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1. Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2009 - 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. The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Pharyngitis – Slides
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   September 01, 2022 - The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Pharyngitis – Slides AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … that requires antibiotics? … Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making 4 Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics … that requires antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics?

3. The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Slides
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   September 01, 2022 - The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Slides AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … of Antibiotic Decision Making Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics? … that requires antibiotics?

4. 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).

5. Antibiotic Side Effects (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2021 - Antibiotic Side Effects Risk of antibiotic side effects and adverse reactions • Antibiotic use is … (5–25%) • Antibiotics can lead to nephrotoxicity (damage to kidneys), neurotoxicity (damage to central … and/or peripheral nervous system), skin reactions such as rashes, or yeast infections • Antibiotics … Meta- analysis of antibiotics and the risk of community- associated Clostridium difficile infection. … Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection and antibiotics: a meta-analysis.

6. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
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   November 01, 2019 - of antibiotics is not entirely benign! … one antibiotic during their hospital stay.1 Approximately 30-50% of antibiotics hospitalized patients … Use – Patient Safety Issue AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 6 Antibiotics … Care 7 Antibiotics & Clostridiodes difficile Antibiotics can increase the risk of Clostridiodes difficile … The Infectious Diseases Society of America’s 10 x ’20 Initiative (Ten new systemic antibacterial agents

7. 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

8. Team-Antibiotic-Review-Form (doc file)
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   November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Team Antibiotic Review Form *Questions 1–6 should … Question 2: Record antibiotic regimen and indication below: Antibiotic: Indication: Antibiotic … : Indication: Antibiotic: Indication: Antibiotic: Indication: Moment ONE Question … ☐ Yes ☐ No 2 Team Antibiotic Review Form AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – … Moment THREE Question 7: Are antibiotics still needed?

9. The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Pharyngitis – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
   www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/pharyngitis-guide.docx
   September 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Use 1 The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Pharyngitis Ambulatory Care Slide Title … Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics?  2. … an infection that requires antibiotics? … Does this patient require antibiotics? … Slide 12 The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making SAY: Moment Three is: If antibiotics are

10. The Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Use 1 The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis Ambulatory Care Slide Title and … and · Describe the non-antibiotic management of sinusitis  Slide 2 The Four Moments of Antibiotic … Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics?  2. … infection that requires antibiotics? … Slide 11 The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision-Making SAY: Moment Three is: If antibiotics are

11. Completion Guide_Team Antibiotic Review Form (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - Completion Guide_Team Antibiotic Review Form AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use … Day of antibiotic therapy: For the antibiotic or antibiotic regimen you are evaluating, day 1 is the … Antibiotic regimen and indication: Include all antibiotics that the patient is receiving. … • If the patient has a reported antibiotic allergy but the specific antibiotic was not recorded or … Day of antibiotic therapy: Question 2. Antibiotic regimen and indication: Question 3.

12. When Do You Need An Antibiotic? (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2017 - When Do You Need An Antibiotic? When Do You Need An Antibiotic? … What is “antibiotic resistance”? … to 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).

13. Decreasing Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing to Improve Patient Safety and Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2018 - Grantee Profile Decreasing Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing to Improve Patient Safety and Care … Appropriate prescribing of antibiotics has been a key focus of research by Jeffrey A. … are usually caused by viruses, which don’t respond to antibiotics.  … Antibiotics are generally only used for an ARI if it’s known that bacteria are causing the infection. … The more antibiotics are used, the more bacteria become resistant to them.   Dr.

14. 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

15. Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Five potential health problems can occur as a result of taking an antibiotic. 1. … But side effects vary a lot from person to person, and from antibiotic to antibiotic. 3. … Antibiotic resistance Antibiotics kill bacteria. Sometimes not all of the bacteria are killed. … In other words, the more often you use an antibiotic, the greater the chance that the antibiotic won … As bacteria become more resistant to antibiotics, it becomes harder to find effective antibiotics.

16. Antibiotic-Patient-Safety-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue … Slide 3 Antibiotic Development Is on the Decline SAY: Antibiotics are a precious resource. … For all of us, using antibiotics judiciously is critical to making sure antibiotics continue to remain … Slide 5 Antibiotics Alter the Bacteria in the Gut SAY: When people take antibiotics to treat an … Slide 6 Antibiotics & Clostridioides difficile SAY: After taking an antibiotic, people are at greater

17. Antibiotic-Targets-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Identifying Targets To Improve Antibiotic Use Long-Term … · Prescribing antibiotics for too long · Forgetting to stop antibiotics when they are not needed · Accidentally … It’s been 2–3 days since we started antibiotics. … Can we stop antibiotics? Can we narrow therapy? … She met criteria for empiric antibiotics.

18. 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.

19. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - antibiotic prescribing practices in the ambulatory care setting Slide 2 The Importance of Antibiotics … SAY: The discovery of antibiotics has led to countless lives being saved compared to the pre-antibiotic … Slide 4 Antibiotic Overuse SAY: At least 30 percent of all antibiotics prescribed in ambulatory practices … It is susceptible to all tested antibiotics. … for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Antibiotics & Clostridioides difficile 12 • Virtually

20. 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.