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121. Resources by Safety Topic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2025 - AHRQ Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide This resource provides field-tested, evidence-based … modules that can help nursing homes develop antibiotic stewardship programs to help them use and prescribe … in Acute Care Hospitals This toolkit provides guidance for hospitals on developing and improving an antibiotic … stewardship program, creating a culture of safety around antibiotic prescribing, communicating with … CDC Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Hospitals, Outpatient Care, Nursing Homes, and Resource-Limited

122. 5 Tk1 T5-Sample Policy Letter Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Toolkit 1.

123. 5 Tk1 T5-Sample Policy Letter Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic Toolkit

124. New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic Use at Long-term Care Facilities Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2022 - Antibiotic stewardship programs (ASPs) are designed to address this by promoting the appropriate use … toolkit includes resources, webinars, and practical tools that frontline staff can use to incorporate antibiotic … stewardship principles into routine decision making through a novel framework called the Four Moments

125. The Importance of MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2024 - Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic … Stewardship Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship Index of Clinical Topics The Comprehensive

126. The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form A facility's antibiotic stewardship team

127. Environmental Cleaning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2025 - Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI) Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia: VAP & NV-HAP Antibiotic … Stewardship Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship Index of Clinical Topics The Comprehensive

128. Choosing an Intervention and Measuring Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - Change A decision on an intervention should be informed by input from frontline staff and the antibiotic … stewardship team.

129. General Implementation Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - The Gap Analysis helps identify activities that are fundamental to an antibiotic stewardship program

130. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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     October 01, 2024 - MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship Fundamental Best Practices Antibiotic … Stewardship Blood Culture Stewardship These practices don’t fit into any one of the four key strategic … Effects of national antibiotic stewardship and infection control strategies on hospital-associated and … Blood Culture Contamination: An Overview For Infection Control And Antibiotic Stewardship Programs Working

131. 5 Tk3 P3T4-Training Slides For Prescribing Clinicians Phase 3 (doc file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Slide 1 Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic … Slide 15 Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic

132. Communicating Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - Recognize that SBAR can support the role of nurses as advocates for antibiotic stewardship.

133. Gap-Analysis (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Gap Analysis for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Long-Term Care Instructions: Complete this document … to evaluate your antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) on an annual basis and to define areas for further … How often does Antibiotic Stewardship Team leadership meet with senior leadership? … Stewardship Area Answers Comments What are the activities of the Antibiotic Stewardship Team? … Microbiology Antibiotic Stewardship Area Answers Comments Does the Antibiotic Stewardship Team

134. ICU Assessment Response Guide (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2022 - Does your unit have an active antibiotic stewardship program/process in place? … Rationale: Antimicrobial stewardship is an important, foundational element to all infection prevention … A successful antimicrobial stewardship program https://youtu.be/e16KfoACJyY https://youtu.be/e16KfoACJyY … Therefore, understanding what type of antimicrobial stewardship process is in place in an ICU is important … Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs. https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/core-

135. AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2024 - participants in this 4-year project will be compiled into a toolkit, allowing other providers to improve antibiotic … stewardship in telemedicine.

136. 5 Tk2 T6-Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose The Right Antibiotic Data Entry Form (doc file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic

137. 5 Tk2 T6-Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose The Right Antibiotic Data Entry Form (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic

138. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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     October 01, 2024 - Prevention Key Strategies to Take Aim and Target MRSA Infection Other Fundamental Best Practices, including antibiotic … stewardship and optimization of blood culture practices, support and supplement the four key strategies … Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU The Importance of MRSA Prevention Fundamental Best Practices Antibiotic … Stewardship Reducing unnecessary antibiotic use Combating the emergence of resistant strains Blood Culture

139. 5 Tk2 T6-Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose The Right Antibiotic Data Entry Form (xls file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T6-Using_Nursing_Home_Antibiograms_to_Choose_the_Right_Antibiotic_Data_Entry_Form.xlsx
     May 01, 2014 - &"-,Bold"&18Nursing Home Antimicrobial … Stewardship Guide &"Arial,Bold"&12Using Nursing Home Antibiograms To Choose the Right Antibiotic Toolkit

140. Learn Best Practices for Common Infectious Syndromes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - institutional efforts to improve antibiotic use, read the Implementation Guide for Long-Term Care Antibiotic … Stewardship Programs (PDF, 401.5 KB).