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3301. Bundling Clinical Preventive Services: A Review of Definitions and Concepts from the Literature (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/bundlingcps.pdf
      March 01, 2014 - In this context, several antibiotics administered together or a combination of antibiotic treatment

3302. Final Progress Report: A Memory-Based Approach to Reducing Medication Errors (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kazi-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - (e.g., administering sliding scale insulin), and after waiting for a delay (e.g., administering an antibiotic … medication-related tasks that you must remember to perform after waiting for a delay (e.g., administering an antibiotic … medication-related tasks that you must remember to perform after waiting for a delay (e.g., administering an antibiotic … medication-related tasks that you must remember to perform after waiting for a delay (e.g., administering an antibiotic

3303. Appendix F. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/measure_retirementapf.html
      February 01, 2014 - For example, the measure does not target inappropriate antibiotic use and may increase unnecessary testing … One SNAC member suggested that a better measure for reducing antibiotic use for viral infections is needed

3304. Updated Information on the Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate: 2011 and 2012 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/updatedhacrateinfo.pdf
      June 01, 2014 - 15,000 0.46 9,400 0.29 MPSMS Hospital-Acquired VRE 4,800 0.15 3,400 0.10 MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Antibiotic-Associated

3305. Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/clabsi.html
      November 01, 2024 - Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic

3306. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Interventions to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-acquired Pneumonia (NV-HAP) for Inpatients (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-iv-nv-hap-protocol.pdf
      August 05, 2024 - elevation, stress-ulcer prophylaxis, education of patients and caregivers and staff, prophylactic antibiotics … Interventions to prevent pneumonia in inpatients who are not on mechanical ventilators: • Systemic antibiotic … intervention • Ventilator-associated pneumonia, other outcomes (e.g., cost, patient satisfaction, antibiotics

3307. Cap 2 Firstpass
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      November 01, 2016 - Evidence from case studies and expert opinion, in soime instances , therapy recommendations come from antibiotic

3308. Index of CUSP Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/cusp-tools-resources.html
      October 01, 2024 - Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic

3309. Lost in Sign Out and Documentation | PSNet
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      January 31, 2011 - The use of antimicrobial stewardship to help de-escalate the use of antibiotics in the ICU is an example … infusions Name and contact of substitute decision maker Tracheostomy care (if applicable) Antibiotic

3310. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2005 - For example, consider a 2001 study in which rotating the antibiotics used in an intensive care unit … Impact of a rotating empiric antibiotic schedule on infectious mortality in an intensive care unit.

3311. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/xw8Xj4Bts4yaj_ZaBjCuer
      May 01, 2009 - false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, unnecessary anxiety to the patient, and harms of antibiotic … Evidence on the effi- cacy or safety of alternative antibiotics in pregnancy is lim- ited; therefore,

3312. The Hidden Harms of Hand Sanitizer | PSNet
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      March 04, 2020 - Hand sanitizers containing high concentrations of ethanol (60%–95%) are very effective antibacterial … agents, significantly more effective than lower ethanol or nonethanol based sanitizers. … Wristband July 1, 2003 WebM&M Cases Inappropriate Antibiotic

3313. Coaching-Checklist (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/coaching-checklist.docx
      June 02, 2025 - · Patient’s name · Surgical procedure to be performed · Surgical site · Antibiotic prophylaxis been

3314. Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/decolonize-patients.html
      October 01, 2024 - Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic

3315. Adverse Events in Dentistry | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/adverse-events-dentistry
      December 22, 2020 - KH : We recently spoke with an another researcher who was doing work around antibiotic and opioid stewardship … re not exposed to - you're not necessarily told to be aware of the opioid use disorder piece or the antibiotic … Ensuring Device Safety May 28, 2020 Perspective Antibiotic … Walji, PhD December 22, 2020 Perspective Antibiotic

3316. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
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      May 01, 2017 - timeout Patient’s name Planned surgical procedure matches listing on the consent form Surgical site Has antibiotic … Known allergies Essential imaging Antibiotic prophylaxis Is it a safety step you might not have … Iodine/tinted prep – Doesn’t belong on a checklist Antibiotic prophylaxis – Does belong on a checklist

3317. Meeting Minutes, March 2021 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2021-03-nac/nacmtg031821-minutes.html
      July 01, 2021 - An AHRQ-supported study of acute care and antibiotic use in applying a safety program found antibiotic … cautioned that, in some cases, telehealth is not appropriate and might be associated with increases in antibiotic

3318. Clostridium difficile Infection Update | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/c-difficile-update/research-protocol

3319. In Conversation With… Abraham Verghese, MD | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-abraham-verghese-md
      November 01, 2012 - had alternative diagnoses such as eczema or lymphedema, thus avoiding unnecessary hospitalization and antibiotics … pneumonia, decisions to discharge the patient, based just on vital signs, shorten duration of intravenous antibiotics … Effectiveness of early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics in severe community acquired pneumonia

3320. The Evidence-Based Physical Examination as a Patient Safety Practice | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/evidence-based-physical-examination-patient-safety-practice
      November 01, 2012 - had alternative diagnoses such as eczema or lymphedema, thus avoiding unnecessary hospitalization and antibiotics … pneumonia, decisions to discharge the patient, based just on vital signs, shorten duration of intravenous antibiotics … Effectiveness of early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics in severe community acquired pneumonia