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  1. Meeting Minutes, November 2022 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2022-11-nac/nacmtg111722-minutes.html
    July 01, 2023 - Another publication reported on the reduction in antibiotic starts associated with the AHRQ safety program … in more than 400 long-term care facilities, and an additional publication reported a reduction in antibiotic … Other discussions dealt with understanding and preventing diagnostic errors in the areas of falls and antibiotic

  2. Health Care Data Science for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/health-care-data-science-quality-improvement-and-patient-safety
    October 01, 2016 - example, a week after I had finished caring for patients in the hospital, I wanted to review my use of antibiotics … Now imagine that, instead of looking for fraud, we are looking for adverse events, such as a strange antibiotic … patients admitted with pneumonia, to assist prescribing choices regarding broad versus narrow spectrum antibiotics

  3. Procalcitonin for Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/procalcitonin/research-protocol

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49499/psn-pdf
    December 02, 2020 - patient, ordered plain films that showed no evidence of fracture or osteomyelitis, and prescribed antibiotics

  5. Spotlight Case July 2008 (ppt file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.239_slideshow.ppt
    May 01, 2011 - He was admitted to the hospital and given intravenous hydration and antibiotics.

  6. Background for AHRQ Quality Indicators

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/c3_pdi_staffpresentation.pptx
    January 01, 2006 - The need for unnecessary debridement and antibiotics. Days spent in the hospital. Death.

  7. Surgical Site Infections | PSNet

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    December 15, 2024 - Although most infections are treatable with antibiotics, SSIs remain a significant cause of morbidity

  8. 2018 National Healthcare Quality and DIsparities Report (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-final-es.pdf
    September 01, 2019 - Effective Treatment Findings on Effective Treatment Initiation of Thrombolytic Therapy for Stroke Antibiotics

  9. The Impact of Standardized Order Sets on Quality and Financial Outcomes (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Ballard_12.pdf
    February 02, 2008 - coordination consult, and a formatting change to eliminate confusion involving the separation of antibiotic … PN-3b blood culture before first antibiotic. 4. … PN-5b initial antibiotic received within 4 hours of hospital arrival. 6. … PN-6a initial antibiotic selection for community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in immunocompetent ICU patients … PN-6b initial antibiotic selection for CAP in immunocompetent non-ICU patients. 8.

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49653/psn-pdf
    May 01, 2012 - routine line replacement, removal of central lines when they are no longer needed, and using antiseptic antibiotic … and written information explaining risk / benefits and care of catheter Avoid: Use of topical antibiotic

  11. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/125-cusp-science-safety.pptx
    April 01, 2025 - The electronic hospital records failed to ‘flag’ a recent MRSA infection Marta received standard antibiotic … Marta needs intravenous antibiotic therapy for her SSI.

  12. Oral Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/colorectal-surgery-preparation/research-protocol

  13. Future Research Needs for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/c-difficile-future/research

  14. Reporting the Findings of Updated Systematic Reviews of Comparative Effectiveness: How Do Users Want To View New Information? | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/reporting-findings-updated-reviews/white-paper

  15. AHRQ Grants Policy Notices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    February 01, 2025 - NOT- HS-23-004 11/17/22 AHRQ Announces Interest in Healthcare Associated Infections and Combating Antibiotic … Funding Opportunity Large Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … ) Notice Number: NOT-HS-22-008 11/16/21  Notice of Change to Large Research Projects for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant … Principal Investigator Policy applied to Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) Prevention and Combating Antibiotic-Resistant

  16. 2013 Child Core Set Measure Retirement Process Summary of SNAC Scoring: Round II – Final Scoring (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/supplemental-materials/supplementaldoc3.pdf
    September 01, 2014 - . � Important given antibiotic resistance and no other accountability for overprescribing. � Promotes … Measure focuses on reducing inappropriate antibiotic use. … The real issue is not using antibiotics for viral infections. … Other ways to drive quality improvement to reduce antibiotics. … Need better measure for reducing antibiotic use for viral infections.

  17. Association Between Outcomes and Dental Services in People Receiving Treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Rapid Response Review (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/dental-immunodeficiency-virus-rapid-response.pdf
    May 01, 2025 - Antibiotic prophylaxis is not recommended for well-controlled HIV patients, but annual health history … They advise against routine antibiotic prophylaxis with oral health care unless deemed medically necessary … It includes guidance on important lab values and when to consult medical professionals, with antibiotic … Prevention is stressed, given the heightened susceptibility to oral diseases with HIV, and antibiotics … Prophylaxis antibiotics are not recommended consistently and are to be reserved for patient with severely

  18. AHRQ Slide Template 2009 (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/topic-refinement.ppt
    March 01, 2010 - markers, nutritional status, growth measures, bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic … turnover, nutritional status, growth measures, bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic … markers, nutritional status, growth measures, bone measures, lung function, pulmonary exacerbations, antibiotic … rhGH as an adjuvant to usual care improve health outcomes, including frequency of required intravenous antibiotic … rhGH as an adjuvant to usual care improve health outcomes, including frequency of required intravenous antibiotic

  19. National Center for Pediatric Practice Based Research & Learning - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/p30hs021645-fiks-final-report-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - • A collaborative grant between PROS and CHOP was awarded by CDC: A Novel Metric for Benchmarking Antibiotic … Outpatient Stewardship o The study uses the CER2 dataset to develop an evidence-based benchmark rate of antibiotic … This would be a tool to guide national efforts to measure outpatient antibiotic stewardship. … These R01-funded projects addressed a wide array of timely topics, including antibiotic prescribing,

  20. RESEARCH FINDINGS #49: Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were Subsequently Used to Treat COVID-19

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf49/rf49.shtml
    July 01, 2021 - Hill, PhD Highlights Albuterol (a respiratory agent) and azithromycin (an antibiotic … Albuterol (a respiratory agent) and azithromycin (an antibiotic) were the mostly widely obtained drugs … We include orally administered fills of the antibiotic azithromycin, but exclude fills obtained for ophthalmic … Azithromycin Antibiotic
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