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81. Collection of Microbiological Cultures (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, or upper respiratory tract infections • Prior to antibiotic … Collection of Microbiological Cultures AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Stewardship

82. Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Pneumonia After Cardiac Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - AHRQ Antibiotic Stewardship Program Led to Increased Activity, Openness to Change . … AHRQ Antibiotic Stewardship Program Led to Increased Activity, Openness to Change Clinicians reported … an increased understanding of the importance of antibiotic stewardship and more openness to change their … prescribing habits after participating in an AHRQ-sponsored collaborative to improve antibiotic stewardship … the Journal of Perinatology described how researchers interviewed participants in the Optimizing Antibiotic

83. Timely Antiobiotics for Children With Severe Sepesis or Septic Shock Technical Specifications (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2014 - Sepesis or Septic Shock Technical Specifications Q-METRIC Sepsis Measure 4, Timely Administration of Antibiotics … Sepsis and Septic Shock U18HS020516 Page 50 Submitted August 2014 Sepsis Measure 4: Timely Antibiotics … Parenteral antibiotics Administration of antibiotics via the intravenous, intramuscular or intraosseous … Antibiotics must be in one of the classes listed in Table 4-C. … OR • Antibiotics administered OR • Orders for urine, blood or spinal culture OR • Urine, blood or

84. 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

85. Appropriate First-Line Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - Pediatric Quality Measures Program PQMP Measures Appropriate First-Line Antibiotics … Implementation & Quality Improvement PQMP Grantees Appropriate First-Line Antibiotics … Media PQMP COE:  CHOP Associated NQF # and Name:  2811, Acute Otitis Media: Appropriate First-Line Antibiotics … 2021 Page originally created August 2021 Internet Citation: Appropriate First-Line Antibiotics

86. 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

87. Graphics for Section 6A. Scientific Soundness (pdf file)
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    November 26, 2013 -   Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic … Reliability Table 5: Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2 (Percentage of Children in State with SCD Receiving Antibiotics

88. 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

89. Graphics for Section 6B, Validity (pdf file)
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    November 26, 2013 -                         Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic … Validation Testing for Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2 (Percentage of Children in State with SCD Receiving Antibiotics

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. 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.

95. 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

96. 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

97. 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.

98. Appropriate Emergency Department Fever Management for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
    www.innovations.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-216-fullreport.pdf
    February 01, 2018 - Acceptable antibiotics are listed in Table 2 (see Supporting Documents). … They may not be receiving prophylactic antibiotics to help prevent bacterial infections, and they … antibiotics work against a wider number of bacterial types and so may be used to treat a variety of … for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, 2013). … Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics. About the Issue: Glossary; 2013.

99. Graphics for Section 5. Evidence or Other Justification for the Focus of the Measure (pdf file)
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    November 26, 2013 - Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic … Evidence or Other Justification for the Focus of the Measure Table 4: Evidence Supporting Timely Antibiotic … Prophylactic antibiotics for preventing pneumococcal infection in children wih sickle cell disease

100. 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