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81. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcarae Meeting (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2024 - have been developed include: ▪ Blood Culture Contamination: An Overview for Infection Control and Antibiotic … Healthcare Quality Promotion o Core Elements: Based on the successful models of Core Elements of Antibiotic … https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/pdfs/fs-bloodculture-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use … /core-elements/pdfs/fs-bloodculture-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/pdfs/fs-bloodculture … /core-elements/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/index.html https://www.cdc.gov

82. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Feeding Tubes (pdf file)
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    December 13, 2013 - – Stomal infection requiring antibiotics (45%). … ■ Send swab for culture and treat with appropriate topical or systemic antibiotics. … Diarrhea ■ Antibiotic therapy ■ Infusion rate/ volume too high ■ Gastroenteritis ■ Low serum albumin … ■ Review antibiotic therapy. ■ Obtain stool sample for culture.

83. New Data Resources Provide Insights Into Patient Safety Risks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - Barbara Trautner’s Work To Prevent Antibiotic Resistance . … Barbara Trautner’s Work To Prevent Antibiotic Resistance Using antibiotics excessively and unsafely … increases antibiotic-resistant infections, a serious public health risk. … Trautner’s work, including her research on the prevalence of people taking antibiotics without a prescription

84. AHRQ Signals Interest in Research To Improve Healthcare for People With Disabilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Impact of Reducing Time to Antibiotics for Sepsis Patients Can Vary Widely . … Impact of Reducing Time to Antibiotics for Sepsis Patients Can Vary Widely Reducing the amount of time … to give antibiotics to sepsis patients should contribute to better health outcomes, but the broad impact … of reducing time-to-antibiotics may vary significantly, according to an AHRQ-funded study. … varies markedly across simulated hospital scenarios, but new antibiotic-associated adverse events were

85. AHRQ Tools To Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Antibiotic use:  Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals Adverse drug events: Medications

86. 2021: An AHRQ Year in Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Our AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use was evaluated in more than 400 acute care hospitals … long-term care facilities, and nearly 400 ambulatory care practices and found to significantly reduce antibiotic … Participating hospitals, for example, reduced total antibiotic use by an average of 30.3 days of antibiotic

87. AHRQ Views: Commemorating 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and combat antibiotic-resistant … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant … Heterogeneity of benefit from earlier time-to-antibiotics for sepsis.

88. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … infection prevention best practices (e.g., foundational infection prevention strategies, CAUTI prevention, antibiotic … RELATED CONTENT Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care Page last

89. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Evaluate compliance by using process measures such as door- to-antibiotic time; share reports regularly … o Administer antibiotics within 1 hour of sepsis recognition. … the start of antibiotics. … • Develop a systemwide antibiotic policy and/or procedure that includes type, dosing, initiation, … Quality and Safety 4 Tool D.4h o Evaluate compliance by using process measures such as door-to-antibiotic

90. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Evaluate compliance by using process measures such as door- to-antibiotic time; share reports regularly … o Administer antibiotics within 1 hour of sepsis recognition. … the start of antibiotics. … • Develop a systemwide antibiotic policy and/or procedure that includes type, dosing, initiation, … Quality and Safety 4 Tool D.4v o Evaluate compliance by using process measures such as door-to-antibiotic

91. AHRQ Views: 20 Years of Innovation From the Digital Healthcare Research Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Topics by March 30 to Effective Health Care Program Webinar: How To Join an AHRQ Program on Improving Antibiotic … Webinar: How To Join an AHRQ Program on Improving Antibiotic Use in Telemedicine Register now to attend … informational webinar to get details on how to join the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic … Use, a no-cost, 18-month national program to strengthen antibiotic prescribing practices. … Guideline concordance and antibiotic-associated adverse events between Veterans Administration and non-Veterans

92. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Promoting antibiotic stewardship to improve antibiotic use and combat antibiotic-resistant HAIs.

93. National Action Plans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2018 - National Action Plan on Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria provides a roadmap to guide the Nation … in rising to the challenge of antibiotic resistance. … It outlines steps for implementing the National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

94. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 12, 2024 - Significant National Patient Safety Improvement July 6, 2022 New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic … Innovative Training Videos to Improve Patient Care February 28, 2022 New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic … Prioritization May Effect Equity February 26, 2021 AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic

95. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Laboratory studies, viral testing, antibiotic use, and respiratory support were unchanged. … Interviewees expressed concerns about overuse of urine testing and antibiotics. … on sepsis mortality, antibiotic use, and adverse events. … hospital types; however, even in worst-case scenarios, new antibiotic-associated adverse events were … Impact of reducing time-to-antibiotics on sepsis mortality, antibiotic use, and adverse events.

96. Opening Materials: Attribution, Objectives, Introduction, and Main Menu | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … With the rise of medication-resistant infections, the use of antibiotics is scrutinized more than ever … Every time we can avoid unnecessary antibiotic use, we reduce risks for our patients. … Slide 7 Benefits of reducing inappropriate catheter placements: Reduced infection rates, costs, antibiotics

97. Register Now: July 25 Webinar by National Action Alliance Will Address Involving Patients and Families in Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Survey Finds That Many Patients Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription . … Survey Finds That Many Patients Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription More than two-fifths of 564 … patients responding to a survey said they had taken antibiotics without a prescription, according to … in 2020-21 at eight Texas healthcare facilities, found that 43.6 percent of respondents had taken an antibiotic … Respondents reported obtaining antibiotics from friends or relatives (22.3 percent), purchasing them

98. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2017 - Appropriate antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections is a key element of antibiotic stewardship … Treatment of ASB with antibiotics is one of the leading causes for antibiotic overuse in long-term care … .12,13 Moreover, antibiotics can lead to resident harm, such as nausea, diarrhea, allergic reactions, … and antibiotic-related infections.14 Antibiotics can also wipe out healthy bacteria that can lead to … urine testing (urine cultures) is one strategy that can be used to decrease the inappropriate use of antibiotics

99. Clinical Decision Support Found To Improve Use of Blood Clot Prevention Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and combat antibiotic-resistant … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant

100. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and to combat antibiotic-resistant … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant