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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-systems-level-factors-and-hand-hygiene-adherence
September 28, 2011 - View More 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Lessons learned from a national hospital antibiotic … stewardship implementation project. … July 1, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Antimicrobial stewardship and patient safety.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43410/psn-pdf
August 20, 2014 - antibiotic-prescribing-practice-residential-aged-care-facilities-health-care-providers
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-reduction-clostridium-difficile-infections-through-antimicrobial-stewardship
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46994/psn-pdf
October 31, 2018 - health information technology tools, pharmacists are
increasingly engaged in medication order review, antimicrobial … stewardship, and opioid safety projects.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/receipt-antibiotics-hospitalized-patients-and-risk-clostridium-difficile-infection-subsequent
September 29, 2017 - This finding highlights the importance of both  antibiotic stewardship programs  and environmental approaches … February 27, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The expanding role of antimicrobial stewardship programs in hospitals
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-02/final_spotlight_opat_powerpoint_01102020_tocme.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Infectious Diseases 
consultation or referral to an OPAT team. 
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Take-Home Points
• OPAT involves antimicrobial … stewardship, so the first step 
is always to assess need for parenteral antibiotics … Antibiotic stewardship and early discharge from hospital: impact of a structured approach to 
antimicrobial
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-tools-improving-safety-point-care-0
September 08, 2021 - January 2, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/amphotericin-toxicity
April 01, 2014 - dispensing errors, they do not eliminate problems with confusion during the prescription phase.( 6 )   An antimicrobial … stewardship program with a prior approval mechanism may have also prevented this medication error. … Antimicrobial stewardship programs that have a step-wise approach to promoting appropriate drug selection … Implementation of a care bundle for antimicrobial stewardship.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44203/psn-pdf
August 04, 2015 - variability-antibiotic-use-across-nursing-homes-and-risk-antibiotic-related-adverse-outcomes
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toolkit-reduction-clostridium-difficile-infections-through-antimicrobial-stewardship
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-improving-antibiotic-use-among-hospitalized-patients
February 27, 2019 - The CDC recommends that all hospitals implement  antibiotic stewardship  programs, and this article provides … Alison Holmes spoke about infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship in a recent AHRQ WebM&M
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clostridium-difficile-infection-united-states-national-study-assessing-preventive-practices
July 03, 2014 - hospitals in the United States reported using  C. difficile  prevention measures, with the exception of  antibiotic … stewardship , which was in place at about half of hospitals surveyed. … June 22, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Effect of communication errors during calls to an antimicrobial stewardship
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72564/psn-pdf
November 14, 2018 - Antibiotic Stewardship
provides a core framework for outpatient clinicians. … The ADA has an antibiotic stewardship reference page dentists
may consult, as well clinical practice … What is Antibiotic Stewardship – and How Does it Work? The Pew Charitable Trusts. … Successful implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program in
an academic dental practice. … Challenges and research priorities to progress the impact of
antimicrobial stewardship.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50929/psn-pdf
February 26, 2020 - Take-Home Points
OPAT involves antimicrobial stewardship, so the first step is always to ask if the … Antibiotic stewardship and early discharge from hospital:
impact of a structured approach to antimicrobial
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-medication-errors-surgical-prescription-charts
April 17, 2024 - June 1, 2011 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Antimicrobial prescription errors in hospitalized children: role of antimicrobial … stewardship program in detection and intervention.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nqf-safe-practices-2010-updates
July 14, 2010 - May 4, 2010 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Antimicrobial prescription errors in hospitalized children: role of antimicrobial … stewardship program in detection and intervention.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/one-only-campaign
April 06, 2022 - November 16, 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nurses-antimicrobial-stewards-recognition-confidence-and-organizational-factors-across-nine
August 15, 2012 - There is a scarcity of literature on the role  nurses  play in  antibiotic stewardship  (AS).
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/escape-room
April 30, 2024 - April 18, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/creating-culture-safety-opioid-prescribing-handbook-healthcare-executives
May 01, 2023 - March 14, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Toolkit for Reduction of Clostridium difficile Infections Through Antimicrobial … Stewardship.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-diagnosis-pneumonia-among-hospitalized-adults
July 17, 2024 - July 17, 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Changes in perceptions of antibiotic stewardship among neonatal intensive … May 18, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program in long-term care facilities
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/minimising-medication-errors-children
August 04, 2021 - August 22, 2009 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Antimicrobial prescription errors in hospitalized children: role of antimicrobial … stewardship program in detection and intervention.