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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/infection-after-carpal-tunnel-surgery
May 28, 2014 - ED physicians diagnosed an infection, prescribed antibiotics, and told the patient to schedule an appointment … technique, 8,9 where the surgery is performed, 10–12 or whether or not patients receive perioperative antibiotics … distinguished from deep infections, as the former can usually be treated with suture removal and oral antibiotics … Rate of infection after carpal tunnel release surgery and effect of antibiotic prophylaxis. … Perioperative antibiotics for carpal tunnel surgery.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/shared-mdis-can-cross-contamination-be-avoided
May 03, 2023 - July 9, 2014
Prompting physicians to address a daily checklist for antibiotics: do we
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/color-care
June 28, 2023 - September 16, 2020
Two pandemics, same story: the potentially dangerous overuse of antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/teamwork-toolkit
July 21, 2021 - March 10, 2021
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. … December 7, 2016
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40800/psn-pdf
December 09, 2014 - i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management-systems-primary
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/diagnostic-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/antibiotics-urisinusitis-simple-decision-gone-bad
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-nursing-led-intervention-bundle-bedside-checklist-reduce-mortality-during-initial
May 05, 2010 - March 24, 2019
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- … July 20, 2022
Association of a Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with antibiotic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effectiveness-information-technology-intervention-improve-prophylactic-antibacterial-use
September 01, 2016 - standardized order set within a computerized provider order entry system improved appropriateness of antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-preoperative-team-briefing-new-communication-routine-results-improved-clinical
April 06, 2011 - briefing was associated with a significant improvement in the timely administration of perioperative antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50931/psn-pdf
February 26, 2020 - Antibiotics were changed to vancomycin, levofloxacin, and—due to the
presence of hyphae on thoracentesis—anidulafungin … Antibiotic and antifungal medications were continued. … esophageal perforation focuses on drainage (nasogastric and pleural space), fluid
resuscitation, and early antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-care-associated-infections
December 15, 2024 - Preventing transmission of C. difficile and antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant … Strategies to prevent C. difficile infections primarily involve limiting antibiotic use (a major cause … of these infections), particularly through antibiotic stewardship programs, preventing patient-to-patient … Toolkits to help hospitals establish antibiotic stewardship programs directed to C. difficile have … Prevention of transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria follows similar principles.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-view-2004-isqsh-national-survey
July 20, 2022 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic … prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … December 24, 2008
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60233/psn-pdf
April 15, 2020 - identifying-safety-hazards-associated-intravenous-vancomycin-through-
analysis-patient-safety
Intravenous vancomycin is an antibiotic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-reevaluate
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-improving-antibiotic-use-among-hospitalized-patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/between-demarcation-and-discretion-medical-administrative-boundary-locus-safety-high-volume
June 14, 2017 - June 14, 2017
Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory … January 20, 2016
Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-rapid-response-team-outcome-patients-transferred-ward-icu-single-center-study
May 27, 2011 - September 23, 2020
Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing … September 29, 2017
Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nature-adverse-events-hospitalized-patients-results-harvard-medical-practice-study-ii
February 18, 2011 - August 20, 2018
Racial differences in antibiotic prescribing by primary care pediatricians … January 23, 2017
Receipt of antibiotics in hospitalized patients and risk for Clostridium
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49553/psn-pdf
January 01, 2008 - The
patient was hospitalized, seen by a different infectious disease specialist, and started on IV antibiotics … Repeat blood cultures (drawn before
antibiotics were begun) remained negative. … The patient was clinically stable, so the antibiotics were
stopped and the patient was discharged to … by peripheral venipuncture.(12-14) Fourth, modern
blood culture systems and media that incorporate antibiotic-binding … When both the imaging studies and repeat blood cultures prior to antibiotics were
negative, treatment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/comanagement-whos-charge
July 01, 2011 - The orthopedic resident did not communicate these findings to the hospitalist, nor did he start antibiotics … He was started on broad-spectrum antibiotics; however, the patient's respiratory status continued to … It was believed that the delay in diagnosis of pneumonia and initiation of antibiotics may have contributed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/australian-commission-safety-and-quality-health-care
January 27, 2015 - January 27, 2015
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 … September 29, 2021
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/people-color-long-covid-face-uphill-battle-be-heard
August 24, 2022 - September 16, 2020
Two pandemics, same story: the potentially dangerous overuse of antibiotics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/weak-oversight-allows-lab-failures-put-patients-risk
June 12, 2019 - February 19, 2020
Two pandemics, same story: the potentially dangerous overuse of antibiotics