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1. Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of C. difficile: Current State of the Evidence | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   December 01, 2019 - Efforts to prevent CDI include antimicrobial stewardship, the use of infection-control strategies such … Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials … Prevention of CDI : Strategies such as antibiotic stewardship and handwashing campaigns may help prevent … Antibiotic Stewardship 6 Appropriate prescribing practices were associated with decreased CDI.

2. Pneumonia-Antibiotic-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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   November 01, 2014 - Antibiotic stewardship programs have several goals. … has been suggested as a strategy for antibiotic stewardship programs to employ to improve antibiotic … stewardship refer to PK and PD considerations as important parts of antimicrobial stewardship.38 … Policy statement on antimicrobial stewardship by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America … When pharmacodynamics trump costs: an antimicrobial stewardship program’s approach to selecting optimal

3. FRN 29: Future Research Needs on Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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   August 01, 2014 - role of procalcitonin to existing antibiotic stewardship programs and clinical practice guidelines … , nor did it address whether addition of procalcitonin to an antibiotic stewardship program improves … , nor did it address whether addition of procalcitonin to an antibiotic stewardship program improves … Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic stewardship in lower respiratory tract infections. …   A major priority is impact of antibiotic stewardship programs vs. alternatives e.g.,

4. Procalcitonin Executive (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2012 - Antibiotic stewardship programs are now recommended for all institutions, and guidelines are available … for how they should function.41 Antibiotic stewardship programs are associated with reduced antibiotic … stewardship programs, nor does it address whether the addition of procalcitonin to an antibiotic stewardship … Antibiotic stewardship activities are usually limited to the acute-care hospital setting. … stewardship programs • Antibiotic stewardship programs compared with and without procalcitonin guidance

5. Rapid Evidence Product: No-Touch Modalities for Disinfecting Patient Rooms in Acute Care Settings (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2022 - stewardship, hand hygiene) that could affect patient infection rates. 6 Evidence … stewardship) potentially affecting CDI. … stewardship. … stewardship, compliance with hand hygiene and isolation precautions) that potentially could affect … stewardship), which may have affected infection rates.

6. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Final Report on Prioritization of Patient Safety Practices for a New Rapid Review or Rapid Response | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   January 01, 2024 - Review, or systematic review by the Making Healthcare Safer Team Patient Safety Practices Recommendation Antimicrobial … stewardship Systematic review Handoff protocols Rapid review Opioid stewardship Rapid review Transmission-based

7. No-Touch Modalities for Disinfecting Patient Rooms in Acute Care Settings: A Rapid Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   October 01, 2020 - quality-improvement interventions initiated around or during the study period and other potential confounders (e.g., antimicrobial … stewardship, compliance with hand hygiene and isolation precautions) that could potentially affect infection

8. Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), Candida auris | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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9. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Review: Prevention in Adults of Infection With Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (pdf file)
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   April 01, 2024 - gloves and gowns), and appropriate room cleaning/environmental decontamination.63 The rationales for antibiotic … pressure from antibiotics, but we will defer further discussion to our colleagues who are focusing on antibiotic … stewardship in a separate chapter of MHS IV. … Antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention interventions targeting healthcare-associated Clostridioides … Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial Stewardship.

10. Disposition of Comments for CER 172 Clostridium Difficile Diagnosis Prevention Treatment (pdf file)
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    March 29, 2016 - Reviewer #1 Introduction p.9, line 50-51, would change “eliminating the offending antibiotic” to “antimicrobial … stewardship” because this approach is not all about stopping antibiotics. … stewardship or other leadership making decisions regarding testing and treatment policies. … The phrase has been replaced with “antimicrobial stewardship.” … stewardship, I am concerned that your search strategy will leave out studies.

11. EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review (pdf file)
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    August 04, 2023 - EHC Protocol: Addressing Social Isolation To Improve Health of Older Adults: A Rapid Evidence Review 1 Evidence-based Practice Center Rapid Response Protocol Project Title: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Methic…

12. Use of a Clinical Pathway To Facilitate the Translation and Utilization of AHRQ EPC Report Findings | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 01, 2020 - the development of a clinical pathway, including experts from infectious diseases, infection control, antimicrobial … stewardship, pharmacy, hospital medicine, and the UPHS CDI initiative, as well as clinical informatics

13. Template for Reports Developed (pdf file)
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    October 26, 2012 - stewardship programs, on clinical outcomes in non-outbreak settings? … stewardship. … stewardship) on reducing CDI rates in non-outbreak settings 18. … stewardship programs, on clinical outcomes in non-outbreak settings? … What is the incremental impact of various prevention strategies (especially antibiotic stewardship)

14. Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2019 - prescribing; clinician audit plus feedback; financial or regulatory incentives for clinicians or patients; antimicrobial … stewardship programs Educational Clinic-based patient or parent education about when antibiotics

15. C-Diff-Infections-Surveillance-140925 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - The authors concluded that the findings of this study support the overall principles of antimicrobial … stewardship. 37

16. Making Healthcare Safer IV Rapid Response_Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2024 - The hospitals did not have an antimicrobial stewardship program. … An antibiotic stewardship program was also employed. … Infection prevention versus antimicrobial stewardship: Does nasal povidone-iodine interfere with methicillin-resistant

17. Disposition of Comments Report for Procalcitonin-Guides Antibiotic Therapy (pdf file)
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    October 05, 2012 - More and more institutions are implementing antibiotic stewardship programs. … Antibiotic stewardship programs were not reviewed and were not a focus of this review. … Although antibiotic stewardship programs would be a good comparator, there were no RCT’s comparing PCT … guidance to antibiotic stewardship programs. … While the benefit, and the urgency, of antibiotic stewardship is recognized, the present evidence does

18. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - antibiotics, vaccines, and other therapeutics; strengthening surveillance of resistance; and enhancing antibiotic … stewardship strategies.4 The problem of inappropriate antibiotic use may be biggest for uncomplicated … stewardship programs, and pharmacist review … However, a very recent systematic review of outpatient antimicrobial stewardship programs that had a … Antimicrobial stewardship in outpatient settings: a systematic review.

19. Interventions to Improve Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    December 01, 2020 - strep, RSV (-, white blood cell, chest x-ray, pulse oximetry, blood gasses), clinical prediction rules, antimicrobial … stewardship programs, risk assessment/prognostic diagnosis, and pharmacist review Outcomes: ED visits … electronic), clinician audit and feedback, financial or regulatory incentives for clinicians or patients, antimicrobial … stewardship programs, pharmacist review Multifaceted approaches that include numerous elements of

20. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Clinician (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - prescribing; clinician audit plus feedback; financial or regulatory incentives for clinicians or patients; antimicrobial … stewardship programs Educational Clinic-based patient or parent education about when antibiotics may