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1. Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   Antibiotics Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. … Antibiotic resistance is becoming a national threat. … AHRQ's efforts for combating antibiotic-resistanct bacteria focus on promoting appropriate antibiotic … Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits

2. 6 Tk1 T4-Be Smart About Antibiotics Final (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2014 - Be Smart About Antibiotics Taking antibiotics when you don’t need them is like leaving the lights on … • Some patients and families think they are not getting good care unless they get an antibiotic and … What not to do: • Don’t ask for an antibiotic when the doctor says it isn’t needed. … • Don’t take an antibiotic for a virus (cold, cough, or flu). … The more often you use an antibiotic, the greater the chance that the germs will become resistant.

3. Reducing Harms from Unsafe Use of Antibiotics and Preventing the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Reducing Harms from Unsafe Use of Antibiotics and Preventing the Spread of Antibiotic … Unsafe antibiotic use includes obtaining and using prescription antibiotics without a prescription, using … another person's antibiotics, or using one's own stored antibiotics for a reason other than originally … Taking prescription antibiotics without a prescription increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, adverse … and penicillin, at home, with younger caregivers more likely to store and use these antibiotics.

4. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   use by getting residents the right antibiotics when they need them. … Toolkit To Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics : This toolkit … toolkit helps residents and their family members understand what the nursing home is doing to make sure antibiotics … are used properly, what the risks of taking antibiotics are, and what they can do to be engaged in decisions … Telemedicine-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Improves Prescribing, Reduces Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics

5. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)
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   October 01, 2024 - Antibiotic stewardship aims to optimize the use of antibiotics by ensuring antibiotics are prescribed … Slide 4 Some Facts About Antibiotic Use SAY: Antibiotics have revolutionized modern medicine and saved … antibiotic regimens, use of antibiotics in patients who do not have signs or symptoms of infection, … antibiotic use is to decide what antibiotics or syndromes you want to target on the unit. … On the front, the prescriber is asked to provide an indication for antibiotics, assess whether antibiotic

6. When Do You Need An Antibiotic? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2017 - When Do You Need An Antibiotic? … What is "antibiotic resistance"? … the antibiotic. … That's why it's best to use an antibiotic only when it's absolutely necessary. … Don't take an antibiotic for a virus (cold or flu).

7. Learning-From-Antibiotic-Adverse (doc file)
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   June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events An … Negative Factor Positive Factor Patient Factors Example: Family preferred antibiotics. … X Team Factors Example: Team discussion about need to start antibiotics occurred … Have we collected appropriate cultures and diagnostic tests before starting antibiotics? … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy?

8. Antibiotic-Time-Out-Tool (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic 1: Treatment day #: Antibiotic 2: Treatment day #: Antibiotic 3: Treatment … day #: Check the patient’s indication(s) for continuing antibiotics below: Antibiotic Time Out … for any of the following conditions even though antibiotics are NOT typically recommended? … Can any of the antibiotics be discontinued? … ☐ Yes ☐ No Are the antibiotics selected consistent with local guidelines?

9. Investigating Interventions to Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2024 - antibiotic use can lead to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which can make antibiotics ineffective. … Unsafe antibiotic use includes using antibiotics without a prescription, which could mean using another … person’s medication or using your own leftover antibiotics. … nonprescription antibiotic use. … , from the unsafe use of antibiotics.

10. Inappropriate Antibiotic Use | PSNet
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    September 22, 2010 - Inappropriate Antibiotic Use. PSNet [internet]. … infectious cause not covered by antibiotics. … Many physicians find it hard to limit antibiotic use when they think that broad-spectrum antibiotic coverage … How can overuse of antibiotics be prevented? … Strategies to improve antibiotic stewardship and reduce antibiotic resistance have recently been summarized

11. Antibiotic-Use-Commitment-Poster (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - No. 17(20)-0028-EF November 2019 Our institution is committed to prescribing the most appropriate antibiotics … when they are needed and to not prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed. … Please ask a member of your medical team if you have any questions about antibiotics. Thank you! … Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs but can have harmful side effects. … the individuals you believe are important to indicate your institution’s commitment to prescribing antibiotics

12. Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? Patient Brochure (English) (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? … Patient Brochure (English) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? AHRQ Pub. … Antibiotics – Patient Handout AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Antibiotics … – Patient 2 Handout AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care image1.png

13. Antibiotic and Opioid Stewardship in Dentistry | PSNet
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    December 07, 2020 - Antibiotics are a powerful tool that have made once deadly infections easily treatable. … If an antibiotic was started in the ED [emergency department], it was rare that the antibiotic was discontinued … There was more adding on layers of antibiotics versus removing antibiotics. … antibiotics, there were also groups that we really didn't have a lot of data on. … published in the US on how or why dentists prescribed antibiotics.

14. Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies … ambulatory care is essential to optimize antibiotic use and patient care. … The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Viral Acute Upper … Antibiotics Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children The Sometimes Antibiotics Diagnoses: Sinusitis … The Sometimes Antibiotics Diagnoses: Pharyngitis The Usually Antibiotics Diagnoses: Community-Acquired

15. Identifying Sepsis Phenotypes Associated with Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens Using Large Language Models and Machine Learning | Digital Healthcare Research
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    August 01, 2024 - Current guidelines recommend the immediate use of broad-spectrum antibiotics for suspected sepsis to … However, this approach often leads to the overuse of these powerful antibiotics, even when they are not … immune to the effects of antibiotics, making infections harder to treat in the future. … better antibiotic use. … Quantify the impact of overly broad vs appropriate vs overly narrow antibiotics on patient outcomes in

16. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - of antibiotics. … • The Antibiotics: When Are They Needed? … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotics-brochure-english.docx … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotics-brochure-spanish.docx … use and enhance the safety of patients receiving antibiotics.

17. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making are … whenever the need for antibiotics is being considered. … Moment 2: Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … If there is no evidence of a bacterial infection, stop antibiotics. … antibiotic use using the Four Moments Framework for patients receiving antibiotics.

18. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making … Second , what empiric antibiotics should be started? … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? Can we change to oral antibiotics? … If the resident is getting an intravenous antibiotic, can they get an oral antibiotic instead? … The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Review Form and Guide The Antibiotic Stewardship Team

19. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - and Resources Program Implementation of MRSA Prevention Fundamental Best Practices Antibiotics … are life-saving drugs, but a significant amount of antibiotics in hospital settings are prescribed inappropriately … for each patient receiving antibiotics on the unit. … The tool asks the prescriber to: (1) Track prescribed antibiotics and treatment day; (2) Record indication … for continuing antibiotics; (3) Assess whether antibiotic therapy can be stopped, narrowed, or changed

20. The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Sinusitis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Sinusitis After viewing or presenting this presentation … Describe when to treat sinusitis with antibiotics. … Describe the non-antibiotic management of sinusitis. … The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Slides (PPTX, 2 MB) The “Sometimes Antibiotics” … Handouts These handouts can be given to your patients to help them understand their infection and your antibiotic