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281. Prescribers-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/prescribers-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Communicating Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic … The resident is not receiving antibiotics and feels fine. … Start an antibiotic. … I don’t see a need to start him on antibiotics at this time. … He has received 10 days of antibiotics.

282. Partnering-Executive-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - meet guidelines for treatment, and we have several residents who have suffered adverse events from antibiotics … This has resulted in missed lab results showing adverse effects of antibiotics, such as worsening kidney … on antibiotics. · The team works with the nurse managers to develop a communication tool for nurses … to use to talk about antibiotics. · Two months after launching the tool, the antibiotic stewardship team … There are good posters highlighting the importance of using antibiotics carefully to avoid unnecessary

283. Toolkit 1. Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit1-working-with-a-lab.html
     October 01, 2016 - Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Overview of the Toolkit How can a lab … help improve antibiotic prescribing at your nursing home? … suspected of having an infection along with the percent susceptibility of each organism to various antibiotics … antibiogram report helps prescribing clinicians make better, empirically-based decisions by avoiding antibiotics … What Is the Working with Your Lab to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Toolkit?

284. Talking With Residents and Family Members About Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Last time this happened, the doctor prescribed an antibiotic and he felt better. … • Many older people get an antibiotic for UTI treatment even though they do not have symptoms of … • Sometimes feeling better after an antibiotic is not due to the antibiotic, but instead due to improved … • Antibiotics do not help when there are no UTI symptoms, and we have newer data indicating that … taking antibiotics when there is not an infection can be harmful

285. Talking With Residents and Family Members About Lower Respiratory Tract Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/family-RTI.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Last time this happened, the doctor prescribed an antibiotic and she got better. … • Symptoms of a respiratory infection that may indicate the need for an antibiotic are a fever with … • Antibiotics will not help if she has a virus. … • Taking antibiotics when there is not an infection can be harmful. … • If something changes and she shows other signs or symptoms of a bacterial infection, an antibiotic

286. 5 Tk1 T4-Antibiogram Formats And Instructions Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - clinicians, the medical director can review the antibiogram and create a statement regarding which antibiotics … Antibiograms have been shown to improve the appropriate use of antibiotics by providing the actual susceptibilities … The remaining columns of the antibiogram are the antibiotics that were tested and the organisms’ susceptibilities … Toolkit 1/Tool 4 5 Sample cautionary statement regarding antibiotic resistance CAUTION: Antibiotic … We recommend avoiding these antibiotics for empiric usage.

287. Shared Decisionmaking To Improve Patient Safety, Education, and Empowerment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/shareddec-1.pdf
     September 08, 2016 - When antibiotics were not prescribed, students often went directly from the Student Health Center to … a local urgent care facility to get antibiotics. … Their goals were to increase decisional comfort with the appropriate use of antibiotics, maintain or … prescribing for RTIs, Taking an Antibiotic or Not? … They selected To Take Antibiotics or Not?

288. New Predictive Model May Help Hospitals Reduce Length of Antibiotic Treatment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2025 - New Predictive Model May Help Hospitals Reduce Length of Antibiotic Treatment Issue Number 946 … Today's Headlines: New Predictive Model May Help Hospitals Reduce Length of Antibiotic Treatment . … New Predictive Model May Help Hospitals Reduce Length of Antibiotic Treatment More careful use of antibiotics … to measure how often and for how long hospitals prescribe antibiotics at discharge. … This shift could improve care and reduce reliance on other antibiotics.

289. 3 Tk2 T4-Quarterly Or Monthly Prescribing Profile Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - clinician] This [quarterly / monthly] report is provided for your reference as we continue to monitor antibiotic … Between 25 percent and 75 percent of antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily for nursing home residents … Infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1996 Jan;9(1):1-17. … This report provides information regarding your prescriptions for antibiotics for residents over the … Resident Name Infection Type/ Diagnosis Last Treated Organism Identified Rx Date Rx Duration Antibiotic

290. 3 Tk2 T4-Quarterly Or Monthly Prescribing Profile Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - clinician] This [quarterly / monthly] report is provided for your reference as we continue to monitor antibiotic … Between 25 percent and 75 percent of antibiotics are prescribed unnecessarily for nursing home residents … This report provides information regarding your prescriptions for antibiotics for residents over the … for your information only and is meant to help you maintain an awareness of trends in infections and antibiotic … Infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1996 Jan;9(1):1-17.

291. Table 4. Evidence for Prompt Antimicrobial Therapy for Treatment of Children With Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-section-5-table-4.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - delay administration of antibiotics. … culture should be obtained prior to antibiotics. … The choice of empirical antibiotic coverage therapy depends on several factors related to the patient … The most important finding is the survival benefit associated with prompt antibiotic administration … Empiric antibiotic treatment reduces mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock in the first hour

292. 5 Tk2 T6-Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose The Right Antibiotic Data Entry Form (xls file)
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     May 01, 2014 - No. 14-0012-6-EF Helpful Hints Using Nursing Home Antibiograms to Choose the Right Antibiotic Tool … AHRQ 14-0012-6-EF 1/2014 Some Helpful Hints for using the spreadsheet template:   -Add or delete antibiotics … If your laboratory does not test against a certain antibiotic, delete that column. … Add in antibiotics that are missing. Also change abbreviations to match what your laboratory uses. … The first diagnostic isolate for each antibiotic per organism is collected.

293. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease: Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2015 - Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease: Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for … a newborn screen positive for sickle cell anemia who received appropriate preventive antibiotic … Prompt initiation and consistent use of antibiotics in young children with sickle cell anemia increases … sickle cell anemia be started on twice-daily penicillin as early as possible and remain on preventive antibiotics … Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children with sickle cell disease.

294. 5 Tk2 T4-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit How To Enter Data Manually Into An Antibiogram Template (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - %) susceptibilities based on 20 isolates should still give a general idea of how effective various antibiotics … Only include percent (%) susceptibilities for antibiotics where at least 70 percent of the isolates … Different isolates of an organism are not always tested for susceptibilities to the exact same antibiotics … Because of this uncertainty, we recommend you only include percent (%) susceptibilities for antibiotics … So, in the example, percent (%) susceptibilities for antibiotics which about 20 or more E. coli isolates

295. Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of antibiotics … Choose the Right Antibiotic Three toolkits describe how to work with a lab and use an antibiogram. … Toolkits The toolkits cover a variety of interventions that nursing homes can use to improve antibiotic … Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics … Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Educate and Engage Residents and

296. 5 Tk1 T4-Antibiogram Formats And Instructions Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T4-Antibiogram_Formats_and_Instructions_final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - clinicians, the medical director can review the antibiogram and create a statement regarding which antibiotics … Antibiograms have been shown to improve the appropriate use of antibiotics by providing the actual susceptibilities … The remaining columns of the antibiogram are the antibiotics that were tested and the organisms’ susceptibilities … 4 2 Sample cautionary statement regarding antibiotic resistance CAUTION: Antibiotic Resistance Trends … We recommend avoiding these antibiotics for empiric usage.

297. 063-Ssi-Investigation-Tool-Cusp (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Yes  No  Prophylactic Antibiotics Did the patient receive appropriate antibiotic selection, dosing … Yes  No  Which antibiotic(s) were selected? Antibiotic 1: Appropriate for procedure? … Yes  No  Antibiotic 2: Appropriate for procedure? Yes  No  What antibiotic dose was given? … Antibiotic 1 Administration time: Antibiotic 2 Administration time: Case duration: Case duration … Antibiotic 1 First redose time: Second redose time: Antibiotic 2 First redose time: Second redose

298. Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development (Part 1) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/program-part1.html
     November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development (Part 1) After viewing or presenting this presentation … viewers will be able to— List the key personnel involved in developing an Antibiotic Stewardship

299. 5 Tk2 P4O-Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit Phase 4 Monitoring (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Infections and antibiotic use generally are monitored through the nursing home’s infection-control … antibiotics and (2) the use of broad- versus narrow-spectrum antibiotics. … Action Checklist Quality-Improvement Program • Add monitoring of antibiotic prescribing patterns to … Materials Included Quality Assurance • Antibiotic Use Tracking Sheet • Quality-Improvement Review … Tool for Antibiotic Use in Urinary Tract Infection Monitoring • Prescribing Clinician Feedback Survey

300. 5 Tk2 P4O-Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit Phase4 Monitoring (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase4_Monitoring.doc
     January 01, 2005 - Infections and antibiotic use generally are monitored through the nursing home’s infection-control log … antibiotics and (2) the use of broad- versus narrow-spectrum antibiotics. … Action Checklist Quality-Improvement Program · Add monitoring of antibiotic prescribing patterns to … Materials Included Quality Assurance · Antibiotic Use Tracking Sheet · Quality-Improvement Review Tool … for Antibiotic Use in Urinary Tract Infection Monitoring Prescribing Clinician Feedback Survey � Furman