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3501. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review40/gonorrhea-screening-2005
      May 15, 2005 - Also, non-culture techniques cannot be used for antibiotic resistance testing. … uncomplicated gonococcal infections of the cervix, urethra, and rectum include one of the following antibiotic … The CDC recommended antibiotics for pharyngeal gonococcal infections include ceftriaxone 125 mg IM in … Mass treatment of all patients aged 18 to 31 years with antibiotics (e.g., single dose of 1 gm azithromycin … white, 14% Latino, 13% Asian Excluded if not sexually active, not between 13-21 years old, or used antibiotics

3502. Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of C. difficile: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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3503. 043-Vap-Prevention-Notes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/043-vap-prevention-notes.docx
      October 01, 2024 - Recent guidelines on the treatment of VAP have focused on de-escalation and short-course antibiotic therapy … Intravenous antibiotic use within the past 90 days increases the risk of MRSA HAP and VAP for patients … significant reductions in hospital mortality associated with the use of topical, oral, and parenteral antibiotics

3504. Disposition of Comments for Screening of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mrsa-screening-2010_disposition-comments.pdf
      January 01, 2010 - “Some of the evidence for the effectiveness of active surveillance in controlling the spread of antibiotic … Only 43% of the patients who were known to be MRSA carriers before surgery received appropriate antibiotics … One has to wonder if not giving preoperative antibiotics effective against MRSA to patients known to … to improve patient safety) and to confounders (such as efforts to improve the appropriate use of antibiotics … intervention (i.e., turnaround time; (1) In the Harbarth study only 43% of carriers received appropriate antibiotics

3505. Using ICD-9-CM Codes in Hospital Claims Data to Detect Adverse Events in Patient Safety Surveillance (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Hougland_26.pdf
      October 01, 2011 - Poisoning by antibiotics and other anti-infectives Total % 72.2 – Inpatient 3/84 (3.6) – Causing … Adverse effects of antibiotics and other anti-infectives Total % 72.7 97.7 Inpatient 29/156 (18.6 … or greater: poisoning by agents primarily affecting blood constituents (32 percent); poisoning by antibiotics … Four distinct adverse effects of antibiotics codes (including adverse effects caused by penicillins

3506. The Evidence-Based Physical Examination as a Patient Safety Practice | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/evidence-based-physical-examination-patient-safety-practice
      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

3507. MEDICATION MANAGEMENT USING HEALTH IT FOR THE CARE OF ELDERLY PATIENTS (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medication-management-elderly-transcript-081811.pdf
      June 16, 2021 - Patient is initiated on antibiotic therapy to treat a presumed urinary tract infection. … She is not notified of the antibiotic or the previous evening by the covering physician. … The primary care physician was not aware that a new medication, the antibiotic, had been prescribed … Here the patient is prescribed an antibiotic, Cephalexin. … drug-drug interaction alerts for drugs that the patients were no longer taking, so short courses of antibiotics

3508. PowerPoint Presentation; Deep-Root Your Data
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_deep_root_data.pptx
      December 01, 2017 - Skin preparation at home x/10 (1 day of) Warmer in preoperative area x/10 Bowel preparation with antibiotics … For instance, check how often patients are appropriately redosed with the antibiotic prophylaxis.

3509. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/universalicu.pdf
      September 01, 2013 - Ethyl monate A: a semisynthetic antibiotic derived from pseudomonie acid A. … Mupirocin – A novel topical antibiotic. … An antibiotic ointment is also provided for the nose to remove common bacteria that can produce infection … Some people have raised the important issue that screening for all antibiotic-resistant pathogens is … We routinely use an antibiotic ointment in the nose to keep bacteria away to reduce the risk of infection

3510. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - If positive blood cultures, we give antibiotics as soon as possible. … if a patient complains of urinary frequency, urgency dysuria we diagnosis UTI and then again provide antibiotics … they have a Foley catheter in and they have a dirty urine, even though they feel fine, we give them antibiotics … For most of the time this would not be appropriate, they shouldn’t receive antibiotics.

3511. Rafael Borja (doc file)
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      November 04, 2014 - If positive blood cultures, we give antibiotics as soon as possible. … if a patient complains of urinary frequency, urgency dysuria we diagnosis UTI and then again provide antibiotics … they have a Foley catheter in and they have a dirty urine, even though they feel fine, we give them antibiotics … For most of the time this would not be appropriate, they shouldn’t receive antibiotics.

3512. PULMONARY with "Discussions" in Exec Summary (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pulmonary-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
      October 01, 2015 - Common treatments consist of routine use of antibiotics (oral, injected, or inhaled), anti- inflammatory … outcomes, quality of life, and longevity by reducing pulmonary exacerbations, hospitalization, and antibiotic … Point of This Intervention Patients with CF often require chronic use of inhaled, intravenous, or oral antibiotics … outcomes, quality of life, and longevity by reducing pulmonary exacerbations, hospitalizations, and antibiotic … exacerbations, leading to fewer hospitalizations, physician visits, and less need for intravenous antibiotics

3513. Draft Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/syphilis-infection-pregnant-persons
      November 19, 2024 - results from screening that require clinical evaluation, unnecessary anxiety to the patient, and harms of antibiotic … such as an allergy to treatment medications or the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction from treatment with antibiotic

3514. Meeting Minutes, July 24, 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-03-nac/nacmtg0715-minutes.html
      December 01, 2015 - AHRQ is supporting a national action plan to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, fueling research and … It is working to support the implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs in nursing homes and other

3515. Statistical Brief #145: Readmissions following Hospitalizations with Clostridium difficile Infections, 2009 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb145.pdf
      March 01, 2012 - colitis and toxic megacolon.2 Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) often occur as a complication of antibiotic … "Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea."

3516. ECRI_Penn EPC FINAL Environ Cleaning Protocol 08_21_14 CC[1] (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/healthcare-infections_research-protocol.pdf
      January 01, 2014 - an important role in the transmission of dangerous pathogens, including Clostridium difficile, and antibiotic-resistant … infection" OR enterococcus OR "vancomycin resistant enterococcus" OR "enterococcal infection")/de ((antibiotic

3517. Discussion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2017 - Pediatric measures such as immunizations, filling of prescriptions for asthma, and appropriate antibiotic

3518. ParentLink: Better and Safer Emergency Care for Children | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/parentlink-better-and-safer-emergency-care-children
      January 01, 2023 - For example, based on an inaccurate allergy history, a physician may order a second-line antibiotic with

3519. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.266_slideshow.ppt
      May 01, 2012 - Blood cultures were positive for E. coli and appropriate antibiotic therapy was initiated.

3520. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49548/psn-pdf
      October 01, 2007 - infection and thyrotoxicosis are present, routine cultures and early initiation of broad-spectrum antibiotic