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1121. 027-Cusp-Program-Sustainability-Fg (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/027-cusp-program-sustainability-fg.docx
      April 01, 2025 - · Are perioperative antibiotics administered at the appropriate time?

1122. 2021 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Executive Summary (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2021qdr-final-es.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - most reflected better care for people with colon cancer and HIV and less inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics

1123. CLABSI Investigation Process: Walk the Process (Transcript) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/toolkit/content-calls/clabsi-invest.html
      April 01, 2013 - be able to identify when a patient no longer needed fluid boluses, blood transfusions, or multiple antibiotics … And those are for patients that may be going home on antibiotics or for patients that are inpatient stay … with long-term antibiotic treatment.

1124. Facilitator Guide: Deep-Rooting Your Data (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_deep_root_data_facnotes.docx
      December 01, 2017 - For instance, check how often patients are appropriately redosed with the antibiotic prophylaxis.

1125. Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-fac-notes.html
      December 01, 2017 - For instance, check how often patients are appropriately redosed with the antibiotic prophylaxis.

1126. Final Progress Report: Individualized Performance Feedback on Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practice (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/haut-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - medication prescribing, diagnostic imaging, medication reconciliation, pressure injury prevention, antibiotic … nutrition Medication reconciliation Handwashing Pressure injury prevention VTE Prevention Antibiotic

1127. Implementation Guide: MRSA and SSI Prevention (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/147-implementation-guide.pdf
      April 01, 2025 - Prophylaxis page provides educational presentations and materials on antimicrobial prophylaxis, including an Antibiotic … antimicrobial-prophylaxis.html https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/075-antibiotic-prophylaxis-summary-table.pdf

1128. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/nicu_toolkit/nicupacket.pdf
      December 01, 2013 - ■ For bacterial overgrowth, may need intermittent dosing of antibiotics that affect anaerobic bacteria … – Stomal infection requiring antibiotics (45%). … ■ Send swab for culture and treat with appropriate topical or systemic antibiotics. … Diarrhea ■ Antibiotic therapy ■ Infusion rate/ volume too high ■ Gastroenteritis ■ Low serum albumin … ■ Review antibiotic therapy. ■ Obtain stool sample for culture.

1129. Transitioning Newborns from NICU to Home: Family Information Packet (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/nicupacket.pdf
      December 01, 2013 - ■ For bacterial overgrowth, may need intermittent dosing of antibiotics that affect anaerobic bacteria … – Stomal infection requiring antibiotics (45%). … ■ Send swab for culture and treat with appropriate topical or systemic antibiotics. … Diarrhea ■ Antibiotic therapy ■ Infusion rate/ volume too high ■ Gastroenteritis ■ Low serum albumin … ■ Review antibiotic therapy. ■ Obtain stool sample for culture.

1130. Final Progress Report: Factors Associated with Effective Implementation of a Surgical Safety Checklist (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/singer-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - the checklist’s effect was achieved through adherence to basic process measures (e.g., appropriate antibiotic … room efficiency, the avoidance of errors, and adherence to existing surgical standards of care (e.g., antibiotic … For certain processes, which are not applicable in every case (e.g., antibiotic prophylaxis, compression … and five discrete procedural “checks” (e.g., Was an antibiotic given within 1 hour of incision?)

1131. Meeting Minutes, July 2019 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2019-07-nac/nacmtg0719-minutes.html
      November 01, 2019 - These have described identifying unnecessary antibiotic prescribing prior to dental procedures and redesigning … Balance is a key, such as in antibiotic stewardship, and we must get that right. Dr.

1132. Final Progress Report: The ED Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency Medicine (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/fairbanks-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - Table SA2.3: Patient documented as having allergy to penicillin (PCN) who receives a PCN-related antibiotic … 2.23% 0.61-5.62 Table SA2.4: Patient with ED diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia (PNA) receives antibiotics … all respondents felt that the emergency pharmacist was helpful in choice of medications (including antibiotics … following situations” type of staff mean score* n % 95% CI n % 95% CI n % Selection of the appropriate antibiotic

1133. Methodological Challenges in Describing Medication Dosing Errors in Children (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/McPhillips.pdf
      January 01, 2004 - A child may be prescribed an antibiotic to be taken 5 ml 3 times per day for 10 days (150 ml total) … we would have overcounted underdoses for many medications, especially psychotropic medications and antibiotics

1134. Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety Across Clinical Settings (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bates-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - If there was any question as to the reason for antibiotic prescription, the patient was not called. … electrolyte solutions, antibiotics … infection without noting that the resident is taking warfarin.1 The result may be an order for an antibiotic … Evans RS, Pestotnik SL, Classen DC, et al: A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics

1135. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereportguide.html
      September 01, 2017 - neuropathies, quadriplegia, paraplegia, hemiparesis], high-risk medications [insulin, anticoagulants, antibiotics … neuropathies, quadriplegia, paraplegia, hemiparesis], high-risk medications [insulin, anticoagulants, antibiotics … Antibiotics. Alpha blockers. Antipsychotics. Antianxiety. Sedative-hypnotics.

1136. Final Progress Report: Clinical Decision Support Simulations for Medication Administration Safety (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/moss-berner-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - orders or remind clinicians about procedures or tests that should be ordered (e.g., prophylactic antibiotics … kind of know ‘cause you would know your patient and you know, if they were septic , and all your antibiotics … A computer-assisted management program for antibiotics and other antiinfective agents.

1137. Final Progress Report: Brief, Risky, High-Benefit Procedures: Best Practice Model (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/mackenzie-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - meticulous sterile technique; 4) chest tube removal in less than 72 hours; and 5) prophylactic antibiotics … All 31 patients with empyema were treated with antibiotics and continued drainage.

1138. Indwelling Urinary Catheter Indications Facilitator Notes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urinary-catheter-indications-notes.docx
      April 01, 2022 - life-cycle” of a urinary catheter organizes targets for intervention, similar to how pharmacologists design antibiotics

1139. Prenatal Care Screening (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/perinatal/chipra-170-fullreport.pdf
      April 01, 2016 - is convincing that for pregnant women, detection of and treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria with antibiotics … from 0.29 per 1,000 live births in 1993 to 0.23 in 1998, suggesting that increased use of intrapartum antibiotics … The proportion of mothers with an indication for intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis who received them

1140. Making Healthcare Safer III: Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/exe-summary.html
      March 01, 2020 - There was moderate evidence of process measure improvement in the hospital setting, including time to antibiotics … Antimicrobial resistance has not been eliminated as a concern when using antibiotics in antibiotic lock