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81. AHRQ Views: Commemorating 35 Years as an Independent Science Agency | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and combat antibiotic-resistant … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant … Heterogeneity of benefit from earlier time-to-antibiotics for sepsis.

82. Nonadherence With Guidelines Associated With Cardiac Surgery Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - STS guidelines include timing of first dose of antibiotics, weight-adjusted dosing, redosing of antibiotics … Failure to comply with the antibiotic timing and weight-adjusted dosing guidelines was associated with

83. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcarae Meeting (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2024 - have been developed include: ▪ Blood Culture Contamination: An Overview for Infection Control and Antibiotic … Healthcare Quality Promotion o Core Elements: Based on the successful models of Core Elements of Antibiotic … https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/pdfs/fs-bloodculture-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use … /core-elements/pdfs/fs-bloodculture-508.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/pdfs/fs-bloodculture … /core-elements/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-elements/index.html https://www.cdc.gov

84. A | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 22, 2024 - Drug Events (ADE) Adverse Events Alcohol Use All-Payer Claims Ambulatory Care and Surgery Antibiotics

85. Guide To Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2017 - Appropriate antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections is a key element of antibiotic stewardship … Treatment of ASB with antibiotics is one of the leading causes for antibiotic overuse in long-term care … .12,13 Moreover, antibiotics can lead to resident harm, such as nausea, diarrhea, allergic reactions, … and antibiotic-related infections.14 Antibiotics can also wipe out healthy bacteria that can lead to … urine testing (urine cultures) is one strategy that can be used to decrease the inappropriate use of antibiotics

86. Emergency Department Workflow Diagrams (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - No ED Process for Patient with Suspected CAP (Pre- Implementation) Prescription for outpatient antibiotic … Patient with Suspected CAP (Pre-Implementation) with Data Elements Prescription for outpatient antibiotic … ED Process for Patient with Suspected CAP (Post- Implementation) Prescription for outpatient antibiotic

87. Integrating Clinical Prediction Rules into EHRs to Improve Care, Reduce Waste | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - the point of care to make evidence-based, cost-effective care decisions, such as whether to prescribe antibiotics … If you meet four out of the five, you should probably get an antibiotic, so let’s write it up. … This led to significant declines in inappropriate antibiotic and diagnostic test ordering.

88. 2021: An AHRQ Year in Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Our AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use was evaluated in more than 400 acute care hospitals … long-term care facilities, and nearly 400 ambulatory care practices and found to significantly reduce antibiotic … Participating hospitals, for example, reduced total antibiotic use by an average of 30.3 days of antibiotic

89. Collection of Microbiological Cultures (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, or upper respiratory tract infections • Prior to antibiotic … Collection of Microbiological Cultures AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Stewardship

90. Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program: Accelerating the Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices To Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Promoting antibiotic stewardship to improve antibiotic use and combat antibiotic-resistant HAIs.

91. AHRQ Tools To Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Antibiotic use:  Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals Adverse drug events: Medications

92. AHRQ Views: 20 Years of Innovation From the Digital Healthcare Research Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Topics by March 30 to Effective Health Care Program Webinar: How To Join an AHRQ Program on Improving Antibiotic … Webinar: How To Join an AHRQ Program on Improving Antibiotic Use in Telemedicine Register now to attend … informational webinar to get details on how to join the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine: Improving Antibiotic … Use, a no-cost, 18-month national program to strengthen antibiotic prescribing practices. … Guideline concordance and antibiotic-associated adverse events between Veterans Administration and non-Veterans

93. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Surveillance Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and the Overuse of Antibiotics

94. Toolkit To Reduce CAUTI and Other HAIs in Long-Term Care Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - More topics in this section Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … infection prevention best practices (e.g., foundational infection prevention strategies, CAUTI prevention, antibiotic … RELATED CONTENT Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care Page last

95. National Action Plans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2018 - National Action Plan on Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria provides a roadmap to guide the Nation … in rising to the challenge of antibiotic resistance. … It outlines steps for implementing the National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

96. Winners Selected in Challenge Competition To Create TeamSTEPPS Training Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - This is a unique opportunity to impact national efforts to advance HAI prevention and antibiotic stewardship … innovative funding opportunities; develop comprehensive improvement strategies to prevent HAIs and promote antibiotic … collaborations on priority areas with private and federal partners; and represent AHRQ’s interests in HAIs and antibiotic … Risk of misleading conclusions in observational studies of time-to-antibiotics and mortality in suspected

97. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 12, 2024 - Significant National Patient Safety Improvement July 6, 2022 New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic … Innovative Training Videos to Improve Patient Care February 28, 2022 New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic … Prioritization May Effect Equity February 26, 2021 AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic

98. Examples of Physician Quality Measures for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2019 - Avoidance of antibiotic treatment in adults with acute bronchitis. … Percentage of surgical patients who received certain medications (e.g., antibiotics, beta blockers) within

99. Clinical Decision Support Found To Improve Use of Blood Clot Prevention Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … Apply Now for Funding on Projects To Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance … funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and combat antibiotic-resistant … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant

100. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2023 - Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … Applications Due Sept. 25 and Oct. 5 for Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic … funding innovative research proposals to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and to combat antibiotic-resistant … CARB projects should address ways to promote appropriate antibiotic use, reduce the transmission of resistant