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3621. Slide Presentation: Contact Precautions for MRSA Prevention
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/016-contact-precautions-webinar-slides.pptx
      October 01, 2024 - Optimizing contact precautions to curb the spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria in hospitals: a multicenter … Universal glove and gown use and acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the ICU: a randomized

3622. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/interimhacrate2014_cx.pdf
      November 19, 2015 - part of this initiative, AHRQ is actively targeting current challenges such as diagnostic error and antibiotic … 17,000 0.52 MPSMS (2014) Hospital-Acquired VRE 11,000 0.34 MPSMS (2014) Hospital-Acquired Antibiotic-Associated

3623. Saving Lives and Saving Money: Hospital-Acquired Conditions Update - Interim Data From National Efforts To Make Care Safer, 2010-2014 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/interimhacrate2014_2.pdf
      November 19, 2015 - part of this initiative, AHRQ is actively targeting current challenges such as diagnostic error and antibiotic … 17,000 0.52 MPSMS (2014) Hospital-Acquired VRE 11,000 0.34 MPSMS (2014) Hospital-Acquired Antibiotic-Associated

3624. Ch 4-User-Guide-To-Ocer 130129 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - For example, in a study of the comparative effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotic … gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, the primary exposures of interest are proton pump inhibitors and the antibiotics … For example, if evaluating the comparative effectiveness of antibiotics for the treatment of acute

3625. Cer-238-Cervical-Ripening-Appendix-E-2 (xls file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-238-cervical-ripening-appendix-e-2.xlsx
      January 01, 2017 - 71.33% (107/150) RR 1.08 (95% CI 0.95 to 1.24) Infection (all admitted to NICU): -Unconfirmed sepsis (antibiotics … NR Infection (neonatal suspected sepsis: ≥1 symptom, 1 abnormal lab test, and antibiotic response): … 1/70) vs. 0% (0/94) RR 4.01 (95% CI 0.17 to 97.09) Intrapartum infection (≥2 of the following with antibiotic … post-ripening score" Infection: 4.76% (1/21) vs. 0% (0/21) (1 neonate in outpatient group received antibiotic … 1500 ml: 1.89% (5/265) vs. 1.12% (3/269) RR 1.69 (95% CI 0.41 to 7.01) Uterine infection (intrapartum antibiotics

3626. AHRQ National Advisory Council (NAC) Meeting Minutes from November 17, 2021 (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/nac/nac-meeting-minutes-2021-nov.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - At the end of September, AHRQ’s Ambulatory Care Cohort in the Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic … Use reported significant decreases in antibiotic prescriptions, despite COVID-19 challenges.

3627. Meeting Minutes, July 2021 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      December 01, 2021 - Brady reported that AHRQ had released a toolkit to improve antibiotic use in long-term care settings. … emphasized AHRQ’s programs for reducing hospital (or healthcare)-acquired infections (HAIs) and combating antibiotic-resistant

3628. A Laceration that Needed a Proper Exam, Not an X-Ray | PSNet
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      November 25, 2020 - acceptable to provide wound care (i.e., copious irrigation, exploration, skin closure, and tetanus and antibiotic … should be managed with copious irrigation, exploration, skin closure, and if indicated, tetanus and antibiotic

3629. Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities, Module 1 (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2012 - An antibiotic was started. … Even with the antibiotic, her bowel movements continued to be liquid and frequent over the next week … A’s diarrhea is not improving after several days of antibiotics.

3630. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-132-fullreport.pdf
      January 23, 2017 - Most of the study was carried out prior to the use of prophylactic antibiotics, which today is a standard … an SCD diagnosis to the family enables health care providers to offer preventive measures, such as antibiotics … Providers can proactively prescribe antibiotics to ward off overwhelming bacterial infections.

3631. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865373/psn-pdf
      March 27, 2024 - The clinician might already be moving the patient to the ICU and may have started antibiotics. … pharmacy and therapeutics committees at hospitals continually looking at this information, monitoring antibiotic

3632. Redesigning Primary Health Care Teams for Population Health and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/redesigningprimaryhealthcareteams.html
      November 01, 2017 - weeks ahead of patient's scheduled visit), the CTMA: Updates and resolves medications such as antibiotics … Addiction Antibiotic use Asthma Care management Choosing Wisely (patient education) Chronic

3633. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      September 04, 2018 - congenital syphilis, and neonatal death.5,6 Parenteral benzathine penicillin G is the only recommended antibiotic … - mary and secondary syphilis during pregnancy and cannot be miti- gated with a different choice of antibiotic … because the review was primarily focused on screening, it did not address the efficacy of alternative antibiotic

3634. In Conversation with…Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD | PSNet
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      June 01, 2005 - For example, consider a 2001 study in which rotating the antibiotics used in an intensive care unit was … Impact of a rotating empiric antibiotic schedule on infectious mortality in an intensive care unit.

3635. Making It Work Tip Sheet: Managing Urinary Retention and Catheterization in Intensive Care Unit Patients With Primary Neurologic Disorders (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2022 - • Consider the use of silver or antibiotic-coated urinary catheters only for unique patient situations

3636. Discussion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2017 - Pediatric measures such as immunizations, filling of prescriptions for asthma, and appropriate antibiotic

3637. ParentLink: Better and Safer Emergency Care for Children | Digital Healthcare Research
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      January 01, 2023 - For example, based on an inaccurate allergy history, a physician may order a second-line antibiotic with

3638. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49548/psn-pdf
      October 01, 2007 - infection and thyrotoxicosis are present, routine cultures and early initiation of broad-spectrum antibiotic

3639. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49503/psn-pdf
      February 01, 2006 - After his acute hospitalization, he was transferred to a skilled nursing unit to complete antibiotic

3640. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Chlorhexidine for Bathing (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-chg-bathing.pdf
      March 01, 2022 - protects patients with medical devices from bloodstream infection, and also reduces the risk of having antibiotic-resistant