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261. 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

262. Focusing on Patients to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections During Transitions to Home Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-keller.html
     September 01, 2022 - Keller received an AHRQ grant to identify barriers to antimicrobial stewardship in the hospital-to-home

263. Making Healthcare Safer III: Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/exe-summary.html
     March 01, 2020 - Clostridium difficile : Antimicrobial Stewardship Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) rates … [LTCFs]/nursing homes) The majority of studies showed reductions in CDI following a period of antimicrobial … stewardship (both statistically significant and statistically non-significant reductions). … stewardship programs (ASPs) developed specifically to reduce CDI (as opposed to ASPs focused on other … stewardship, and contact precaution,; and CDI testing, and surveillance.

264. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=52
     January 01, 2024 - that the pandemic strained healthcare systems worldwide and disrupted standard infection control and antimicrobial … stewardship practices, which are essential to limit the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms and … protective equipment, increased workload, and staffing issues, all of which have disrupted routine antimicrobial … stewardship activities. … Keywords: COVID-19, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antibiotics, Medication Laverriere EK , Fiadjoe

265. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=343
     January 01, 2024 - Behavioral Health, Access to Care Trautner BW , Greene MT , Krein SL Infection prevention and antimicrobial … stewardship knowledge for selected infections among nursing home personnel. … Infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship knowledge for selected infections among nursing home … Keywords: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Healthcare-Associated

266. 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 .

267. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - (HIV), Substance Abuse, Behavioral Health, Sex Factors Vaughn VM , Ratz D , Greene MT Antibiotic … Surveying Michigan hospitals on their antibiotic stewardship strategies for community-acquired pneumonia … Antibiotic stewardship strategies and their association with antibiotic overuse after hospital discharge … Keywords: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antibiotics, Medication, Hospital Discharge, Transitions of Care … Keywords: Antibiotics, Medication, Antimicrobial Stewardship Bradford A , Shofer M , Singh

268. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Antibiotics, Medication, Antimicrobial Stewardship Kannan … Health Information Technology (HIT), Screening, Prevention Patel D , Ng T , Madani LS Antibiotic … The purpose of this study was to conceptualize and implement antibiotic stewardship activities in urgent … Antibiotic stewardship to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in integrated academic health-system … Keywords: Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antibiotics, Medication Mao Y , Li Y , McGarry B Are

269. 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…

270. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=336
     January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Antimicrobial Stewardship, Dialysis, Kidney Disease and Health,

271. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=256
     January 01, 2024 - stewardship. … stewardship training and their role as future antibiotic stewards. … stewardship or the role of ID physicians as leaders of antibiotic stewardship programs. … stewardship. … Keywords: Antibiotics, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Education: Continuing Medical Education, Infectious

272. Improving Patient Safety in Nursing Homes: A Resource List (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/nursing-home/nursing-home-resource-list-2.0.pdf
     April 01, 2025 - Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide https://www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/index.html AHRQ’s Nursing … Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide provides toolkits to help nursing homes optimize their use of … Nursing 2015 Just Culture Toolkit Nursing Care Center: 2025 National Patient Safety Goals Nursing Home Antimicrobial … Stewardship Guide Nursing Home Staff Competency Assessment Nursing Home Quality Initiative SOPS … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide 15. Nursing Home Staff Competency Assessment 16.

273. National Institute for Research on Safety and Quality (NIRSQ) FY 2018 Budget Justification (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/mission/budget/2018/NIRSQ.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - CUSP for Antibiotic Stewardship in Hospitals, Long-Term Care, and Ambulatory Care; and 3. … , with a focus on ambulatory and long-term care, as well as hospitals, where antibiotic stewardship … Antibiotic stewardship is designed to improve antibiotic use. … Many providers have not yet established antibiotic stewardship programs. … Antimicrobial Stewardship 2.

274. Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research Into Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-gonzales.html
     October 01, 2024 - Gonzales received another 5-year AHRQ grant that allowed him to expand on his antibiotic stewardship

275. AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Facilitates Process Improvement Work at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/qitool/casestudy.html
     December 01, 2017 - Its "Code Sepsis" project has helped ensure rapid response to sepsis cases, and its antimicrobial stewardship

276. Comparison Tables for Making Healthcare Safer Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/comparison.html
     January 01, 2025 - Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus under Miscellaneous section ) (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Antimicrobial … Stewardship (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence (Not reviewed) Testing (Not reviewed)

277. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/039-mrsa-surveillance-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2024 - Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | ICU & Non-ICU MRSA Surveillance 18 Antibiotic Treatment Selection Antibiotic … stewardship is another reason to consider conducting MRSA surveillance. … Access the Antibiotic Stewardship section of the Toolkit website. … Current infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship program practices: a survey of the Society for

278. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=342
     January 01, 2024 - stewardship in nursing homes. … Antibiotic stewardship interventions should foster cooperation and build competency to implement alternative … stewardship. … Nurse and medical provider perspectives on antibiotic stewardship in nursing homes. … Keywords: Elderly, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antibiotics, Medication, Nursing Homes, Long-Term Care

279. Infectious Complications Related to the Catheter Other than CAUTI (September 9, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-transcript.html
     November 01, 2015 - This is one study and there are examples of others, but this was one that looked at impact of antibiotic … stewardship specifically on C. diff . … If we are really to use antibiotic stewardship in our favor, it means that we have to use fairly stringent

280. Rafael Borja (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/infectious-complications-transcript.doc
     September 09, 2014 - This is one study and there are examples of others, but this was one that looked at impact of antibiotic … stewardship specifically on C. diff. … If we are really to use antibiotic stewardship in our favor, it means that we have to use fairly stringent