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3461. Appendix C. Article Exclusion List with Reason for Exclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      January 01, 2013 - calculated attributable CLABSI cost estimates Blot S,  2002 Nosocomial bacteremia caused by antibiotic-resistant … not within the United States Evans RS, 1998 A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics

3462. Hand Hygiene
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      March 01, 2017 - membrane, which can be toxic, especially in the circulatory system, and provide protection from some antibiotics … C. diff has a high degree of antibiotic resistance and can cause diarrhea and inflammation if it infects

3463. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      May 17, 2016 - Early-Onset Group B Strep Bacteria Screen all pregnant women between 35 and 37 weeks and administer antibiotics … pregnant women with vaginal-rectal screening for GBS colonization at 35-37 weeks.16 • Give intrapartum antibiotic

3464. Clostridium difficile Infection Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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3465. Environmental Cleaning for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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3466. The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage | PSNet
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      April 04, 2018 - On admission to the hospital, he was treated with nebulizers, antibiotics, and prednisone. … October 19, 2022 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

3467. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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      May 17, 2016 - Early-Onset Group B Strep Bacteria Screen all pregnant women between 35 and 37 weeks and administer antibiotics … pregnant women with vaginal-rectal screening for GBS colonization at 35-37 weeks.16 • Give intrapartum antibiotic

3468. Statistical Brief #124
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      January 01, 2012 - pseudomembranous colitis and toxic megacolon. 2 C. difficile infections (CDI) often occur as a complication of antibiotic … developing CDI. 4 CDI is often associated with hospitalized patients 5 who are frequently exposed to antibiotics … "Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea."

3469. In Conversation With… Abraham Verghese, MD | PSNet
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      November 01, 2012 - had alternative diagnoses such as eczema or lymphedema, thus avoiding unnecessary hospitalization and antibiotics … pneumonia, decisions to discharge the patient, based just on vital signs, shorten duration of intravenous antibiotics … Effectiveness of early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics in severe community acquired pneumonia

3470. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet, Appendix B (pdf file)
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      June 02, 2025 - ■ For bacterial overgrowth, may need intermittent dosing of antibiotics that affect anaerobic bacteria … – Stomal infection requiring antibiotics (45%). … ■ Send swab for culture and treat with appropriate topical or systemic antibiotics. … Diarrhea ■ Antibiotic therapy ■ Infusion rate/ volume too high ■ Gastroenteritis ■ Low serum albumin … ■ Review antibiotic therapy. ■ Obtain stool sample for culture.

3471. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2022 - Exploration of primary care clinician attitudes and cognitive characteristics associated with prescribing antibiotics

3472. Appendix F. Interventions (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2015 - 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 … effective communication delivers improved diagnosis, enhanced self-care and more rational use of antibiotics … J Clin Pract Suppl, 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

3473. WebM&M: Case Studies | PSNet
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      March 25, 2025 - He was discharged with antibiotic prescriptions, but returned three days later with worsening symptoms … including pain, swelling, and pus, leading to additional foreign material being removed and further antibiotic

3474. AHRQ National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Minutes from November 17, 2021 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2021 - At the end of September, AHRQ’s Ambulatory Care Cohort in the Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Use reported significant decreases in antibiotic prescriptions, despite COVID-19 challenges.

3475. Meeting Minutes, July 2021 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2021 - Brady reported that AHRQ had released a toolkit to improve antibiotic use in long-term care settings. … emphasized AHRQ’s programs for reducing hospital (or healthcare)-acquired infections (HAIs) and combating antibiotic-resistant

3476. A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray | PSNet
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      November 25, 2020 - acceptable to provide wound care (i.e., copious irrigation, exploration, skin closure, and tetanus and antibiotic … should be managed with copious irrigation, exploration, skin closure, and if indicated, tetanus and antibiotic

3477. S38 (pdf file)
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      October 01, 2007 - choice of unit of random- ization in a trial that evaluated a strategy to improve prescrib- ing of antibiotics … academic medical center.6 The outcome of interest, measured in individual patients, was an order for an antibiotic … Academic detailing to improve use of broad-spectrum antibiotics at an academic medical center.

3478. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2011 - That first big trial for postoperative deep wound infections, the idea of timing a prophylactic antibiotic … We showed the same thing for choice of antibiotics for otitis media in a carefully controlled trial.

3479. Unique Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      September 01, 2024 - and pneumonia. 78,79 Such misdiagnoses raise major concerns about the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics … in this population and the impact of inappropriate antibiotic therapy, such as increased risk of drug

3480. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      July 01, 2003 - intubation, and vasopressors Consider including other life-prolonging interventions (i.e., tube feeds, antibiotics