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141. Learn Strategies for Communicating With Colleagues, Patients, and Families About Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/strategies/index.html
     October 01, 2022 - your practice's efforts to improve antibiotic use, read the Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic … Stewardship (PDF, 708 KB)  Improving antibiotic use should be viewed as a patient safety issue. … The presentations and tools below are pertinent to the Antibiotic Stewardship Team, as well as clinicians

142. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Health Care March Meeting Summary (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/meeting-summary-031720.pdf
     July 23, 2020 -  Updated Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs.

143. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Slides
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotic-prescribing-slides.pptx
     September 01, 2022 - stewardship teams can improve antibiotic prescribing practices in the ambulatory care setting 2 … stewardship activities can— Ensure members of your clinic understand best practices in the diagnosis … stewardship implementation can help navigate these concerns 17 Focus on Antibiotic Prescribing … stewardship can improve patient outcomes by ensuring the most effective antibiotic is prescribed for … patients, and only when necessary Organized antibiotic stewardship activities assist clinicians with

144. Slide 1
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-090914.pptx
     January 01, 2014 - Increased length of stay with CDI Need for ICU care if severely ill May need urinary catheter…… 27 Antibiotic … Stewardship We have met the enemy and he is us Walt Kelly ANTIBIOTIC USE AND CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE … Impact of antibiotic stewardship on CDI 30 Hospital-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus

145. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T4-Common_Suspected_Infections_Tools_to_Improve_Communication_and_Decision_Making.ppt
     May 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Determine Whether To Treat … Prescribing Problems with taking antibiotics Drug resistance and lack of new antibiotics Approaches to antimicrobial … stewardship Description of the tools and how to use them Additional information about suspected infections … * Approaches to Antimicrobial Stewardship Encourage research into new classes of antibiotics Reduce

146. Sierra Vista Hospital Uses AHRQ Toolkit To Slash Catheter Use and Eliminate Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/202402.html
     July 01, 2024 - suggestions for appropriate catheter use; guidance for proper insertion, maintenance, and renewal; and antimicrobial … stewardship.

147. Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other Than CAUTI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - of stay with CDI Need for ICU care if severely ill May need urinary catheter…… Slide 28 Antibiotic … Stewardship ANTIBIOTIC USE AND CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE We have met the enemy and he is us Walt Kelly … Slide 30 Impact of Antibiotic Stewardship on CDI Image: Screen shot of a line chart showing decrease

148. When Do You Need An Antibiotic? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-brochure.html
     March 01, 2017 - Antimicrobial stewardship, or making better choices about when to use antibiotics, is one component of

149. Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/index.html
     October 01, 2015 - Appropriate Catheter Use     Proper Catheter Insertion and Maintenance     Prompt Catheter Removal     Antimicrobial … Stewardship     Tools Measurement     Measuring Culture     Process Measures     Outcome Measures

150. When Do You Need An Antibiotic? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/when-need-antibiotic.pdf
     March 01, 2017 - Antimicrobial stewardship, or making better choices about when to use antibiotics, is one component

151. Improving Guidelines for Nursing Home-Associated Viral Respiratory Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-vogelmeier.html
     December 01, 2023 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Modules .

152. Learn Best Practices for Diagnosing and Managing Common Infectious Syndromes and Antibiotic Allergies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/index.html
     September 01, 2022 - your practice's efforts to improve antibiotic use, read the Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic … Stewardship (PDF, 708 KB).  … These resources are intended for the Antibiotic Stewardship Team, clinicians, pharmacists, and staff.

153. Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urine-culturing-notes.docx
     April 01, 2022 - The CUSP team can work with the organizational CAUTI committee and the antibiotic stewardship committee

154. New Predictive Model May Help Hospitals Reduce Length of Antibiotic Treatment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/946.html
     February 01, 2025 - for longer than needed, suggesting this metric may help hospitals identify opportunities for improved antibiotic … stewardship at discharge. 

155. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improve/prescribing.html
     September 01, 2022 - Understand how antibiotic stewardship teams can improve antibiotic prescribing practices in the ambulatory

156. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/tools/index.html?page=2
     January 01, 2018 - Published: September 2023 Setting of Care: Ambulatory Care, Hospital Nursing Home Antimicrobial … Stewardship Guide This guide provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of antibiotics

157. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-transcript.doc
     June 10, 2014 - You can start with an overview a little bit on antibiotic stewardship. … And I wanted to find out from you guys if your hospital currently has in place an antibiotic stewardship … So, what is antibiotic stewardship? … There are three kind of important goals for an antibiotic stewardship program, or I should say three … And I think antibiotic stewardship needs to become the same way.

158. Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/index.html
     October 01, 2016 - Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit Toolkit 2. Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections Toolkit 3. Minimum Criteria for Three Infections Tool…

159. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK3_P3T5-Training_Slides_for_Nursing_Home_Nurses_Phase_3.ppt
     May 01, 2014 - Implementation Training Slides for Nursing Home Nurses Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Help

160. Guide to Implementing a Program To Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/guide.html
     March 01, 2017 - Appropriate antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections is a key element of antibiotic stewardship … stewardship in the Urine Culturing and Antibiotic Stewardship section . … For staff training materials, review the urine culturing and antibiotic stewardship educational bundles … found in Appendix E , the Antibiotic Stewardship educational video , and the “4 Things You Should … The Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes .