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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-COPD.pdf
June 02, 2021 - associated with COPD exacerbations and are usually limited to residents with COPD who
have had extensive antibiotic … to prescribing antibiotics to residents with mild COPD
exacerbations.2
• Empiric treatment1,2
− … Exacerbations
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Antibiotic
prescribing choices and their comparative C. difficile
infection risks: a longitudinal case-cohort … Prophylactic
antibiotic therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD).
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-changes-visits-and-antibiotic-prescribing-during-agency-healthcare-research-and
March 10, 2021 - Study
Assessment of changes in visits and antibiotic prescribing during the Agency … and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic. … Prescribing antibiotics increases the risk of resistant infections and can lead to patient harm. … and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic. … October 7, 2020
Time of day and the decision to prescribe antibiotics.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-cellulitis.docx
June 01, 2021 - and drainage of abscess is essential
· For an uncomplicated skin abscess with minimal cellulitis, antibiotics … are of modest benefit once the abscess is drained
· Antibiotics are recommended for residents with— … fasciitis should receive care in an acute care setting where they can receive empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics … Duration
· 5–7 days if clincial response by day 31-3,8,9
References
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Choosing Wisely: Don’t routinely use antibiotics to treat bilateral swelling and redness of the lower
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-inappropriate-outpatient-pediatric-antibiotic-prescriptions-adverse-drug-events
March 05, 2008 - Review
Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions … Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions with adverse drug events and … Inappropriately prescribing antibiotics for non-bacterial infections remains common in outpatient settings … This analysis of antibiotics prescribed to more than 2.8 million children showed more than 30% of children … with bacterial infection, and 4%-70% of children with viral infection were inappropriately prescribed antibiotics
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/index.html
Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of antibiotics … Choose the Right Antibiotic
Three toolkits describe how to work with a lab and use an antibiogram. … Toolkits
The toolkits cover a variety of interventions that nursing homes can use to improve antibiotic … Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics … Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic
Educate and Engage Residents and
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapamattabs.html
April 01, 2018 - prostheses (constrained and hinged)
Comorbidities (increased Charlson index)
Lack of use of antibiotic … Intraoperative
Surgical factors
Prophylactic antibiotics
Skin preparation
Draping … Charging scalpel blades
Antibiotic irrigation solution
Bleeding control
… Antibiotic cement
Skin closure
Dressing
Surgical team
Gloves
Personalized … Dealing with persistent draining wounds
Late
Antibiotics before dental, genitourinary
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - 3
The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making
Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics … Antibiotic Decision Making
4
Does my patient have an infection that requires antibiotics? … infection that requires antibiotics? … infection that requires antibiotics? … infection that requires antibiotics?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0138-section-6a.pdf
December 01, 2013 -
Q‐METRIC Sickle Cell Disease Measure 3: Appropriate Antibiotic … Scientific Soundness
VI.A Reliability
Figure 1: Provision of Antibiotic Prescriptions, 300‐Day Rate … CAROLINA
TEXAS
Note: The first rate for Measure 3, the percentage of eligible children who received antibiotics …
Figure 2: Provision of Antibiotic … Cell Disease Measure 3 Reliability in Six States (Percentage of Children in State with SCD Receiving Antibiotics
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/posters.html
June 01, 2021 - Minimum Criteria for Initiation of Antibiotics for Suspected UTI, and When To Send a Urinalysis and Urine … Culture (8 x 11, one-sided) (PDF, 202.3 KB)
Minimum Criteria for Initiation of Antibiotics for Suspected
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72564/psn-pdf
November 14, 2018 - Antibiotics are a powerful tool that have made once deadly infections easily treatable. … However,
overuse of antibiotics can lead to bacterial resistance, in which bacteria that were once responsive … Many of these prescriptions are suspected to be inappropriate
or unnecessary,4 ,5 such as antibiotics … The American Heart Association has also
published recommendations regarding antibiotics prior to dental … Dentists’ prescribing of antibiotics and opioids to Medicare Part D
beneficiaries: Medications of high
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh7.html
April 01, 2018 - Surgery
Description
CABG
Presence of both postoperative culture and postoperative antibiotics … 67.3
Absence of a postoperative culture and one of the following criteria:
Postoperative antibiotics … given and any postoperative leukocyte count test drawn
Postoperative antibiotics not given, but the … count is not less than 9.45
THA
Presence of a postoperative culture and postoperative antibiotics
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/antibiotic-audit.html
December 01, 2017 - This tool will help your safety program team understand how appropriately you are using prophylactic antibiotics … (Leave the Antibiotic 2 subsection blank if only one antibiotic was used throughout the case.) … (Leave the Antibiotic 2 subsection blank if only one antibiotic was used throughout the case.) … Question 15: Assess if the antibiotics clindamycin or cefotetan were redosed during the case. … If the antibiotics were redosed, determine and document if the difference in time between the first antibiotic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T4-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_How_to_Enter_Data_Manually_into_an_Antibiogram_Template.doc
May 01, 2014 - (%) susceptibilities based on 20 isolates should still give a general idea of how effective various antibiotics … Only include percent (%) susceptibilities for antibiotics where at least 70 percent of the isolates were … Different isolates of an organism are not always tested for susceptibilities to the exact same antibiotics … Because of this uncertainty, we recommend you only include percent (%) susceptibilities for antibiotics … So, in the example, percent (%) susceptibilities for antibiotics which about 20 or more E. coli isolates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-antibiotic-stewardship-program-long-term-care-facilities-across-us
July 20, 2022 - Study
Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program in long-term care facilities … Overuse of antibiotics has been common in nursing homes; therefore, antibiotic stewardship programs … Use developed programs and a toolkit to improve the appropriate use of antibiotics. … prescribing during the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … July 20, 2022
Association of a Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use with antibiotic
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/copd-research-protocol.pdf
April 11, 2018 - ,
where safely possible, to reduce potential harms including development of antibiotic
resistance, … Antibiotic therapy in exacerbations of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. … Antibiotic treatment in exacerbations of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease: Recent trial
results … 2 Receptor Agonists/ or exp
Cholinergic Antagonists/ or exp Phosphodiesterase 4 Inhibitors/ or exp Antibiotic … Prophylaxis/ or exp Anti-Bacterial Agents/ or exp antibiotic agent/ or exp
Benzodiazepines/ or exp
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments/posters.html
June 01, 2021 - The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Posters
Posters can be reproduced for posting … The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Explained (PDF, 170.3 KB)
The Four Moments of Antibiotic … Making Poster for workstations (small) (PDF, 122.2 KB)
The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making … Poster as a pocket card (PDF, 137.5 KB)
Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making With Associated … Four Questions To Ask Your Doctor or Nurse About Antibiotics (PDF, 194 KB)
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836710/psn-pdf
March 09, 2022 - Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program in
long-term care facilities across the US. … across-us
Overuse of antibiotics has been common in nursing homes; therefore, antibiotic stewardship … Use developed programs and a toolkit to improve
the appropriate use of antibiotics. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variability-antibiotic-use-across-nursing-homes-and-risk-antibiotic-related-adverse-outcomes … /ahrq-safety-program-improving-antibiotic-use
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-improve-antibiotic-use-acute-care-hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-resistant-infection-treatment-costs-have-doubled-2002-now-exceeding-2-billion
July 02, 2019 - Study
Classic
Antibiotic-resistant infection treatment … Antibiotic-Resistant Infection Treatment Costs Have Doubled Since 2002, Now Exceeding $2 Billion Annually … , primarily driven by overuse of antibiotics for treatment of nonbacterial illnesses. … , and they add approximately $1,400 to the cost of care for each patient with an antibiotic-resistant … August 10, 2022
Could Efforts to Fight the Coronavirus Lead to Overuse of Antibiotics
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/build-ssi-bundle-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Emerging evidence:
Antibiotics redosing and weight-based dosing. … The first column titled Antibiotics Practices includes rows that describe different antibiotic practices … Antibiotics were weight-adjusted in 552 or 56.8% of cases (n=972). … Utilization of mechanical bowel preparation with oral antibiotics. … Standardize antibiotics redosing:
Maintain therapeutic antibiotic serum levels throughout procedure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-stewardship-acute-care-practical-playbook
August 02, 2017 - Book/Report
Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care: A Practical Playbook. … Citation Text:
Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care: A Practical Playbook. … Antimicrobial stewardship has been promoted as a strategy to improve patient safety by reducing overuse of antibiotics … Linkedin
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Two pandemics, same story: the potentially dangerous overuse of antibiotics