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61. AHRQ-Funded Studies Highlight Dental Antibiotic Prescribing Trends | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Today's Headlines: AHRQ-Funded Studies Highlight Dental Antibiotic Prescribing Trends . … AHRQ-Funded Studies Highlight Dental Antibiotic Prescribing Trends Although overall dental antibiotic … prescribing rose by 1,313 antibiotics per every 1,000 dentists annually in the Northeast. … Antibiotic prescribing rates increased significantly among oral and maxillofacial surgeons, prosthodontists … VA settings were slightly better at assessing errors in antibiotic duration or dosing. 

62. AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - project is a national effort to develop and implement a bundle of evidence-based interventions to improve antibiotic … Program for Telemedicine will work directly with healthcare providers to ensure the appropriate use of antibiotics … matter experts in the following areas: Understanding the science of safety and how it applies to antibiotic … Designing and implementing interventions to improve antibiotic use within a telemedicine setting. … participants in this 4-year project will be compiled into a toolkit, allowing other providers to improve antibiotic

63. Develop and Improve Your Stewardship Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/index.html
    September 01, 2021 - use, read the Implementation Guide for Long-Term Care Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (PDF, 402 KB … Developing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program (presentation) Tracking and Measuring Antibiotic Use ( … communication about the potential risks and benefits to antibiotic use. … Use “Sustaining Your Antibiotic Stewardship Program Guide,” in the list below, as a guide to sustain … your antibiotic stewardship program and continue to build on your team’s successes.

64. Improving Communication and Teamwork Around Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2019 - Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Home Antibiotic … SHARE: More topics in this section Antibiotic … prescribing using The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making framework Slides (PPTX) Facilitator … Guide (PDF) Team Antibiotic Review Form Antibiotic Time Out Tool (DOCX) … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/communication.html  

65. Staff-Safety-Assessment (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Staff Safety Assessment PURPOSE OF THIS FORM: … To discuss issues that may result in antibiotic-associated adverse events or have the potential to cause … you think the next resident at your facility will be harmed by an event related to administration of antibiotics

66. Technical Specifications for Section II. Detailed Measure Specifications (pdf file)
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    November 26, 2013 - Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic … Detailed Measure Specifications Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis … of children with a newborn screen positive for sickle cell disease (SCD) who received appropriate antibiotic … Erythromycin  Erythromycin estolate  Erythromycin ethylsuccinate  Erythromycin stearate Miscellaneous antibiotics … Numerator Eligible children who received appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis at ≤ 90 days of age.

67. Diagnostic Errors Are Common in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Neonatal Antibiotic Stewardship Associated With Drop in Pediatric Antibiotic Use . … Enroll Now for Program on Improving Antibiotic Use in Telemedicine . … Neonatal Antibiotic Stewardship Associated With Drop in Pediatric Antibiotic Use Antibiotic stewardship … Researchers assessing trends in antibiotic use among nearly 1.4 million infants admitted to 735 U.S. … electronic health records, are designed to help clinicians make decisions such as whether to prescribe antibiotics

68. AHRQ's Healthcare-Associated Infections Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - Toolkits To Improve Antibiotic Use Three toolkits that help hospitals, long-term care facilities, and … ambulatory practices apply the Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making to improve antibiotic use. … stewardship program, determine if it’s necessary to treat a resident with antibiotics, help clinicians … select the right antibiotic, and engage residents and families in infection prevention. … Universal Glove and Gown Use and Acquisition of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the ICU: A Randomized

69. AHRQ Evidence Reviews: Catalysts for Practice Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Moreover, patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis treated with antibiotics had the same outcomes as … those not treated with antibiotics, currently a standard treatment for the condition. … That includes adverse effects resulting from the unnecessary use of antibiotics, like Clostridium difficile … infections and antibiotic resistance.

70. Develop and Improve Your Stewardship Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Stewardship Program (Part 1) Antibiotic Stewardship Program (Part 2) Effective Behavior … Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use. … Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development (Part 1) Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development (Part … The Role of the Bedside Nurse in Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions How Can Your Antibiotic Stewardship … All ASPs should be making daily interventions to improve antibiotic use; the Team Antibiotic Review Form

71. Choosing an Intervention and Measuring Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/intervention.html
    June 01, 2021 - Careers Contact Us Español FAQs Home Antibiotic … The Staff Safety Assessment Form and the Learning from Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Form … The Monthly Data Collection Form can help track antibiotic use, urine cultures, and Clostridioides … Staff Safety Assessment Form (DOCX, 330.3 KB) Learning From Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events Form … https://www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/improve/intervention.html  

72. Section 1, Tables 1 to 3 (pdf file)
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    April 25, 2018 - 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 … acute organ dysfunction 995.94 Bacteremia 790.7 Septic shock 785.52 Table 3: Parenteral Antibiotics

73. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2021 - Antimicrobial Stewardship Modules are field-tested, evidence-based modules that can help nursing homes develop antibiotic … stewardship programs to help them use and prescribe antibiotics appropriately. … Appropriate antibiotics use can reduce antimicrobial resistance and help retain the effectiveness of … Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care helps nursing homes improve antibiotic stewardship

74. Graphics for Section 6A. Scientific Soundness (pdf file)
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    November 26, 2013 -   Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic … Reliability Table 5: Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2 (Percentage of Children in State with SCD Receiving Antibiotics

75. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Evaluate compliance by using process measures such as door- to-antibiotic time; share reports regularly … o Administer antibiotics within 1 hour of sepsis recognition. … the start of antibiotics. … • Develop a systemwide antibiotic policy and/or procedure that includes type, dosing, initiation, … Quality and Safety 4 Tool D.4h o Evaluate compliance by using process measures such as door-to-antibiotic

76. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Evaluate compliance by using process measures such as door- to-antibiotic time; share reports regularly … o Administer antibiotics within 1 hour of sepsis recognition. … the start of antibiotics. … • Develop a systemwide antibiotic policy and/or procedure that includes type, dosing, initiation, … Quality and Safety 4 Tool D.4v o Evaluate compliance by using process measures such as door-to-antibiotic

77. Graphics for Section 6B, Validity (pdf file)
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    November 26, 2013 -                         Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2: Timeliness of Antibiotic … Validation Testing for Sickle Cell Disease Measure 2 (Percentage of Children in State with SCD Receiving Antibiotics

78. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 17, 2016 - Administer timely and appropriate antibiotics preoperatively and postoperatively.3,4 Use appropriate … o Hair removal with clippers, depilatory, or no hair removal at all • Ensure that prophylactic antibiotics … are administered within 1 hour prior to surgical incision.3,4,8 • Administer appropriate antibiotic … surgeons • Perioperative and postoperative nursing Equipment • Dressing supplies • Appropriate antibiotics

79. Spanish Language Infection-Prevention and Antibiotic-Use Tools for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - Topics Information in Spanish Spanish Language Infection-Prevention and Antibiotic-Use … SHARE: Spanish Language Infection-Prevention and Antibiotic-Use … These Spanish-language resources can educate patients about healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic … They are located in the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Ambulatory Care . … (PDF, 234 KB) Bronquitis aguda (Resfriado de pecho)  (PDF, 1 MB) Antibiotic commitment poster (en

80. Appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis for children with sickle cell disease | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - Home Pediatric Quality Measures Program PQMP Measures Appropriate antibiotic … Measure Implementation & Quality Improvement PQMP Grantees Appropriate antibiotic … Conditions Measure Sub-Domain:  Sickle Cell Treatment PQMP COE:  Q-METRIC Associated NQF # and Name:  3166, Antibiotic … reviewed August 2021 Page originally created August 2021 Internet Citation: Appropriate antibiotic … https://www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/scd-antibiotic-prophylaxis.html