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3361. Treating and Preventing C. difficile Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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3362. Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of C. difficile: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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3363. CHII Costs (ppt file)
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      January 01, 2013 - Practices” Hannah Before Intervention After Benefits ER with Bronchial infection MD prescribed an antibiotic … complications Hannah’s mother is off work for three days EHR CDS DSS PI MD attempts to prescribe antibiotic … DSS system alerts MD of allergy Different antibiotic prescribed No complications Hannah’s health

3364. Patient-Centered Postoperative Wound Surveillance Using Current Technology - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs023395-kent-final-report-2017.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - If diagnosed at an early stage, SSI can be treated in the outpatient setting with oral antibiotics and … wound care, precluding the need for readmission, intravenous antibiotics, and reintervention. … The focus of these interventions has been on the surgical procedure itself employing appropriate antibiotics … surgeons spoke with the inpatient team at the other facility to coordinate appropriate wound care and an antibiotic … was detected by the protocol, and he was sent to the emergency room, where he received appropriate antibiotic

3365. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4n_combo_iqi-mortalityreview-bestpractices.pdf
      May 20, 2016 - • Blood cultures performed in the emergency department prior to initial antibiotic receipt in hospital … • Initial antibiotic selection for community-acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent patient.

3366. Preventing CAUTI: What to Do When it’s Time for Plan B (November 4, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-plan-b-transcript.html
      December 01, 2017 - If positive blood cultures, we give antibiotics as soon as possible. … if a patient complains of urinary frequency, urgency dysuria we diagnosis UTI and then again provide antibiotics … they have a Foley catheter in and they have a dirty urine, even though they feel fine, we give them antibiotics … For most of the time this would not be appropriate, they shouldn’t receive antibiotics.

3367. Rafael Borja (doc file)
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      November 04, 2014 - If positive blood cultures, we give antibiotics as soon as possible. … if a patient complains of urinary frequency, urgency dysuria we diagnosis UTI and then again provide antibiotics … they have a Foley catheter in and they have a dirty urine, even though they feel fine, we give them antibiotics … For most of the time this would not be appropriate, they shouldn’t receive antibiotics.

3368. Safe Practices for Better Health Care (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Kizer1.pdf
      April 01, 2004 - surgical procedure for his or her risk of surgical site infection (SSI), and implement appropriate antibiotic … Use of antibiotic impregnated catheters (e.g., coated with minocycline and rifampin) instead of standard … Use of selective digestive tract decontamination (i.e., the use of nonabsorbable antibiotics topically

3369. CVC Removal: A Procedure Like Any Other | PSNet
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      October 01, 2018 - Behçet disease and recurrent liver abscesses was admitted to the hospital for a prolonged intravenous antibiotic … After completion of the antibiotic course, the CVC was removed and the patient was discharged 30 minutes

3370. Appendix G. References for Fault Tree Model Probability Estimates | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      October 01, 2018 - conservative estimate, implying this is done 10% of the time) Event182 Fail to administer indicated antibiotics … pt (surgical procedure puts pt at higher risk) 0.2 Best guess Event644 Fail to readmin (antibiotics

3371. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-infection-prevention-mdro-protocol.pdf
      July 01, 2023 - itself (e.g. hospital rooms and beds), contact with other patients and healthcare workers, exposure to antibiotics … prior contact with healthcare systems, or by evolution of a non-resistant pathogen during exposure to antibiotics

3372. What Happened on Telemetry? | PSNet
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      January 18, 2012 - She was given intravenous fluids and antibiotics. … The nurse checked to make sure the patient had received the intravenous fluids and antibiotics.

3373. Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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3374. Appendix A. Teleconferences with AHRQ & CDC | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapa.html
      April 01, 2018 - Antibiotics Measure of antibiotic use should be broken into two factors Preop antibiotic … use Preop antibiotic DC timing Cardiac surgeries have DC time of 48 hrs.

3375. Clinician Survey on Quality Improvement, Best Practice Guidelines and Information Technology (pdf file)
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      June 16, 2021 - These guidelines include recommendations on administering antibiotics, influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations

3376. Leveraging Cultural Change to Reduce Urinary Catheter Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/leveraging-cultural-change-slides.html
      December 01, 2017 - We started a peripheral IV and antibiotics. She’s also complained of some nausea and vomited once.

3377. Ventilator-Associated Event Surveillance: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/vae/surveillance-slides.html
      February 01, 2017 - No new antibiotics. Diagnosis: Pulmonary edema. Opportunities for improvement?

3378. Preventing Device-Associated Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/phys-championsgd/section4.html
      October 01, 2015 - and are used in patients who may require intravenous access for more than a week (e.g., intravenous antibiotics

3379. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 276: Diagnosis and Managment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders in Children (pdf file)
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      December 06, 2024 - Evidence relating to the diagnostic criteria for PANS/PANDAS, and treatment of these patients with antibiotics

3380. AHRQ Views: Feeling Energized After Another Successful AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/921.html
      July 01, 2024 - Barriers and facilitators to guideline concordant dental antibiotic prescribing in the United States: