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3341. PSNet Curated Library (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/print/pdf/node/73848
      July 01, 2022 - It includes screening, evaluation and monitoring, and antibiotic use recommendations for maternal sepsis … It includes screening, evaluation and monitoring, and antibiotic use recommendations for maternal sepsis

3342. Meeting Minutes, April 2019 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2019-04-nac/nacmtg0419-minutes.html
      July 01, 2019 - An AHRQ-funded study, reported in The BMJ, stated that nearly a quarter of the 15.5 million antibiotic … Balance is a key, such as in antibiotic stewardship, and we must get that right. Dr.

3343. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/2014-final.html
      January 01, 2018 - part of this initiative, AHRQ is actively targeting current challenges such as diagnostic error and antibiotic … 0.52 MPSMS (2014) Hospital-Acquired VRE 11,000 0.34 MPSMS (2014) Hospital-Acquired Antibiotic-Associated

3344. Summary of Patient Safety Research Opportunities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/news-events/summit-research-2020/questions.html
      March 01, 2021 - What are effective measures to curb emergence of antibiotic resistance in post-acute care settings? … How do we improve antibiotic use in outpatient settings?

3345. Final Progress Report: Dissemination of the PPRNet Model for Improving Medication Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/wessell-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Table 1: PPRNet Medication Safety Indicator Set2 Avoiding Potentially Inappropriate Therapy • Antibiotics … with CHF • H2 blockers based on renal function Avoiding Potential Drug-Drug Interactions • Macrolide antibiotics

3346. Shortcuts to Acetaminophen-induced Liver Failure | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/shortcuts-acetaminophen-induced-liver-failure
      July 01, 2017 - The patient was admitted to the hospital and given broad-spectrum antibiotics and a diagnosis of "influenza … March 1, 2004 WebM&M Cases Delay in Initiating Antibiotics

3347. Discharge Against Medical Advice | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/discharge-against-medical-advice
      July 01, 2017 - physicians should offer outpatient therapies that may be helpful, even if they are suboptimal (e.g., oral antibiotics … to treat an infection for which intravenous antibiotics are the standard of care).

3348. Patient-Centered Postoperative Wound Surveillance Using Current Technology - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs023395-kent-final-report-2017.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - If diagnosed at an early stage, SSI can be treated in the outpatient setting with oral antibiotics and … wound care, precluding the need for readmission, intravenous antibiotics, and reintervention. … The focus of these interventions has been on the surgical procedure itself employing appropriate antibiotics … surgeons spoke with the inpatient team at the other facility to coordinate appropriate wound care and an antibiotic … was detected by the protocol, and he was sent to the emergency room, where he received appropriate antibiotic

3349. Slide 1 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/FL20LOINCIntroductionHammond.pdf
      February 25, 2008 - parasitology and virology), toxicology • Drugs and cell counts for blood smears and cerebrospinal fluids • Antibiotic

3350. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/110-cusp-program-sustainability-slides.pptx
      October 01, 2024 - Has antibiotic stewardship changed? Are central lines removed ASAP? Are resources still available?

3351. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Nasal Mupirocin for MRSA Carriers With Devices (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-mupirocin.pdf
      March 01, 2022 - Mupirocin is a topical antibiotic ointment to prevent infections.

3352. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.2_slideshow.ppt
      February 01, 2003 - After uneventful induction of anesthesia, the surgeons requested antibiotic prophylaxis with cefazolin

3353. Supporting Clinicians to Improve Decision Making and Patients’ Care | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/supporting-clinicians-improve-decision-making-and-patients-care
      January 01, 2020 - (PICU); however, overuse of blood cultures may result in unnecessary laboratory tests, unnecessary antibiotic

3354. Statistical Brief Highlights Cost of Heart Disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/968.html
      July 01, 2025 - theoretical framework to quantify the tradeoff between individual and population benefits of expanded antibiotic

3355. AHRQ Views: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/920.html
      July 01, 2024 - Lessons learned from a National Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation Project.

3356. Development of a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Facilitating Naturalistic Decision Making and Improving Blood Culture Utilization | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/development-clinical-decision-support-tool-facilitating-naturalistic-decision
      January 01, 2023 - sepsis; however, overuse of blood cultures may result in unnecessary laboratory tests, unnecessary antibiotic

3357. Summary Background Report on 2013 Retirement of Measures from the Child Core Set (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/measure-retirement-2013.pdf
      January 01, 2013 - 1 had been retired in January 2013 because it proved impossible to collect (avoidance of systemic antibiotic … for sore throat (not pharyngitis specific) by race/ethnicity (MEPS) – Medicaid expenditures for antibiotic … prescriptions to treat pharyngitis for children age 2-18 (MAX) – Medicaid expenditures for antibiotic … For example, the measure does not target inappropriate antibiotic use and may increase unnecessary testing … One SNAC member suggested that a better measure for reducing antibiotic use for viral infections is

3358. Safe Practices for Better Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Kizer1.pdf
      April 01, 2004 - surgical procedure for his or her risk of surgical site infection (SSI), and implement appropriate antibiotic … Use of antibiotic impregnated catheters (e.g., coated with minocycline and rifampin) instead of standard … Use of selective digestive tract decontamination (i.e., the use of nonabsorbable antibiotics topically

3359. Appendix A. Teleconferences with AHRQ & CDC | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapa.html
      April 01, 2018 - Antibiotics Measure of antibiotic use should be broken into two factors Preop antibiotic … use Preop antibiotic DC timing Cardiac surgeries have DC time of 48 hrs.

3360. Unexplained Apnea Under Anesthesia | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/unexplained-apnea-under-anesthesia
      December 01, 2005 - After uneventful induction of anesthesia, the surgeons requested antibiotic prophylaxis with cefazolin … This was a case of unintentional administration of a paralytic agent in place of an antibiotic due to