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2921. Patient Safety: A Case-based Innovative Playbook for Safer Care. Second Edition. | PSNet
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      September 11, 2019 - January 10, 2025 WebM&M Cases Discharged with IV antibiotics

2922. 4 Tk2 T1-Medical Care Referral Form Word Doc For Html Only (doc file)
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      June 02, 2025 - No Antibiotics Yes No ? MEDICATION ALLERGIES: Yes No ?

2923. Misconnection Leading to Arterial Thrombosis | PSNet
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      January 29, 2021 - The patient was given was given an isotonic fluid bolus of 30 ml/kg and started on broad-spectrum antibiotics … in the radial artery for hemodynamic monitoring, but this line was inadvertently used to infuse an antibiotic … Sodium thiopental, diazepam, diclofenac and antibiotics frequently induce limb-threatening ischemia when … pedis arterial catheters are unlikely to cause thrombosis and necrosis in adults unless drugs such as antibiotics

2924. Pitfalls in Diagnosing Necrotizing Fasciitis | PSNet
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      March 24, 2021 - Based on this and the increasing incidence of MRSA in all SSTIs, some have recommended empiric antibiotics … Unfortunately, such signs are present in only 43% of these patients.( 29 ) Broad-spectrum antibiotics … progression of infection with migration of the margins of erythema and skin induration despite the use of antibiotics … National trends in ambulatory visits and antibiotic prescribing for skin and soft-tissue infections.

2925. Community Forum Deliberative Methods Demonstration: Evaluating Effectiveness and Eliciting Public Views on Use of Evidence--Executive Summary (pdf file)
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      November 01, 2013 - These were: • Comparing Hospital Quality • Upper Respiratory Infection (URI) in Children: Antibiotics … could prevent the development of antibiotic-resistant superbugs such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus … Similarly, participants who had been unaware of the risks to society from the overuse of antibiotics … tended to become more willing to accept limits on care that promote good antibiotic stewardship. … related to health care costs. 11 • Attitudes regarding use of medical evidence to restrict antibiotic

2926. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2009 - including Hispanics) Intervention(s): Aminosalicylates, corticosteroids, immune system suppressors, antibiotics

2927. Soaring numbers of 111 callers forced to wait for a call back. | PSNet
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      September 21, 2016 - August 24, 2016 Why do hospital prescribers continue antibiotics when it is safe to stop

2928. Reaching the Research Community Through Web Conferences | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2020 - network allows children to be seen quicker than an in-person visit as well as receive medication and antibiotics

2929. Watch the Warfarin! | PSNet
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      December 01, 2013 - He was treated with ceftriaxone and doxycycline (antibiotics) for his pneumonia. … team was also correct to check the patient's INR at discharge, since they had treated the patient with antibiotics … the primary care doctor specifically for INR testing in the setting of recent acute illness and new antibiotic

2930. Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2024 - risk of wrong (false positive) diagnosis of urinary tract infections and lead to inappropriate use of antibiotics

2931. What Was in Those Platelets? | PSNet
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      August 28, 2024 - critically ill for many days and had Staphylococcus aureus in her bloodstream for more than a week despite antibiotic … In addition to a prolonged hospitalization, he required 6 weeks of intravenous antibiotics as a result … This includes appropriate antibiotic coverage and aggressive management for any early signs of sepsis … March 1, 2007 WebM&M Cases Inappropriate Antibiotic

2932. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 01, 2007 - The emergency department (ED) physician ordered Rocephin (the brand name for the antibiotic ceftriaxone … medicine administration area, the nurse found a partially empty vial of parenteral cefazolin, a different antibiotic … First, the child received an overdose of antibiotics.

2933. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2012 - DC: When a patient on antibiotics develops symptoms that might be indicative of Clostridium difficile … colitis, it can often be preceded by what we call antibiotic-associated diarrhea. … However, if you identify them early when they develop diarrhea on antibiotics (from information in the … EMR), it may signal that they are at increased risk for C. difficile and that their antibiotics should

2934. Relationships Between Physician Professional Satisfaction and Patient Safety | PSNet
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      September 29, 2017 - Resources From the Same Author(s) Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic … July 1, 2016 Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics.

2935. Digital Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2025 - Implementing Telemedicine to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections … the management of acute respiratory tract infections, including reducing inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics

2936. Cervical Ripening in the Outpatient Setting (pdf file)
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      December 18, 2019 - hemorrhage by mode (vaginal, cesarean)c • Uterine infection (i.e., choriamnionitis, administration of antibiotics … time between hospital admission to birth that is insufficient to enable complete GBS prophylaxis antibiotics … time between hospital admission to birth that is insufficient to enable complete GBS prophylaxis antibiotics … time between hospital admission to birth that is insufficient to enable complete GBS prophylaxis antibiotics … time between hospital admission to birth that is insufficient to enable complete GBS prophylaxis antibiotics

2937. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 3 (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2012 - prophylactic antibiotics or quarantine after exposure to an infectious individual, or diversion of resources … They included a review of the clinical management effects that would result from antibiotic treatment … might also have explicitly included an outcome that examines whether the screening leads to receipt of antibiotic … been appropriate to consider outcomes that are associated with screening but are not the result of antibiotic … have also considered other relevant parties; these might include the mother’s partner and society, as antibiotic

2938. 012-Blood-Culture-Practices-Webinar (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - Slide 3 Fundamental Best Practices SAY: In addition to the four main strategies, Antibiotic Stewardship … Blood culture stewardship is designed to optimize bacteremia detection and to reduce inappropriate antibiotic … False positives caused by contamination result in further adverse consequences, including unnecessary antibiotic … · Is the primary site of infection not readily available for culture prior to antibiotic initiation? … mistakes in blood culture collection, was misdiagnosed twice and given multiple courses of broad-spectrum antibiotics

2939. Management of CSF Leaks After Elective Spine Surgery: Routine Laminectomy Leads to Fatal Discitis and Sepsis | PSNet
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      March 09, 2022 - However, drainage persisted, prompting further observation and a course of oral antibiotics. … He was diagnosed with sepsis, which did not respond to escalating antibiotic treatment. … The role of antibiotic therapy for CSF fistulas and pseudomeningoceles is not clear. … However, an analysis of published reports suggested that antibiotics do not decrease the short- or long-term … Antibiotic prophylaxis in unrepaired CSF fistulae.

2940. Getting the Diagnosis Both Right and Wrong | PSNet
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      May 29, 2024 - laboratory results and chart revealed that the ICU team had ordered blood cultures and broad-spectrum antibiotics … while the patient was in the ED, but the antibiotics were not administered until after the patient was … Antibiotic orders were placed, but the ED nurse did not see the order because she was busy assisting