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1. Antibiotic Side Effects (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2021 - Antibiotic Side Effects Risk of antibiotic side effects and adverse reactions • Antibiotic use is … (5–25%) • Antibiotics can lead to nephrotoxicity (damage to kidneys), neurotoxicity (damage to central … and/or peripheral nervous system), skin reactions such as rashes, or yeast infections • Antibiotics … Meta- analysis of antibiotics and the risk of community- associated Clostridium difficile infection. … Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotics: a meta-analysis.

2. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - Decision Making to improve antibiotic use. … Access the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals . … About This Project Antibiotics are life-saving drugs when used appropriately. … Using antibiotics inappropriately can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria and increase the risk of … antibiotic regimens, routes of administration, and durations.

3. Team-Antibiotic-Review-Form (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Team Antibiotic Review Form *Questions 1–6 should … Question 2: Record antibiotic regimen and indication below: Antibiotic: Indication: Antibiotic … : Indication: Antibiotic: Indication: Antibiotic: Indication: Moment ONE Question … ☐ Yes ☐ No 2 Team Antibiotic Review Form AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – … Moment THREE Question 7: Are antibiotics still needed?

4. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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   September 01, 2022 - among practice members and patients about management of common infectious diseases, including when antibiotics … will inform the annual sustainability plan is to examine the proportion of clinic visits for which antibiotics … These are three of the “never antibiotics” diagnoses—that is, diagnoses for which antibiotics should … and implemented changes, the practice had a decrease in the proportion of influenza visits for which antibiotics … technologists may be able to develop an alert in the electronic health record reminding clinicians that antibiotics

5. Antibiotic-Targets-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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   June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Identifying Targets To Improve Antibiotic Use Long-Term … · Prescribing antibiotics for too long · Forgetting to stop antibiotics when they are not needed · Accidentally … It’s been 2–3 days since we started antibiotics. … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? … She met criteria for empiric antibiotics.

6. Learning-From-Antibiotic-Adverse (doc file)
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   June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events An … Negative Factor Positive Factor Patient Factors Example: Family preferred antibiotics. … X Team Factors Example: Team discussion about need to start antibiotics occurred … Have we collected appropriate cultures and diagnostic tests before starting antibiotics? … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy?

7. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - The Ambulatory Care Toolkit explains the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making and has tools to … Learning strategies for communicating with patients, their families, and colleagues about antibiotic … 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.”  

8. Completion Guide_Team Antibiotic Review Form (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2019 - Completion Guide_Team Antibiotic Review Form AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use … Day of antibiotic therapy: For the antibiotic or antibiotic regimen you are evaluating, day 1 is the … Antibiotic regimen and indication: Include all antibiotics that the patient is receiving. … • If the patient has a reported antibiotic allergy but the specific antibiotic was not recorded or … Day of antibiotic therapy: Question 2. Antibiotic regimen and indication: Question 3.

9. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - Welcome to the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals.  … Creating a culture of safety around antibiotic prescribing in your hospital. … 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 review … treatment of infectious syndromes,” and “Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics

10. 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.

11. Antibiotic-Patient-Safety-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue … Slide 3 Antibiotic Development Is on the Decline SAY: Antibiotics are a precious resource. … For all of us, using antibiotics judiciously is critical to making sure antibiotics continue to remain … Slide 5 Antibiotics Alter the Bacteria in the Gut SAY: When people take antibiotics to treat an … Slide 6 Antibiotics & Clostridioides difficile SAY: After taking an antibiotic, people are at greater

12. Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) Development
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    June 01, 2021 - To use antibiotics only when necessary, thereby protecting residents from unnecessary antibiotic exposure … No followup on the resident to note her response to antibiotics. … No followup on the resident to note her response to antibiotics. … No followup on the resident to note her response to antibiotics. … Cost of antibiotics Use of guideline-concordant antibiotics Clostridioides difficile infection rates

13. 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?

14. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/index.html
    October 01, 2022 - Welcome to the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care. … practices for common infectious syndromes Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics … Improve antibiotic prescribing Infection Preventionists and other members of the Antibiotic Stewardship … for common infectious syndromes,” and “Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics … for common infectious syndromes,” and “Apply the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics

15. Predischarge Antibiotics Review Associated With Lower Antibiotic Overuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - 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 … lower antibiotic overuse. 

16. 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? 

17. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides
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    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

18. 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.

19. The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Sinusitis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - : Influenza and RSV Never Antibiotics: Common Cold Never Antibiotics: Acute Bronchitis … Sometimes Antibiotics: Acute Otitis Media Sometimes Antibiotics: Sinusitis Sometimes Antibiotics … Describe the non-antibiotic management of sinusitis. … The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Slides (PPTX, 2 MB) The “Sometimes Antibiotics” … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/sinusitis.html  

20. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - of antibiotic decision making. … whenever the need for antibiotics is being considered. … Moment 2: Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … If there is no evidence of a bacterial infection, stop antibiotics. … antibiotic use using the Four Moments Framework for patients receiving antibiotics.