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3381. Background Report for the Request for Public Comment on Initial, Recommended Core Set of Children's Healthcare Quality Measures for Voluntary Use by Medicaid and CHIP Programs (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - Most URIs are time-limited and, if viral, cannot be cured with antibiotics. 14. … An eligible episode is an outpatient visit with a diagnosis of pharyngitis at which an antibiotic was … The purpose of the measure is to reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics by ensuring that antibiotics … As with pharyngitis, opportunities for inappropriate antibiotic use are frequent. … 14 Pharyngitis - appropriate testing related to antibiotic dispensing A strep test was

3382. PRCCSR-ChangeLog-v20221-v20231 (xls file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/PRCCSR-ChangeLog-v20221-v20231.xlsx
      November 01, 2022 - Anti-infective into Mouth and Pharynx, External Approach, New Technology Group 8 ADM015 Administration of antibiotics … Anti-infective into Upper GI, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, New Technology Group 8 ADM015 Administration of antibiotics … Anti-infective into Lower GI, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, New Technology Group 8 ADM015 Administration of antibiotics

3383. On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits (pdf file)
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      November 30, 2013 - . *** High-risk medications include insulin, anticoagulants, antibiotics, alpha blockers, antipsychotics … neuropathies, quadriplegia, paraplegia, hemiparesis), high-risk medications (insulin, anticoagulants, antibiotics … Paraplegia (334.1) o Hemiparesis (342.9; 438.2) • High-risk medications: o Insulin o Anticoagulants o Antibiotics

3384. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      March 15, 2025 - decision support systems address activities ranging from the selection of medications (e.g., the optimal antibiotic

3385. AHRQ: A Brief History | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2025 - AHRQ's HAI Program has since funded groundbreaking research in combating HAIs, promoting antibiotic

3386. Facilitating a Deliberative Session: Transcript (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/deliberative-methods-facilitation-transcript.pdf
      May 29, 2025 - In conducting a focus group the background information might be something like this: Antibiotics are … But it’s very difficult saying no to patients who are convinced that they need an antibiotic. … and the educational approach, or information, that will gain patients’ cooperation in not overusing antibiotics … Should there be more specific limits on how doctors use antibiotics? … And so it can start out fun, and then she got into antibiotic use, so making the questions a bit more

3387. Module 3: Conversations Around Device Necessity Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module3-speaker-notes.html
      February 01, 2023 - In addition, antibiotic treatment for the CAUTI can put the patient at risk for multiple drug-resistant

3388. Gaps Identified | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      March 01, 2017 - On the other hand, medication prescription, management, drug interactions, and adherence (57.4%) and antibiotic

3389. Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2017 - Preventing infection: Your doctor may give you a prescription for an antibiotic to take before your

3390. The Forgotten Line | PSNet
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      March 11, 2011 - 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

3391. Monitoring Ventilator-Associated Events: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      February 01, 2017 - Toward improved surveillance: the impact of ventilator-associated complications on length of stay and antibiotic … Toward improved surveillance: the impact of ventilator-associated complications on length of stay and antibiotic

3392. Continuing Education | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - He was discharged with antibiotic prescriptions, but returned three days later with worsening symptoms … including pain, swelling, and pus, leading to additional foreign material being removed and further antibiotic

3393. National Web-Based Teleconference on Health IT: Quality Metrics and Measurement (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/quality-metrics-slides-042811.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - Informant Interviews • DDI alerts are generally infrequent • Not all DDI alerts clinically relevant – Antibiotics … User generally wish the system would differentiate between serious DDI alerts and common DDI alerts (antibiotics … all sites Approximately 64,000 unduplicated patients • Many of DDIs were related to Warfarin and antibiotic

3394. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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      July 29, 2020 - She was admitted and started on antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia. … The patient was therefore diuresed and continued on antibiotics. … She was discharged home after a four-day hospitalization to complete her antibiotic course; she was

3395. Statistical Brief #123: Clostridium difficile Infections (CDI) in Hospital Stays, 2009 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb124.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - pseudomembranous colitis and toxic megacolon.2 C. difficile infections (CDI) often occur as a complication of antibiotic … developing CDI.4 CDI is often associated with hospitalized patients5 who are frequently exposed to antibiotics … ―Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea.‖ New England Journal of Medicine. 2002; 346(5): 334–349. 2 Cohen

3396. 040-Mrsa-Surveillance-Notes (doc file)
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      October 01, 2024 - Slide 18 Antibiotic Treatment Selection SAY: MRSA surveillance provides information about MRSA colonization … For more information, please access the Antibiotic Stewardship section of the Toolkit website Slide

3397. CLABSI Event Reporting Tool (doc file)
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      April 01, 2022 - environmental cleaning in an occupied bed, or if a multidrug-resistant organism, you may want to examine antibiotic … Urine Culture Practices in the ICU; Antibiotic Stewardship; Practical ICU Tools; Using Results from the

3398. Comparison Tables for Making Healthcare Safer Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      June 01, 2025 - Patient Safety Practices MHS I (2001) MHS II (2013) MHS III (2020) MHS IV (2023-24) Impact of Changes in Antibiotic … Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence Impact of Changes in Antibiotic

3399. Meeting Minutes, March 2020 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      August 01, 2020 - Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) was used in a safety implementation program for improving antibiotic … use and resulted in reduced antibiotic use in 400 hospitals.

3400. Pre-COVID-19 Retail Use and Expenditures for Drugs That Were Subsequently Used to Treat COVID-19 (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf49/rf49.pdf
      December 04, 2020 - Highlights • Albuterol (a respiratory agent) and azithromycin (an antibiotic) were the mostly widely … 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 … 4,525,098 182,163 3.30 0.06 262.99 8.03 Azithromycin Antibiotic