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3401. Key Issues in Developing a Successful Hospital Safety Program | PSNet
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      July 01, 2006 - will have their medications reconciled every time they are admitted, or they will have preoperative antibiotics … anesthesiologist would be beneficial if you were working on a project related with pre- and postoperative antibiotic … incident reports, nosocomial infection rates, and process measures such as percent of preoperative antibiotics

3402. In Conversation with...Allan Frankel, MD | PSNet
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      July 01, 2006 - will have their medications reconciled every time they are admitted, or they will have preoperative antibiotics … anesthesiologist would be beneficial if you were working on a project related with pre- and postoperative antibiotic … incident reports, nosocomial infection rates, and process measures such as percent of preoperative antibiotics

3403. In Conversation with...Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH | PSNet
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      April 01, 2009 - community-acquired pneumonia (through creating a performance measure monitoring how quickly they were given antibiotics … ) was shown to have encouraged unnecessary use of antibiotics and not to have reduced mortality, as had … Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure

3404. 157-What-Are-4-Es (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - There is no system in place at the hospital to optimize prescribing antibiotics. … They focus on installing a computerized clinical decision support system for antibiotic prescribing, … These dashboards provide information on MRSA infections, CLABSI, VAP, and antibiotic usage patterns.

3405. Archived: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 22, 2014 - Treatment and Interventions Chlamydial and gonococcal infections respond to treatment with antibiotics … magnitude of benefit based on the large proportion of cases that are asymptomatic, the effectiveness of antibiotic … Treatment and Interventions Chlamydial and gonococcal infections respond to treatment with antibiotics … Accurate screening tests and effective antibiotic treatments are available for chlamydia and gonorrhea

3406. EMR Entry Error: Not So Benign | PSNet
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      July 01, 2012 - He was diagnosed with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) and started on appropriate antibiotic therapy … Sets November 1, 2016 WebM&M Cases Lapse in Antibiotics

3407. Abdominal Pain in Early Pregnancy | PSNet
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      November 13, 2024 - She was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and was discharged on antibiotic therapy. … No further testing was done, and she was discharged home with instructions to continue the antibiotics

3408. Effectiveness of Screening and Treatment of C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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3409. CER 221 Disposition of Comments: Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Therapies in Adult Patients With Exacerbation of COPD (pdf file)
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      October 11, 2019 - study intervention (e.g. chest physiotherapy) but still received some additional treatments (e.g. antibiotics … The text in the previous page suggests that the standard of care is "standard therapy with antibiotics … Page 69, KQ4, suggest clarifying in the subsequent text if the trials of antibiotics were based on empiric … therapy in all patients or based on clinical suspicion of pneumonia or other infection or if the antibiotics … The trials of antibiotics were based on empirical initial therapy for ECOPD (in the absence of pneumonia

3410. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      June 23, 2014 - Short-term treatment with antibiotics or β-blockers does not appear to reduce AAA growth. … Short-term treatment with antibiotics or β-blockers does not seem to reduce AAA growth, and the trials … Alternative strategies to reduce AAA growth, such as antibiotics, statins, or other novel pharmacologic … Pooled analysis of one good- and two fair-quality RCTs evaluating the use of several antibiotics for … Three RCTs of antibiotics found a low rate of adverse events over 4 to 15 weeks. 1 , 2 Estimate of

3411. Mnpoavideotranscript (pdf file)
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      September 24, 2010 -  the third hospital day, a progress note documents a positive  sputum culture and the initiation of antibiotic … The patient is treated successfully with  antibiotics and prn. 

3412. In response to "Failure to Report" (March 2007) | PSNet
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      June 01, 2007 - What name is contained on any preprinted order forms that have antibiotics or other commonly used medication

3413. Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2015 - Generally, urine cultures should be obtained prior to starting antibiotics for patients with suspected

3414. Urinary Catheter Maintenance
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      April 01, 2022 - place for greater than 2 weeks, change catheter before inserting obtaining a urine specimen or starting antibiotics

3415. Dissemination and Implementation of QT Risk Clinical Decision Support | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - Over 8 months, nearly 8,000 risk advisories were displayed, most often because of antibiotics.

3416. Appendix F. Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - interactive workshop support physicians in employing shared decisionmaking with patients, reducing antibiotic … Interventions to facilitate shared decision making to address antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections … throat: effective communication delivers improved diagnosis, enhanced self-care and more rational use of antibiotics … 2013, PMID 24238425) Yes Yes Moderate Program improves self-care and reduces antibiotic … Training family physicians in shared decision-making to reduce the overuse of antibiotics in acute respiratory

3417. 2-Overview-Guide (doc file)
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      June 01, 2023 - Presentations on the ISCR Evidence A PowerPoint presentation and facilitator guide on Oral Antibiotics

3418. Mod5-Case-Scenarios (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2016 - abdominal infection requires a 4-day stay in the hospital followed by a 3-week course of intravenous antibiotics

3419. Standard Work Observation Component Kit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2017 - ID: Identity DOB: Date of birth CRNA: Certified registered nurse anesthetist IVATB: Intravenous antibiotics

3420. The Emergence of the Trigger Tool as the Premier Measurement Strategy for Patient Safety | PSNet
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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