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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T3-Sample_Monthly_Summary_Reports_Final.xlsx
October 01, 2016 - Summary UTI
	Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
	Implement, Monitor, and Sustain a Program
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/167-hospital-level-gap-analysis.pdf
June 02, 2025 -  Weekly 
 Monthly 
 Quarterly 
 Other 
The last few questions are about antimicrobial stewardship … Does the hospital have an antibiotic stewardship program or processes to reduce use of 
unnecessary antibiotics … Which of the following antimicrobial stewardship interventions are implemented? … stewardship program 
 Rounds with the antibiotic stewardship program 
 Order sets for common infectious … The last few questions are about antimicrobial stewardship activities.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P2T5-Antibiogram_Tool_Phase_2.xlsm
January 01, 2016 - No. 17-0006-7-EF
					Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide					        2016 October
&A	Page … Unselect All
Submit
Select All
Step 02 - Data Entry
	Bacteria	Antibiotic	QA
	B1	A0			Nursing Home Antimicrobial … Stewardship Guide
	B1	A0			Escherichia coli
	B1	A0					Culture: Blood		Culture: Urine		Culture: Sputum … Stewardship Guide
				B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	B8	B9	B9
		A0	Antibiotic Tested	Escherichia coli	Klebsiella … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide		Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-hospital-admission-risk-factor-subsequent-development-adverse-events-cross
March 09, 2022 - May 18, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program in long-term care facilities … June 25, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care: A Practical Playbook. … September 29, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interruptions-emergency-department-work-observational-and-interview-study
September 29, 2021 - the Same Author(s) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patient Safety Innovations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Handshake antimicrobial … stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors 
 
 September 29, 2021 … Handshake antimicrobial stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-quality-improvement-overview-qi
November 08, 2023 - July 6, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patient Safety Innovations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Handshake antimicrobial … stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors 
 
 September 29, 2021 … Handshake antimicrobial stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T1-Sample_Policy_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - THE NURSING HOME WILL USE, I.E., THE FAXES, THE LETTER, THE WEB APP, OR THE TRAINING]
Nursing Home
Antimicrobial … Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
Toolkit 3. … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat	Toolkit 3/Tool 1	2
Regardless … No. 17-0006-5-EF
October 2016
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/012-blood-culture-practices-webinar.docx
October 01, 2024 - Slide 3
	Fundamental Best Practices
SAY:
In addition to the four main strategies, Antibiotic Stewardship … and then further refined by a multidisciplinary team at Johns Hopkins, including representatives from antimicrobial … stewardship, hospital epidemiology, critical care, hospital medicine, surgery, medical microbiology, … The Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship committees are also included in reports, along
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/surgeons-difficulty-exploration-differences-assistance-seeking-behaviors-between-male-and
December 21, 2014 - January 29, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patient Safety Innovations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Handshake antimicrobial … stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors 
 
 September 29, 2021 … Handshake antimicrobial stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preferred-language-and-diagnostic-errors-pediatric-emergency-department
April 06, 2022 - July 6, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patient Safety Innovations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Handshake antimicrobial … stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors 
 
 September 29, 2021 … Handshake antimicrobial stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-changes-opioid-prescribing-united-states-2006-2015
June 10, 2020 - May 6, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patient Safety Innovations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Handshake antimicrobial … stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors 
 
 September 29, 2021 … Handshake antimicrobial stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors.
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/123-mrsa-toolkit-implementation-guide.docx
October 01, 2024 - Other Best Practices for MRSA Prevention 
Antimicrobial Stewardship and Blood Culture Stewardship are … Antibiotic stewardship promotes the selection of the right drug and the right dose at the right time … Consequently, antibiotic stewardship and blood culture stewardship are critical for MRSA prevention. … The field of antibiotic stewardship addresses safety and overuse concerns associated with antibiotic … Presentation: Antibiotic Stewardship and MRSA Reduction
· This presentation outlines the goals of antibiotic
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T4-Letter_to_Prescribing_Clinicians.docx
October 01, 2016 - NAME]
RECIPIENT ADDRESS
CITY, STATE ZIP]
Re:	Change in protocol regarding three common infections and antibiotic … stewardship
Dear Dr. … Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
Toolkit 3. … Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat	Toolkit 3/Tool 4	2
Regardless … No. 17-0006-5-EF
October 2016
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/TK2_T4_Common_Suspected_Infections_Tools_To_Improve_Communication_and_Decisionmaking.docx
October 01, 2016 - Slide 1
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
Toolkit 2. … Slide 9
	Approaches to Antimicrobial Stewardship
SAY:
Here, we are pointing out national initiatives … Slide 10
	Approaches to Antimicrobial Stewardship (continued)
SAY:
[IF PARTICIPANTS ASK, OTHERWISE … Respiratory Infection
SAY:
	Slide 33
	Suspected Skin/SoftTissue Infection
SAY:
	Slide 34
Nursing Home Antimicrobial … Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat	Toolkit 2/Tool 4	2
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-grigoryan.html
November 01, 2024 - Antibiotic stewardship is vitally important to both individual and public health because inappropriate … professor of family and community medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, is developing and testing antibiotic … stewardship interventions, making healthcare safer.  … Building on her antibiotic stewardship research, Dr.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-effective-teamwork-really-relationship-between-teamwork-and-performance-healthcare-teams
February 14, 2017 - May 6, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patient Safety Innovations 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Handshake antimicrobial … stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors 
 
 September 29, 2021 … Handshake antimicrobial stewardship as a model to recognize and prevent diagnostic errors.
                                     
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/pneumonia-antibiotic-treatment_executive.pdf
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
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/008-antibiotic-stewardship-slides.pptx
October 01, 2022 - 1
Educational Objectives
Understand the goals of antibiotic stewardship. … Stewardship
5
What Is Antibiotic Stewardship? … Stewardship
7
Association Between Antibiotic Stewardship and MRSA Reduction 
37 percent reduction … Antibiotic Stewardship on a Unit
Identify unit-based champions for improving antibiotic stewardship. … Stewardship
Antibiotic Time Out Tool16
Download this tool from the AHRQ Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkit
                                     
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/practices.html
April 01, 2020 - Screening Tools 
 Patient Monitoring Systems 
 
 Clostridioides difficile  Infection  ( PDF , 3.6 MB) 
 
 Antimicrobial … Stewardship 
 Hand Hygiene 
 Environmental Cleaning and Decontamination 
 Surveillance 
 Testing 
 Multicomponent
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60162/psn-pdf
March 25, 2020 - care-associated infection control efforts, pediatric safety initiatives, care transitions, reporting
systems and antimicrobial … stewardship programs.