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301. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/changing-system-slides.pptx
     June 01, 2021 - No notification system for when culture results are available No pharmacy alerts for allergies to antibiotics … System 8 Case 1: continued At the time of transfer, he is written for another 14-day course of oral antibiotics … He already received 3 days of antibiotics in the hospital. His legs are improved but not better. … Introduce the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form. … Guide for the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse

302. Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research Into Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - When antibiotics are prescribed inappropriately or not taken correctly, the bacteria that antibiotics … Gonzales received a 5-year AHRQ grant to reduce the overuse of antibiotics to treat acute respiratory … His project, Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance in Colorado (MARC) , evaluated the impact of educational … The MARC project did help reduce antibiotic use in the community. … Gonzales received another 5-year AHRQ grant that allowed him to expand on his antibiotic stewardship

303. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 14, 2021 - Could Efforts to Fight the Coronavirus Lead to Overuse of Antibiotics? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/could-efforts-fight-coronavirus-lead-overuse-antibiotics Antibiotic overuse … This report discusses problems associated with antibiotic prescribing during the first 6 months of the … /issue/two-pandemics-same-story-potentially-dangerous-overuse-antibiotics-and-road-medical-hell https … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-emerging-threat-antibiotic-stewardship-emergency-department

304. PowerPoint Presentation
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     June 01, 2023 - and Mechanical Bowel Prep 2 Antibiotic and Mechanical Bowel Prep in the 1970s 1970s AHRQ Safety Program … 1970s Antibiotic and Mechanical Bowel Prep in the 1980s Badly done study in England appeared to show … and Mechanical Bowel Prep 4 1980s 1990s Antibiotic and Mechanical Bowel Prep in the 1990s Studies … and Mechanical Bowel Prep 5 1980s 1990s 2000s Antibiotic and Mechanical Bowel Prep in the 2000s … Antibiotic prophylaxis for colorectal surgery.

305. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2017 - Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices … Effect of Behavioral Interventions on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Among Primary Care Practices … trial among 47 primary care practices, prompting clinicians to enter justifications for prescribing antibiotics … mean antibiotic prescribing rates compared to controls. … Antibiotics are a significant source of medical care overuse and inappropriate prescriptions can lead

306. Community-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - with obvious signs and symptoms of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), it is reasonable to initiate antibiotics … Preferences Healthy Adults Adults With Comorbidities or Recent Hospitalization with Parenteral Antibiotics … instructed to return to medical attention if they do not have some improvement in symptoms by day 3 of antibiotics … if they experience mental status changes or become increasingly ill, regardless of how many days of antibiotics … Community-Acquired Pneumonia 2 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care

307. Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care. | PSNet
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     December 24, 2008 - Toolkit Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care. … Citation Text: Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care. … The use of antibiotics should be monitored to reduce the potential for infection in care facilities … This toolkit outlines offers a methodology for launching or invigorating an antibiotic stewardship … Designed to align with four time elements of antibiotic therapy, its supports processes that enable

308. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2022 - Discuss recommended durations of antibiotic therapy for UTIs. … Handouts These handouts can be given to your patients to help them understand their infection and your antibiotic

309. Four Moments Poster (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2019 - Moment 1 occurs at the time initiation of antibiotic … therapy is considered: Ask, “Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics?” … cultures before starting antibiotics? … Moment 3 occurs every day of antibiotic therapy: Ask 3 questions, “Can I stop antibiotics? … when the infectious process is clear and the patient responds to therapy: Ask, “What duration of antibiotic

310. Spotlight (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - Spotlight Spotlight Discharged with IV antibiotics: When issues arise, who manages the complications … He was discharged to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for continuation of intravenous antibiotics. … receive their IV antibiotics in a clinical setting without being hospitalized … – Could patient receive oral (PO) antibiotics instead? … • Is the correct antibiotic dose and duration ordered?

311. Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes • Antibiotics are one of the most commonly prescribed medications … • Concerns about antibiotic use in nursing homes: — Evidence has shown that antibiotics given to people … Antibiotic Stewardship • Antibiotic stewardship is an approach or program that focuses on improving … antibiotic use by avoiding unnecessary or inappropriate antibiotics … Antibiotic Use in Nursing Homes Consequences of Overuse of Antibiotics in Nursing Homes What Can

312. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 14, 2021 - Toolkit to Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-improve-antibiotic-use-long-term-care The use of antibiotics should … Designed to align with four time elements of antibiotic therapy, its supports processes that enable … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-improve-antibiotic-use-long-term-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use

313. Lessons learned from a national hospital antibiotic stewardship implementation project. | PSNet
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     July 20, 2022 - Study Lessons learned from a national hospital antibiotic stewardship implementation … Lessons learned from a national hospital antibiotic stewardship implementation project. … to reduce healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic-associated adverse events. … Lessons learned from a national hospital antibiotic stewardship implementation project. … July 20, 2022 Association of a Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with antibiotic

314. 5 Tk2 P3T1-Sample Policy Phase 3 (doc file)
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     May 01, 2014 - prescribed pharmaceuticals in long-term care settings, yet reports indicate that a high proportion of antibiotic … when either no antibiotic or an older narrow-spectrum drug would suffice are believed to be the primary … As a result of the above complexities, nursing homes increasingly are recognized as reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant … to fewer clinical failures of antibiotics that are first prescribed. … To improve appropriate antibiotic use for the residents at [NAME OF NURSING HOME], the antibiogram program

315. Presentation: Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle
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     December 01, 2017 - to help prevent infection 98% 98% Surgery patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the … Johns Hopkins also does quite well at discontinuing antibiotics. … The front line said, we’re not always giving the antibiotics at the right time. … (n=972) 552 (56.8%) Was antibiotic redosed? … So, even though there’s excellent level-one evidence to support the role of antibiotics in preventing

316. 5 Tk2 P3T1-Sample Policy Phase 3 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T1-Sample_Policy_Phase_3.pdf
     May 01, 2014 - prescribed pharmaceuticals in long-term care settings, yet reports indicate that a high proportion of antibiotic … when either no antibiotic or an older narrow-spectrum drug would suffice are believed to be the primary … As a result of the above complexities, nursing homes increasingly are recognized as reservoirs of antibiotic-resistant … to fewer clinical failures of antibiotics that are first prescribed. … To improve appropriate antibiotic use for the residents at [NAME OF NURSING HOME], the antibiogram

317. Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics. | PSNet
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     September 29, 2017 - Study Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics. … Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics. … Unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics for viral conditions can pose patient safety risks . … Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics. … Resources From the Same Author(s) Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic

318. 6 Tk1 T5-Suspect A Urinary Tract Infection Brochure Ma Coalition Final (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Each time you take an antibiotic, you increase your risk of developing a resistant infection in the … The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis The overuse of antibiotics has contributed to increasing antibiotic … resistance – which is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of an antibiotic. … “Antibiotic resistance is rising for many different pathogens that are threats to health. … Save antibiotics for when you really need them The call to reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics is

319. Shebl NA et al. 2007 "Clinical decision support systems and antibiotic use." | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2007 - Shebl NA et al. 2007 "Clinical decision support systems and antibiotic use." … and after' studies published on clinical decision support systems (CDSS) used to support the use of antibiotics … 1970-2006) using the combinations of the following terms: (Decision support systems) or (CDSS) AND (antibiotics … It presents a promising future for optimising antibiotic use. … Objective "To summarise the relevant literature available regarding the use of CDSS and antibiotics

320. BLADDER SCAN – POLICY #2202 12/11/06 (doc file)
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     March 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI AHRQ Safety Program for Reducing CAUTI in Hospitals Antibiotic … Does prescribing prophylactic antibiotics help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … Would it be useful for LTC facilities to assess local antibiotic resistance patterns in their facility … Overuse of antibiotics can be harmful to you and makes them less effective later when antibiotics really … Provide them with additional resources and materials, such as the “When Do You Need an Antibiotic?”