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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/coaching-checklist.docx
June 02, 2025 - · Patient’s name
· Surgical procedure to be performed
· Surgical site
· Antibiotic prophylaxis been
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/review-form.docx
March 01, 2017 - _________________________________
Date of positive blood culture, if applicable: _________________ Antibiotic
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/decolonize-patients.html
October 01, 2024 - Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)
Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP
Antibiotic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/steroids-and-safety-preventing-medication-adverse-events-during-transitions-care
September 09, 2013 - She was treated with antibiotics, the steroids were tapered, and she had no further gastrointestinal … prophylactic approaches to reduce immunosuppression-related adverse effects include treatments with antibiotics … suggested patients given at least 20 mg of prednisone or its equivalent for a month should receive antibiotic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/head-bed-elevation-litreview.docx
January 01, 2017 - be independently associated with VAP: an organ system failure index ≥3, patient age ≥60 years, prior antibiotic … patient age of 60 years or older (AOR=5.1; 95% CI, 1.9 to 14.1 ; p=0.002); prior administration of antibiotics … patient age of 60 years or older (AOR=5.1 ; 95% CI, 1.9 to 14.1 ; p=0.002); prior administration of antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49413/psn-pdf
September 01, 2003 - He received multiple courses of broad-spectrum antibiotics over a 2-month hospitalization. … This graft may have
become infected and, in addition to the intravascular catheters and antibiotics,
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/guide/web2.html
December 01, 2017 - longstanding HIV never hospitalized in past; hospitalized for pneumonia, started on HIV medications and antibiotics … Discharged on new antibiotics for the pneumonia.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-110414.pptx
January 01, 2013 - – is reflexive
If a patient is hypoxemic: we give oxygen
Low BP: IV fluids
Positive blood cultures: antibiotics … enough to be admitted from the ED: Foley catheter
Asymptomatic catheterized patient has a “dirty” urine: antibiotics
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-moving-forward-cleary-slides.pdf
March 01, 2010 - experience of care scores
may lead providers to not provide recommended advice
• Relevant for opioids and antibiotics … opioids to
those who are addicted
(Sjoerd et al. 2014, Maher et
al. 2014)
• Not receiving expected
antibiotics
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-091013.ppt
January 01, 2010 - .
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Reducing inappropriate placements reduces
Infection rates
Cost
Antibiotics use
Length of … The use of antibiotics is scrutinized more than ever and every time we can avoid the need to give antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.194_slideshow.ppt
March 01, 2009 - The patient was given intravenous antibiotics, fluids, and vasopressors for blood pressure support. … He’s intubated, on pressors, and already got antibiotics. He needs to get up to the ICU.”
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49628/psn-pdf
June 01, 2011 - period of decline followed, which was attributed to improved treatment of
infectious tonsillitis with antibiotics … that do not meet the above criteria but have modifying factors that include intolerance of multiple
antibiotics
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www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2021-03-nac/nacmtg031821-minutes.html
July 01, 2021 - An AHRQ-supported study of acute care and antibiotic use in applying a safety program found antibiotic … cautioned that, in some cases, telehealth is not appropriate and might be associated with increases in antibiotic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49551/psn-pdf
December 01, 2007 - month-old infant admitted to rule out sepsis was receiving maintenance intravenous (IV) fluid and IV
antibiotics … extravasation injuries include
antineoplastic, inotropic, or osmotically active agents and certain antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delay-treatment-failure-contact-patient-leads-significant-complications
February 01, 2004 - to clinic 2 weeks later (now 26 days after her initial presentation) where she received appropriate antibiotics … The patient needed to be admitted to the hospital for intravenous antibiotics. … September 23, 2020
Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/clabsi-event-reporting_revised.docx
April 01, 2022 - such as vasopressors, chemotherapy or total parenteral nutrition
☐ Extended course of intravenous antibiotics … Additional antibiotics? … Antibiotic Prescribing and Use in Hospitals and Long-term Care: Clinical Guide for Collecting Cultures
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/all-history
February 28, 2011 - The patient was given intravenous antibiotics, fluids, and vasopressors for blood pressure support. … He's intubated, on pressors, and has already received antibiotics. He needs to get up to the ICU." … Figure
Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Public reporting of antibiotic
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/dental-post-transplant-complications-rapid-research.pdf
May 01, 2025 - prophylaxis with dental procedure for cardiac transplant recipients.29,30,35
However, the use of antibiotic … and are
at high risk of adverse outcome from any infection, including infective
endocarditis, and antibiotic … valvular
dysfunction, and the outcome of endocarditis is so poor in HT recipients
that the use of antibiotic … Interestingly, for heart transplant patients, antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended only
among patients … Outcomes not of
interest
Cocero 2019 Is It Safe to Remove Teeth in Liver Transplant Patients
Without Antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-patient-engagement-it-functionalities-influence-patient-safety-outcomes-study-us-hospitals
October 21, 2020 - November 17, 2021
Why do hospital prescribers continue antibiotics when it is safe to
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/transfer.html
September 01, 2017 - .
*** High-risk medications include insulin, anticoagulants, antibiotics, alpha blockers, antipsychotics