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261. Penicillin Allergy – Patient and Family Member Handout (English) (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/penicillin-allergy-handout-english.docx
     September 01, 2022 - No. 17(22)-0030 September 2022 Penicillin Allergy Patient Handout AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Use – Ambulatory Care Penicillin Allergy 2 Patient Handout AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic

262. Ear Infection – Patient and Family Member Handout.(English) (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/ear-infection-handout-english.docx
     September 01, 2022 - No. 17(22)-0030 September 2022 Ear Infection Patient Handout AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Use – Ambulatory Care Ear Infection Patient Handout 2 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic

263. Graphics for Section 1. Basic Measurement Information (pdf file)
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     November 26, 2013 - Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic … (unidentified variant) Hb FSV n/a Table 2: Penicillins and Erythromycins for Sickle Cell Disease Antibiotic … Erythromycin Erythromycin estolate Erythromycin ethylsuccinate Erythromycin stearate Miscellaneous antibiotics

264. Nursing Home Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2022 - Module 14—Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes—Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training Course … This module discusses the importance of antibiotic stewardship and identifies strategies to implement … antibiotic stewardship activities in nursing homes. … Home Infection Preventionist Training Course This module discusses infection prevention and antibiotic … describes how hand hygiene prevents the spread of pathogens, including those that are resistant to antibiotics

265. Acute Bronchitis (Chest Cold) – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) (doc file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Acute Bronchitis (Chest Cold) – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) Bronquitis aguda (Resfriado de pecho) Directions for Adding Your Logo to Your Document If you chose to add a logo to this document, you can place it in the footer, below the article development content. Steps: 1. Open the footer sect…

266. Pneumonia – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) (doc file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Pneumonia – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) Neumonía Directions for Adding Your Logo to Your Document If you chose to add a logo to this document, you can place it in the footer, below the article development content. Steps: 1. Open the footer section (either double click in the footer section of…

267. The Flu – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) (doc file)
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     September 01, 2022 - The Flu – Patient and Family Member Handout (Spanish) La gripe Directions for Adding Your Logo to Your Document If you chose to add a logo to this document, you can place it in the footer, below the article development content. Steps: 1. Open the footer section (either double click in the footer section of the doc…

268. Urinary Tract Infection – Handout and Family Member Pamphlet (Spanish) (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-handout-spanish.docx
     September 01, 2022 - Urinary Tract Infection – Handout and Family Member Pamphlet (Spanish) Infección de las vías urinarias Directions for Adding Your Logo to Your Document If you chose to add a logo to this document, you can place it in the footer, below the article development content. Steps: 1. Open the footer section (either dou…

269. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-one-pager.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - cellulitis1,2 o Incision and drainage of abscess is essential o For skin abscess with minimal cellulitis, antibiotics … are of modest benefit once abscess is drained in uncomplicated cases12  Antibiotics are recommended … Skin and Soft Tissue Infections AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic

270. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals provides presentations and tools for clinicians … to use to improve antibiotic prescribing in the hospital setting. … The toolkit explains how you can apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making, an innovative … approach to antibiotic stewardship that empowers clinicians to be stewards of their own antibiotic prescribing … a culture of safety around antibiotic prescribing in your hospital, and learning and disseminating best

271. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections – Patient and Family Member Handout (English) (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-handout-english.docx
     September 01, 2022 - No. 17(22)-0030 September 2022 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Skin … Handout Skin and Soft Tissue Infections 2 Patient Handout AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic

272. Microbiologic-Specimens-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/microbiologic-specimens-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Appropriate Collection of Microbiologic Specimens … a good microbiologic specimen is important to determine whether a resident needs to be treated with antibiotics … Biofilm formation · A biofilm is a layer of slime secreted by bacteria that protects them from antibiotics … Next, she is started on broad-spectrum antibiotics. … She continues on broad-spectrum antibiotics because culture results are not available to tailor the therapy

273. 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

274. The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2018 - Examples of overuse of services include: Antibiotics . … In that year, 12 million antibiotic prescriptions were written during office visits for colds, upper … These prescriptions accounted for one out of every five antibiotic prescriptions to adults in that year … reactions, and contributes to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. … the need for a second antibiotic course within 24 days of the initial therapy, was associated with a

275. Timely Antiobiotics for Children With Severe Sepesis or Septic Shock Technical Specifications (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-sepsis-antibiotics-technical-specs.pdf
     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

276. Acute Bronchitis (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - Treatment • Antibiotic treatment of acute bronchitis is not recommended because it does not impact … either the severity or duration of cough.1 • Antibiotic treatment of acute bronchitis does not prevent … 2 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic

277. Checkpoint-Tool (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Directions: This tool is intended to help facilities with formulate and execute local antibiotic stewardship … Checkpoint Tool – Long-Term Care AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Name of Intervention

278. 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

279. Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes (doc file)
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     April 01, 2022 - They can contribute to misdiagnosis, overtreatment with antibiotics, multidrug-resistant infections, … Perhaps the most obvious harms are allergies and adverse effects (like renal failure) from antibiotics … Also, there is Clostridioides difficile diarrhea, the harm and discomfort of central access for antibiotics … In this picture, the patient’s arm shows an antibiotic rash. … several harms occurred due to inappropriate culturing of her urine: she was started on unnecessary antibiotics

280. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcarae Meeting (pdf file)
     www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-nov2023.pdf
     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