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121. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2016 - Virtual visit physicians frequently prescribed antibiotics inappropriately, though this is also true … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-physicians-use-clinical-guidelines https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/inappropriate-antibiotic-use … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-behavioral-interventions-inappropriate-antibiotic-prescribing-among-primary-care

122. Standard Deviations | PSNet
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     January 01, 2006 - After having his abscess successfully drained, the patient required a 6-week course of IV antibiotics … the best of the situation, the physicians caring for the patient elected to discharge him on an oral antibiotic … the hospital that would have been more acceptable to him and would have allowed continuation of IV antibiotic … If physicians had failed to urge the patient to receive 6 weeks of IV antibiotics and explain the risks … case report tells us that "the physicians caring for the patient elected to discharge him on an oral antibiotic

123. Periodic Issue | PSNet
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     July 08, 2022 - prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Prescribing antibiotics increases the risk of resistant infections and can lead to patient harm. … The goal of the intervention was to support implementation and sustainment of antibiotic stewardship … Prescribing antibiotics increases the risk of resistant infections and can lead to patient harm. … The goal of the intervention was to support implementation and sustainment of antibiotic stewardship

124. Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals | PSNet
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     October 23, 2019 - Tools/Toolkit Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals … Citation Text: Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Acute Care Hospitals Agency for Healthcare Research … This tool kit shares training modules and tools to support a 4-point practice to improve antibiotic prescribing … URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic … February 5, 2020 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use.

125. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 11, 2019 - Prior studies of outpatient antibiotic prescribing have shown that rates of inappropriate prescribing … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/opioid-safety https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/time-day-and-decision-prescribe-antibiotics

126. Periodic Issue | PSNet
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     March 31, 2022 - the Weekly Issue Study Implementation of an antibiotic … Overuse of antibiotics has been common in nursing homes; therefore, antibiotic stewardship programs ( … Use developed programs and a toolkit to improve the appropriate use of antibiotics. … Overuse of antibiotics has been common in nursing homes; therefore, antibiotic stewardship programs ( … Use developed programs and a toolkit to improve the appropriate use of antibiotics.

127. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2009 - After having his abscess successfully drained, the patient required a 6-week course of IV antibiotics … the best of the situation, the physicians caring for the patient elected to discharge him on an oral antibiotic … the hospital that would have been more acceptable to him and would have allowed continuation of IV antibiotic … case report tells us that "the physicians caring for the patient elected to discharge him on an oral antibiotic … Although he was ambulating at that point, he still required additional IV antibiotics and lacked any

128. Delayed Recognition of a Positive Blood Culture | PSNet
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     January 29, 2020 - gram-positive rods, but the speciation (type of bacteria) and sensitivity profile (which suggests which antibiotics … The medical team ordered appropriate antibiotic treatment for C. difficile but did not initiate treatment … symptoms, the patient was discharged 2 days after admission with instructions to complete the course of antibiotics … Intravenous antibiotics were initiated for treatment of listeriosis. … gram-positive rod is a contaminant, if the culture had not speciated on the day of discharge, withholding antibiotics

129. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - The patient was suffering from multiple concurrent infections requiring intravenous antibiotics. … The patient in the room next to him was also receiving antibiotics. … Inadvertently, the antibiotics were switched at the nursing station, resulting in the administration … of Nafcillin (a penicillin-like antibiotic) to the AIDS patient, who in the past had a known anaphylactic-shock … nurse taking care of both patients realized the error after she went to give the other patient his antibiotics

130. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 26, 2022 - Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-improve-antibiotic-use-ambulatory-care Inappropriate antibiotic … This toolkit assists in simplifying the antibiotic decision-making process. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-improve-antibiotic-use-ambulatory-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue … /association-inappropriate-outpatient-pediatric-antibiotic-prescriptions-adverse-drug-events https://

131. Getting a Good Report Card: Unintended Consequences of the Public Reporting of Hospital Quality | PSNet
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     October 01, 2004 - In another example, the current standard that antibiotics should be given to patients with pneumonia … within 4 hours of arrival in the ED may result in antibiotics being given to some patients who prove … within 4 hours without exposing many other patients to antibiotics unnecessarily. … received in hospital Smoking cessation advice/counseling Appropriate Initial Antibiotic Selection … Surgical Infection Prevention Prophylactic Antibiotic Received Within 1 Hour Prior to Surgical

132. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - Rapid response systems, antibiotic stewardship and medication reconciliation: a scoping review on implementation … Rapid response systems, antibiotic stewardship and medication reconciliation: a scoping review on implementation … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rapid-response-systems-antibiotic-stewardship-and-medication-reconciliation … influencing successful implementation of three common patient safety practices: medication reconciliation, antibiotic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-stewardship-acute-care-practical-playbook https://psnet.ahrq.gov

133. Antibiotic prescribing errors in patients discharged from the pediatric emergency department. | PSNet
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     September 22, 2021 - Study Antibiotic prescribing errors in patients discharged from the pediatric emergency … Antibiotic prescribing errors in patients discharged from the pediatric emergency department. … Several factors contribute to pediatric antibiotic medication errors in the emergency department, such … with previous research and reinforce the need for further investigation and interventions to reduce antibiotic … Antibiotic prescribing errors in patients discharged from the pediatric emergency department.

134. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2020 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use Improving antibiotic use is … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer … -2010-2011 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variability-antibiotic-use-across-nursing-homes-and-risk-antibiotic-related-adverse-outcomes … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-improving-antibiotic-use-among-hospitalized-patients

135. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 30, 2022 - Antibiotic prescribing errors in patients discharged from the pediatric emergency department. … Antibiotic prescribing errors in patients discharged from the pediatric emergency department. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-prescribing-errors-patients-discharged-pediatric-emergency- … department Several factors contribute to pediatric antibiotic medication errors in the emergency department … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-prescribing-errors-patients-discharged-pediatric-emergency-department

136. The risks of the prescribing cascade. | PSNet
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     December 16, 2020 - August 11, 2021 Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic prescribing during the … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID … November 18, 2020 Two pandemics, same story: the potentially dangerous overuse of antibiotics

137. Antimicrobial stewardship and patient safety. | PSNet
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     May 15, 2024 - Antimicrobial stewardship has been highlighted as a strategy to improve antibiotic use in order to … teams, their impact in the surgical setting , and the role of nurses in ensuring appropriate use of antibiotics

138. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2006 - within 4 hours without exposing many other patients to antibiotics unnecessarily. … Discharge Instructions Smoking cessation advice/counseling Pneumonia Oxygenation Assessment Initial Antibiotic … Timing Pneumococcal Vaccination Influenza vaccination Blood culture performed prior to first antibiotic … received in hospital Smoking cessation advice/counseling Appropriate Initial Antibiotic Selection … Surgical Infection Prevention Prophylactic Antibiotic Received Within 1 Hour Prior to Surgical Incision

139. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 21, 2020 - COVID-19: an emerging threat to antibiotic stewardship in the emergency department. … COVID-19: an emerging threat to antibiotic stewardship in the emergency department. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-emerging-threat-antibiotic-stewardship-emergency-department Antimicrobial … stewardship is one strategy to  improve antibiotic use to reduce hospital-acquired infections.  … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-emerging-threat-antibiotic-stewardship-emergency-department https

140. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     August 10, 2022 - issue/decreasing-misdiagnoses-urinary-tract-infections-pediatric-emergency- department Appropriate antibiotic … prescribing is a core component of antibiotic stewardship programs to reduce the risk of antibiotic-resistant … This study assessed the rate of misdiagnosed pediatric urinary tract infections (UTI) and associated antibiotic … Using three interventions (diagnostic algorithm, callback system, standardized discharge antibiotic … prescription), misdiagnosis of UTI decreased by half, and 2,128 antibiotic days were saved.