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61. The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Sinusitis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Sinusitis After viewing or presenting this presentation … Describe when to treat sinusitis with antibiotics. … Describe the non-antibiotic management of sinusitis. … The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Sinusitis – Slides (PPTX, 2 MB) The “Sometimes Antibiotics” … Handouts These handouts can be given to your patients to help them understand their infection and your antibiotic

62. Communicating With Patients and Families About Antibiotic Decisions – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - patient or family member requesting antibiotics. … Antibiotics do not help acute bronchitis. … These may have coincided with starting antibiotics, leading the patient to falsely believe that the antibiotics … Antibiotics don’t help viruses, and viruses are quite common in children. … and the risks associated with taking antibiotics when you don’t need them.

63. Identifying-Antibiotic-Adverse-Events-Form (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Identifying Antibiotic-Associated … Adverse Events Form PURPOSE OF THIS FORM: To discuss issues that may result in unnecessary antibiotic … administration or antibiotic-associated adverse events that could negatively impact patient safety. … next patient in your unit or clinical area will be harmed by an event related to administration of antibiotics … or by receiving unnecessary antibiotics.

64. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - of antibiotics. … • The Antibiotics: When Are They Needed? … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotics-brochure-english.docx … https://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotics-brochure-spanish.docx … use and enhance the safety of patients receiving antibiotics.

65. Identifying Targets for Improving Antibiotic Use
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    November 01, 2019 - from the pharmacy to the patient Invest in machines that can house certain antibiotics on the unit … requires antibiotics? … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Can I stop antibiotics? Can I narrow therapy or change from IV to oral therapy? … The patient had a favorable response to diuresis so it is reasonable to stop his antibiotics.

66. Best Practices in the Management of Patients With Antibiotic Allergies – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Program for Improving Antibiotic Use 1 Best Practices in the Management of Patients with Antibiotic … allergies before prescribing antibiotics · Recognize types of reactions to antibiotics commonly prescribed … A family history alone should not lead to avoidance of beta-lactam antibiotics or other classes of antibiotics … of antibiotic therapy. … Document what antibiotics she has reacted to and the type of reaction as well as antibiotics she has

67. The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: ​Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: ​the Common Cold – Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: ​Viral Acute Upper Respiratory Infection: ​the Common Cold – Slides … that requires antibiotics? … We are being more careful about only prescribing antibiotics when you really need them.” … that requires antibiotics? … care and receipt of antibiotics.

68. Communicating with Patients and Families around Antibiotic Decisions - Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - 1 Effective communication with patients around antibiotics can— Improve antibiotic prescribing and reduce … Use – Ambulatory Care Misconceptions About Antibiotic Prescribing No antibiotics means reduced patient … course of illness, because antibiotics do not help acute bronchitis 9 “Antibiotics are the only thing … Antibiotics unfortunately don’t help viruses, and viruses are common in children. … and the risks associated with taking antibiotics when you don’t need them.

69. Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad | PSNet
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    January 01, 2014 - Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad. PSNet [internet]. … Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad. PSNet [internet]. … of broad-spectrum agents when narrow-spectrum antibiotics are indicated. … in which antibiotics are not usually indicated. … Public beliefs and use of antibiotics for acute respiratory illness.

70. Pneumonia-Antibiotic-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2014 - Current antibiotic dosing strategies also do not directly consider the variety of antibiotic-resistance … Given the PK/PD properties of antibiotics, clinicians can optimize the PD effects of antibiotics by … Among them are improving appropriate use of antibiotics by promoting antibiotic use only when indicated … antibiotic doses. … concepts such as using extended or prolonged infusions of time-dependent antibiotics.

71. Learn Strategies for Communicating With Colleagues, Patients, and Families About Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - One-Page Document provides a brief summary of approaches to improve communication with patients about antibiotics … The Antibiotics: When Do you Need Them? … Patient Brochure (in English and Spanish) can be provided to patients and families to explain why antibiotics … Document  (PDF, 181 KB) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? … Patient Brochure (English)  (DOCX, 318 KB) Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them?

72. Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them? Patient Brochure (Spanish) (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Antibiotics: When Do You Need Them?

73. Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - The toolkits cover a variety of interventions that nursing homes can use to improve antibiotic use. … will need a team of people to organize stewardship activities and monitor progress toward improving antibiotic … use by getting residents the right antibiotics, when they need them. … to improving antibiotic use is making sure residents only receive antibiotics when they need them. … should be used or understand the risks associated with antibiotic use.

74. pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment-protocol-130718 (pdf file)
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    July 19, 2013 - Antibiotic PD relates PK parameters to the ability of an antibiotic to kill or inhibit growth of bacterial … , clinicians can optimize the PD effects of antibiotics by altering the dosing methods for the antibiotic … Rates of antibiotic-related adverse events? … Rates of antibiotic-related adverse events? … ] OR "Anti-Bacterial Agents"[mesh]) Limits Humans English language Adults 19+ years or Adults 18

75. 48-Prep-Colorectal-Facilitator (doc file)
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    June 01, 2023 - Slide 1 Antibiotic and Mechanical Bowel Prep in the 1970s The issue of mechanical bowel prep and oral … were combined with mechanical bowel prep in the absence of intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis. … Following this, most surgeons in Europe abandoned preoperative oral antibiotic regimens. … Slide 4 Antibiotic and Mechanical Bowel Prep in the 2000s Subsequently, there have been a series of … antibiotic prophylaxis before incision.

76. Antibiotic shortages in pediatrics. | PSNet
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    September 13, 2017 - Commentary Antibiotic shortages in pediatrics. … Antibiotic Shortages in Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2018;142(5). doi:10.1542/peds.2018-0858. … This commentary highlights distinct concerns associated with disruptions in access to appropriate antibiotics … Antibiotic Shortages in Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2018;142(5). doi:10.1542/peds.2018-0858. … May 29, 2019 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

77. 6 Tk1 T3-Resident Information Sheet Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Final (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - of bacteria that cannot be treated with the antibiotics you have been taking. … What Are Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria? … Antibiotics are drugs that kill bacteria that cause infections. … When you take an antibiotic, a few of the bacteria may learn to “resist” the antibiotic and will not … ://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html FDA: Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance http://www.fda.gov

78. Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. | PSNet
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    February 27, 2019 - Study Classic Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among … Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. … Antibiotics are among the most remarkable life-saving advances of modern medicine. … Many of these antibiotics were deemed to be unnecessary, and there was wide variation seen in antibiotic … Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients.

79. Timeline for Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Ambulatory Care (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - : Communicating With Patients and Families About Antibiotic Decisions Patient handout: Antibiotics: … The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Influenza and RSV Presentation and facilitator guide Discussion … The “Never Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Acute Bronchitis Presentation and facilitator guide Discussion … The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children Presentation and facilitator … The “Usually Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Community-Acquired Pneumonia Presentation and facilitator guide

80. Communicating with Patients and Families Around Antibiotic Decisions – Practice Discussion Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Communicating with Patients and Families Around Antibiotic Decisions – Practice Discussion Guide During … What approaches should the practice consider to improve communication with patients when antibiotics … are requested for conditions for which antibiotics are not indicated? … Are there common scenarios where antibiotics are frequently requested for which the practice should develop … scripts for why antibiotics are not indicated?