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461. 108-Cusp-Psychological-Safety (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - A routine audit showed frequent delays in IV antibiotic administration on a hospital’s medical unit. … Several junior team members were reluctant to participate in the meetings about antibiotic administration … Each member of the team had a key role in the delivery of antibiotics. … to walk in the shoes of their colleagues to see how a series of factors can contribute to a delay in antibiotic … They collaborated and generated creative solutions to solve the antibiotic administration problem.

462. Video-Transcript-Spanish (doc file)
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     June 02, 2025 - C. diff. infections most often occur when people are taking, or have just finished taking antibiotics … , so to solve these problems, we need to use antibiotics only when necessary and work on infection control … for 5 years, and I can still remember a couple of our residents who got C. diff. infections during antibiotic … I´m very interested in decreasing the use of inappropriate antibiotics. … Can we work with the Pharmacy Staff when questions about antibiotics use come up?

463. 003-Ss-Antimicrobial-Prophylaxis-Part-2-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - The clinic can also perform an antibiotic allergy assessment. … In current SSI prevention and antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines, another concern about topical antibiotics … Listed allergies or intolerances to antibiotics are commonly encountered in U.S. healthcare settings, … This would be true for penicillins as well as the larger class of antibiotics, beta-lactams. … The pre-op clinic can also perform an antibiotic allergy assessment.

464. 5 Tk2 T2-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit Getting Started (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T2-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Getting_Started.pdf
     May 01, 2014 - The laboratory that processes your cultures will have a record of the antibiotic susceptibility tests … The remaining columns of the antibiogram are the antibiotics that were tested and the organisms’ susceptibilities … The remaining columns of the antibiogram are the antibiotics that were tested and the organisms’ susceptibilities … Of the E coli cultures tested against ciprofloxacin, 75 percent were susceptible to the antibiotic. … encourage prescribing clinicians to order more cultures for suspected infections when prescribing empiric antibiotics

465. Graphics for Section 1. Basic Measurement Information (pdf file)
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     November 26, 2013 - Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic … (unidentified variant) Hb FSV n/a Table 2: Penicillins and Erythromycins for Sickle Cell Disease Antibiotic … Erythromycin Erythromycin estolate Erythromycin ethylsuccinate Erythromycin stearate Miscellaneous antibiotics

466. Final Progress Report: Evaluation of Risk by Active Surveillance in the Emergency Department (ERASED) (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Of particular concern was antibiotic delivery for patients “boarding” in the ED. … The processes involved in getting antibiotics as an inpatient boarding in the ED, through the unit-based … UBC (Omnicell) Step 8 ED Nurse identifies patient using name and DOB FLOW CHART KEY Abx Antibiotics … Antibiotic dispensing time to ED antibiotic administration time Principal Investigator: Hall, Kendall … medication activities in the ED Incorrect ED RN review, or reconciliation, or rescheduling of antibiotics

467. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 20, 2016 - Administer timely and appropriate antibiotics preoperatively and postoperatively.1,2 Postoperative … techniques.1,9 o Hair removal with clippers, depilatory, or no hair removal at all • Prophylactic antibiotics … should be administered within 1 hour prior to surgical incision.1,2,9 • Administer appropriate antibiotic … • Surgeons • Perioperative and postoperative nursing Equipment • Dressing supplies • Appropriate antibiotics

468. Tool: OR Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/or_briefing_audit.docx
     December 01, 2017 - SPECIFIC CONTENT YES NO NA Patient Procedure Site Patient consent Antibiotics … given Antibiotics redosing time Beta blockers Airway risk Access issues

469. Operating Room Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 -       Procedure       Site       Patient consent       Antibiotics … given       Antibiotics redosing time       Beta blockers      

470. 7-Implementation-Guide (doc file)
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     June 01, 2023 - Set a goal (e.g., “preoperative oral antibiotics rate is X percent, our goal is to increase it to Y percent … Set a goal (e.g., “preoperative oral antibiotics rate is X percent, our goal is to increase it to Y percent … Set a goal (e.g., “preoperative oral antibiotics rate is X percent, our goal is to increase it to Y percent … Set a goal (e.g., “preoperative oral antibiotics rate is X percent, our goal is to increase it to Y percent … Set a goal (e.g., “preoperative oral antibiotics rate is X percent, our goal is to increase it to Y percent

471. Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Suspected infection Infection is suspected when one of the following • Orders for antibiotics OR … is documented: • Antibiotics administered OR • Orders for urine, blood or spinal culture OR • Urine

472. Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-228-tables-1-2.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Suspected infection Infection is suspected when one of the following is documented: • Orders for antibiotics … OR • Antibiotics administered OR • Orders for urine, blood or spinal culture OR • Urine, blood or

473. Section 1, Tables 1 and 2 (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Suspected infection Infection is suspected when one of the following is documented: • Orders for antibiotics … OR • Antibiotics administered OR • Orders for urine, blood or spinal culture OR • Urine, blood or

474. Appendix A, Pt. 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - The length of hospital stay, preoperative length of stay, antibiotic prophylaxis, drainage, ASA score … Improvements in the surgical environment (e.g. clean-air operating rooms, prophylactic antibiotic therapy … All patients received prophylactic antibiotics, whereas 16 were on HAART. … Prophylactic antibiotics can offset but not entirely eliminate this deficiency. … than sixty minutes before the incision or any antibiotic(s) first given after the incision, was associated

475. Facilitator Guide: Implementing Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - for the antibiotic. … Why aren’t patients receiving appropriate redosing of antibiotics? … No care provider is intentionally ignoring evidence about antibiotics and surgical site infections. … ASK: Do providers understand that antibiotic A needs to be redosed every 4 hours or that antibiotic B … If antibiotics redosing is required, is the medication readily available?

476. Learn Best Practices for Common Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/index.html
     June 01, 2021 - For information on how the materials below can be integrated into institutional efforts to improve antibiotic … use, read the Implementation Guide for Long-Term Care Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (PDF, 401.5 … health care practitioners who are making prescribing decisions and can be used as a template for local antibiotic … Resident With a Suspected Skin or Soft Tissue Infection Penicillin Allergies and Other Side Effects of Antibiotic

477. Appendix U. Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Risk Stratification and Outcome Detection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2018 - Algorithm CABG: All of the following: Presence of a post-operative culture, and Post-operative antibiotics … than 7.78 Absence of a post-operative culture and one of the following criteria:    Post-operative antibiotics … given and any post-operative leukocyte count test drawn    Post-operative antibiotics not given, … Hip Arthroplasty: All of the following: Presence of a post-operative culture, and Post-operative antibiotics … leukocyte count greater than 9,000/mm3, or C-reactive protein greater than 3mg/dL, or Any post-operative antibiotics

478. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
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     April 01, 2025 - Antibiotic prophylaxis and cardiac surgery. … Antibiotic prophylaxis and cardiac surgery. … preventing postoperative infections in total knee arthroplasty, as compared with standard postoperative antibiotics … Antibiotic prophylaxis and cardiac surgery. … preventing postoperative infections in total knee arthroplasty, as compared with standard postoperative antibiotics

479. Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2024 - Enhancing Antibiotic Stewardship in Primary Care (R01) PI: Mark Herbert Ebell Organization: University … The goal is to help reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions and the related costs and harms of … inappropriate antibiotic use. … about antibiotic prescribing and follow-up, and best practices for diagnosing and managing infectious … syndromes as well as allergies to antibiotics. 63 , 64 Patient Safety Network (PSNet) AHRQ’s PSNet is

480. Appendix E. Category Definitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Antibiotic, opioid, and other medication overuse Definition: The overuse of antibiotics and opioids … can pose long-term safety consequences for the individual as well as the community in terms of antibiotic