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1. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   improving patient outcomes, reducing antibiotic resistance, and decreasing the spread of infections caused … research-based resource that offers materials to help nursing homes improve antibiotic use and decrease harms caused

2. Just the Facts: What Caused COVID-19 Outbreaks in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2022 - Just the Facts: What Caused COVID-19 Outbreaks in Nursing Homes Resource: Just the Facts: What … Caused COVID-19 Outbreaks in Nursing Homes This one-page document provides a roll-up of expert key

3. Presentation: Program Overview
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   June 01, 2021 - Common Cold An upper respiratory tract infection that can be caused by many different viruses. … The vast majority (90%) of these infections are caused by viruses. … In adults, about one-fourth of these are caused by viruses with the remainder caused by bacteria. … Common Cold Infection caused by many different viruses. … Caused by group A Streptococcus. Requires a diagnostic test.

4. Respiratory Virus Infections (pdf file)
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   June 01, 2021 - Respiratory Virus Infections Diagnosis • Most respiratory tract infections are caused by viruses … , not bacteria, and do not require antibiotic therapy.1-3 • Common infectious syndromes caused by respiratory … Uncomplicated sinus infections with symptoms present for <2 weeks4-5 − Acute bronchitis (approximately 90% caused … by viruses)6 − Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (approximately 50% caused by … Temperature ≥ 99.0°F • Loss of taste or smell • Diarrhea • Acute mental status change *COVID-19, caused

5. Table 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2012 - release metoprolol was ordered for patient instead of extended-release E Error that could have caused … Blood pressure medication was inadvertently omitted from the orders F Error that could have caused

6. Table 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2012 - release metoprolol was ordered for patient instead of extended-release E Error that could have caused … Blood pressure medication was inadvertently omitted from the orders F Error that could have caused

7. Assess-Resident-Rti-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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   June 01, 2021 - The common cold is an upper respiratory infection that can be caused by many different viruses. … Again, the vast majority of cases of acute bronchitis are caused by viruses. … Pneumonia can be caused by both viruses and bacteria. … Strep throat, caused by group A Streptococci, is a bacterial infection. … 75 percent of pneumonia cases are caused by bacteria that affect lung tissue.

8. One-Pager-Cellulitis (doc file)
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   June 01, 2021 - tenderness, and swelling of the skin1-3 · Nonpurulent: no evidence of abscess/phlegmon; most cases caused … streptococci (usually group A strep but also B, C, G) that are suceptible to penicillin; ~10% of cases caused … by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) · Purulent: evidence of abscess/phlegmon; caused

9. 092-Evidence-Decolonization-One-Pager (doc file)
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   April 01, 2025 - ) · Design: Multicenter matched outcomes study, group of 659 surgical patients · Patients with SSIs caused … that underwent cardiac or total joint replacement surgeries. · The main outcomes examined were SSI caused … by Gram-positive bacteria, and SSI caused by Staphylococcus aureus, further subdivided into MRSA and … · Results: SSIs caused by Gram-positive bacteria: Nasal decolonization led to a 59 percent reduction

10. PowerPoint Presentation: Premortem for Sustainability
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    December 01, 2017 - Spend 10 minutes recording the reasons that could cause this failure Ask your team: What could have caused … ‹#› AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery -- Sustainability SAY: In step two, consider the reasons that caused … What could have caused our project to fail? … What could have caused your project to fail? … What could have caused your project to fail?

11. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Sleep in Preterm Infants (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - – Caused by: immature sleep-wake cycles, disruptions in sleep patterns caused by the need to give

12. Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Emotional Health Learning Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - Home Residents’ Emotional Health The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many changes, which may have caused

13. Cellulitis-One-Page (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - warmth, tenderness, and swelling of the skin · Nonpurulent: no evidence of abscess/phlegmon; most cases caused … streptococci (usually group A strep but also B, C, or G) that are suceptible to penicillin; ~10% of cases caused … by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) · Purulent: evidence of abscess/phlegmon; caused

14. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2008 - improving patient outcomes, reducing antibiotic resistance, and decreasing the spread of infections caused

15. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2008 - improving patient outcomes, reducing antibiotic resistance, and decreasing the spread of infections caused

16. New Predictive Model May Help Hospitals Reduce Length of Antibiotic Treatment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2025 - for a small but significant portion of community-acquired skin and soft tissue infections in children caused … surveillance study conducted at Texas Children’s Hospital, researchers discovered that 9 percent of infections caused … Infections caused by penicillin-susceptible MSSA were associated with higher rates of hospital admission … and surgical intervention than those caused by penicillin-resistant strains, highlighting their clinical

17. 6 Tk1 T5-Suspect A Urinary Tract Infection Brochure Ma Coalition Final (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - Are Powerful Drugs When Used For The Right Reasons Antibiotics are strong drugs that fight infections caused … A urinary tract infection is caused by bacteria that involves any part of the urinary system including … Non-specific symptoms such as confusion, a sudden change in behavior, fatigue or a fall may be caused

18. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-one-pager.pdf
    September 01, 2022 - tenderness, and swelling of the skin o Nonpurulent: no evidence of abscess/phlegmon  Most cases caused … usually group A strep but also B, C, or G) that are suceptible to penicillin (PCN); ~10 percent of cases caused … methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) o Purulent: evidence of abscess/phlegmon  Most cases caused

19. Manage-Resident-Rti-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - This includes residents with pneumonia likely caused from common community pathogens like Streptococcus … Slide 10 Treatment: Low Risk for a Resistant Organism SAY: Mary most likely has pneumonia caused … does not have any of the risk factors previously discussed that increase the likelihood of infections caused … For residents at risk for pneumonia caused by community-associated organisms such as S. pneumoniae or … The inflammation caused by aspiration can lead to changes on chest films as well as fever and increased

20. Understanding Omissions of Care in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2019 - Research has shown that many resident harms are avoidable and may be caused by situations in which residents