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81. New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic Use at Long-term Care Facilities Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - were on antibiotics. … Participating facilities also significantly reduced use of fluoroquinolones , a class of antibiotics … can enable organisms to develop a resistance to antibiotics, rendering them ineffective. … Significantly reduce oral antibiotic use compared with intravenous antibiotics, which is important because … oral antibiotics are used more frequently.

82. Acute Otitis Media (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/aom-one-pager.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - to pediatric otolaryngology if the child is not ill appearing but has persistent symptoms despite antibiotic … Antibiotics Antibiotics Antibiotics 6 months to < 2 years Antibiotics Antibiotics Antibiotics … Antibiotics or observation 2 years and older Antibiotics Antibiotics Consider observation … AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Acute Otitis Media 2 … Antibiotic recommendations for acute otitis media and acute bacterial sinusitis: Conundrum no more.

83. 6 Tk1 T5-Suspect A Urinary Tract Infection Brochure Ma Coalition Final (pdf file)
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    June 18, 2015 - Each time you take an antibiotic, you increase your risk of developing a resistant infection in the … The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis The overuse of antibiotics has contributed to increasing antibiotic … resistance – which is the ability of bacteria to resist the effects of an antibiotic. … “Antibiotic resistance is rising for many different pathogens that are threats to health. … Save antibiotics for when you really need them The call to reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics is

84. Pocket Cards_4 Moments (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - Ask, “Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics?” … Ask, “Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Moment 3 occurs on every subsequent day of antibiotic therapy. … Ask three questions, “Can I stop antibiotics? Can I narrow therapy? … The prescriber should ask, “Can I stop antibiotics?

85. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - and Resources Program Implementation of MRSA Prevention Fundamental Best Practices Antibiotics … are life-saving drugs, but a significant amount of antibiotics in hospital settings are prescribed inappropriately … for each patient receiving antibiotics on the unit. … The tool asks the prescriber to: (1) Track prescribed antibiotics and treatment day; (2) Record indication … for continuing antibiotics; (3) Assess whether antibiotic therapy can be stopped, narrowed, or changed

86. New Study Shows Reductions in Antibiotic Use at Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - stewardship programs—coordinated internal programs that promote the appropriate use of antibiotics. … "Antibiotics save lives—but we must use them judiciously to reduce the chance of resistance and ensure … resistance developing in microbes, rendering antibiotics useless against them. … The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making are the critical time periods to assess the need for antibiotics … ; clinicians can use the framework whenever antibiotics are being considered for treatment.

87. Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? Patient Brochure (English) (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? … Patient Brochure (English) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? AHRQ Pub. … Antibiotics – Patient Handout AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Antibiotics … – Patient 2 Handout AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care

88. Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Your Practice – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Moment One is, “Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics?” … Whether or not antibiotics are indicated, provide suggestions for symptomatic therapy. … that antibiotics don’t help and may cause bad side effects.” … those for which antibiotics are always indicated, sometimes indicated, and never indicated. … ” and “sometimes antibiotic” diagnoses who receive antibiotics could be evaluated to understand if there

89. Urinary Tract Infections
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    November 01, 2019 - infection that requires antibiotics? … for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care Sepsis Sepsis: Antibiotic Timing Antibiotics should be … infection that requires antibiotics? … . 21 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care Sepsis Narrowing Antibiotics … have an infection that requires antibiotics?

90. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Conditions (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/respiratory-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - As I have more clinical and microbiologic data available can I stop antibiotics, can I narrow antibiotics … , or can I change from intravenous to oral antibiotics? … have an infection that requires antibiotics?” … for the continued need for antibiotics is needed. … can be treated for a 5-day course of antibiotics.

91. The Never Antibiotics Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Antibiotic Use 1 The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV Ambulatory Care Slide Title … an infection that requires antibiotics?  … Antibiotics will not help. … Slide 29 The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making SAY: Let’s talk about Moment Three: If antibiotics … For RSV, antibiotics are not indicated.

92. JMU University Health Center Engages Patients through Shared Decisionmaking about Antibiotic Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Many respiratory infections are caused by viruses, not bacteria, making antibiotics an ineffective treatment … . 2 Widespread use of antibiotics for viral illnesses can promote spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria … the patient's expectations and preference for antibiotics Uses the provider's knowledge about the … "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week: Preserve the Power of Antibiotics." … "Antibiotic Resistance Questions and Answers."

93. Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Do you have any allergies to any antibiotics? Which antibiotics? 2. What was the reaction? … How soon after taking the antibiotic did the reaction occur? 3. … Have you been able to take other antibiotics? Which ones? … Document antibiotics he/she tolerated previously in the chart. 5. … Rash that appeared at least 2 days after the antibiotic started.

94. Tk2 T4 Common Suspected Infections Tools To Improve Communication And Decisionmaking (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - Slide 2 Problems With Taking Antibiotics SAY: Slide 3 Antibiotic Resistance SAY: The sad fact … Not only that, but the antibiotic development pipeline is dry. … Yet if antibiotic resistance does develop, it will limit the effective lifespan of the drug. … Other areas of antibiotic overuse are veterinary care, food production, and aquaculture. … Our last module will then provide some guidelines on antibiotic selection.

95. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    May 01, 2014 - * Quality Improvement for Antibiotic Prescribing Problems with taking antibiotics Drug resistance … Not only that, but the antibiotic development pipeline is dry. … Furthermore, because of concerns about antibiotic resistance, use of new agents is discouraged by the … Yet if antibiotic resistance does develop, it will limit the effective lifespan of the drug. … Other areas of antibiotic overuse are veterinary care, food production, and aquaculture.

96. PowerPoint Presentation
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/antibiotic-targets-slides.pptx
    June 01, 2021 - for Improving Antibiotic Use AHRQ Pub. … Forgetting to order needed cultures or diagnostic studies Prescribing antibiotics for too long Forgetting … to stop antibiotics when they are not needed Accidentally miscounting days of therapy during transitions … She is placed on intravenous antibiotics for pyelonephritis and admitted to the hospital. … 10 Describe the next patient scenario for which antibiotics may not be prescribed optimally.

97. Choosing a Stewardship Intervention and Measuring Change (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/intervention-worksheet.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - stewardship interventions can occur before antibiotics are prescribed (pre-prescription interventions … ) and after antibiotics have been started (post-prescription interventions) … started AND to reassess the need for continued antibiotics after they are started … of antibiotic therapy  Use of guideline-concordant antibiotics  Clostridioides difficile LabID events … • Pocket cards distributed to staff indicating minimum criteria for starting antibiotics.

98. Identifying-Antibiotic-Adverse-Events-Form (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Identifying Antibiotic-Associated … Adverse Events Form PURPOSE OF THIS FORM: To discuss issues that may result in unnecessary antibiotic … administration or antibiotic-associated adverse events that could negatively impact patient safety. … next patient in your unit or clinical area will be harmed by an event related to administration of antibiotics … or by receiving unnecessary antibiotics.

99. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - as patients who did receive antibiotics (in blue). … have an infection that requires antibiotics? … appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Ask yourself: Can I stop antibiotics? … or no antibiotics.

100. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2022 - Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making are … Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … Before prescribing antibiotics, ensure that the patient has signs and symptoms suggesting a bacterial … patients have symptoms that are not consistent with an infection or are consistent with a viral infection; antibiotics … If antibiotics are indicated, what is the narrowest, safest, and shortest regimen I can prescribe?