antibiotic Overuse Hospitals that reviewed patients … ’ use of antibiotics before discharge had less antibiotic overuse, AHRQ-supported research found. … stewardship strategies, including establishing an antibiotic stewardship team and reviewing antibiotics

29. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care Welcome to the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic … The Ambulatory Care Toolkit explains the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making and has tools to … the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics Improve antibiotic prescribing … prescribing” and “Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics.”  … allergies,” and “Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics.”  

30. 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.

31. Learn Strategies for Communicating With Colleagues, Patients, and Families About Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - One-Page Document provides a brief summary of approaches to improve communication with patients about antibiotics … The Antibiotics: When Do you Need Them? … Patient Brochure (in English and Spanish) can be provided to patients and families to explain why antibiotics … Document  (PDF, 181 KB) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? … Patient Brochure (English)  (DOCX, 318 KB) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them?

32. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals AHRQ Toolkit for Improving Antibiotic … Welcome to the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals.  … and treatment of infectious syndromes Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics … Improve antibiotic prescribing Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: it is recommended that you … treatment of infectious syndromes,” and “Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics

33. New Toolkit To Help Long-Term Care Facilities Improve Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2021 - New Toolkit To Help Long-Term Care Facilities Improve Antibiotic Prescribing AHRQ's new Toolkit … To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care offers a step-by-step approach to help facilities start … or revitalize an antibiotic stewardship program. … to help prescribers make decisions about antibiotic therapy. … stewardship teams to ensure antibiotics are used judiciously to prevent harm and keep residents safe

34. When Do You Need An Antibiotic? (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2017 - When Do You Need An Antibiotic? When Do You Need An Antibiotic? … What is “antibiotic resistance”? … to the antibiotic. … That’s why it’s best to use an antibiotic only when it’s absolutely necessary. … Don’t take an antibiotic for a virus (cold or flu).

35. Gap Analysis for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ N/A ➕Do your facility guidelines provide recommendations about specific antibiotics? … Consider ➕Is there is a formal procedure for all clinicians to review the appropriateness of all antibiotics … there a process for intravenous to oral conversion of antibiotics in the pharmacy? … ☐ Yes ☐ No ➕Are activities conducted by the ASP to target antibiotics commonly associated with C. … any culture or susceptibility results as a strategy to assist prescribers in selecting appropriate antibiotics

36. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2019 - Slide 7: Antibiotic Use in LTC Facilities 6-9 Antibiotics are frequently used in long-term care … Antibiotics can cause harm to residents High risk of side effects and adverse events. … Bacteria are constantly evolving, requiring the need for new antibiotics. … Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS) . 2013 Consumer Reports. … Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Older People (AGS) . 2013 Consumer Reports.

37. Develop a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - the benefits and risks of antibiotic use and be engaged in reducing harm associated with antibiotic … Teamwork Around Antibiotic Decision Making Identifying Targets for Improvement in Antibiotic Decision … Around Antibiotic Prescribing   Tools The tools below are designed to be used to assist the Antibiotic … prescribing and takes action when harm related to antibiotics is detected. … Antibiotic Use Commitment Poster (DOCX) Antibiotic Time Out Tool (DOCX) Identifying Antibiotic–Associated

38. Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development: Part 2 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/program-part2-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - of antibiotics optimized. … An antibiotic time out allows providers or teams to review their patients on antibiotics to determine … if the antibiotics are needed or if they could be modified at a designated time each day. … ASPs should direct them to focus on specific antibiotics that for which use can be decreased. … An example might be, “Helping patients receive the right antibiotics when they need them.”

39. The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Pharyngitis – Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Pharyngitis – Slides AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … that requires antibiotics? … Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making 4 Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics … that requires antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics?

40. The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Slides AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … of Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics?