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1101. Final Progress Report: Improving Patient Safety by Reducing Medication Errors (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/strom2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - with the development of acute renal failure (ARF) in hospital inpatients receiving aminoglycoside antibiotics … Medication errors are frequently associated with antibiotics and were the leading cause of potential … Key Words: acute renal failure, aminoglycosides, medication error, antibiotics, inpatient Project … coherent view of patients’ medications; pharmacy inventory displays mistaken for dosage guidelines; antibiotic

1102. Meeting Minutes, July 24, 2015 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2015-03-nac/nacmtg0715-minutes.html
      December 01, 2015 - AHRQ is supporting a national action plan to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria, fueling research and … It is working to support the implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs in nursing homes and other

1103. Final Progress Report: Advancing Quality Measurement and Care Improvement with Health Information Exchange (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/shapiro-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - return included an elderly patient with urinary tract infection who was initially discharged without antibiotics … Effect of emergency department crowding on time to antibiotics in patients admitted with community-acquired

1104. Facilitator Guide: Optimize Your Briefings and Debriefings (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_opt_briefings_facnotes.docx
      December 01, 2017 - ASK: Do we have enough of the right type of antibiotics on hand? … Ensure the operating room is sterile and that prophylactic antibiotics and beta blocker plans are communicated

1105. Optimize Briefings and Debriefings: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/opt-briefings-fac-notes.html
      December 01, 2017 - Ask: Do we have enough of the right type of antibiotics on hand? … Ensure the operating room is sterile and that prophylactic antibiotics and beta blocker plans are communicated

1106. MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI Next Page Table of Contents MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases The Evidence for MRSA Decolonization Nasal Decolonization Use of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antis…

1107. The Emergency Department & Catheter Insertions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/ed-catheter-insertions-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - catheter Slide 33 Reducing inappropriate placements reduces Infection rates Cost Antibiotics

1108. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/monitoring-vae-facguide.docx
      January 01, 2017 - combination would indicate a pneumonia, and an initial reaction would be to prescribe broad spectrum antibiotics

1109. Central Venous Catheter Maintenance Facilitator Notes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/central-catheter-maintenance-notes.docx
      April 01, 2022 - The central venous catheter continues to be used for antibiotics and for blood withdrawal for lab testing

1110. Universal ICU Decolonization: An Enhanced Protocol (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/universalicu.pdf
      September 01, 2013 - Ethyl monate A: a semisynthetic antibiotic derived from pseudomonie acid A. … Mupirocin – A novel topical antibiotic. … An antibiotic ointment is also provided for the nose to remove common bacteria that can produce infection … Some people have raised the important issue that screening for all antibiotic-resistant pathogens is … We routinely use an antibiotic ointment in the nose to keep bacteria away to reduce the risk of infection

1111. Practice and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-improvement.html
      May 01, 2024 - Implementing Telemedicine to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for  Acute Respiratory Tract … the management of acute respiratory tract infections, including reducing inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics

1112. Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Resources From AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/954.html
      April 01, 2025 - with artificial airways: expert consensus statements from the BrighT STAR (Testing STewardship for Antibiotic

1113. PowerPoint Presentation
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/090-decolonization-implementation.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - Nasal iodophor antiseptic vs nasal mupirocin antibiotic in the setting of chlorhexidine bathing to prevent

1114. Presentation: Designing a Scorecard for Sustainability
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_sustscorecard.pptx
      December 01, 2017 - <80% 80–90% >90% How often was the appropriate antibiotic redosed at the appropriate time?

1115. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/040-ss-training-clinic-patient-ed.pptx
      April 01, 2025 - Mupirocin is a topical antibiotic that is effective against bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus

1116. CAHPS QI The Case for Improving Patient Experience (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/The_Case_for_Improving_Patient_Experience_-2011_10_01_Transcript.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - , he makes the choice to have very tough conversations with parents around things like for example antibiotic

1117. Chapter 3. Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi3.html
      April 01, 2018 - We were unable to locate data on antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours. … experience was unable to be collected; and second, the algorithm was run without including postdischarge antibiotic

1118. Engaging the Nurse, Physician, Patient/Family, CUSP- Learn From Defects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/engaging-nurse-physician-patient-slides.html
      August 01, 2018 - The physician ordered a course of antibiotics.

1119. Appendix B. Clinical Materials to Share With Primary Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apb.html
      December 01, 2013 - For bacterial overgrowth, may need intermittent dosing of antibiotics that affect anaerobic bacteria.

1120. Appendix B. Clinical Materials to Share With Primary Care Providers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/nicu/packet/apb.html
      December 01, 2013 - For bacterial overgrowth, may need intermittent dosing of antibiotics that affect anaerobic bacteria.