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61. Gap Analysis for MRSA Prevention (Hospital-Level) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/167-hospital-level-gap-analysis.pdf
    June 02, 2025 -  Yes, cultures or tests positive for MRSA. …  Yes, cultures or tests positive for MRSA. … Does your laboratory have the capacity to process surveillance cultures either on-site or by sending … Is active surveillance for MRSA performed (e.g., obtaining nasal swabs for culture at regular intervals … : Off Yes, cultures or tests positive for MRSA: Off Yes, cultures or tests positive for other epidemiologically

62. Urinary Tract Infections
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/sepsis-slides.pptx
    November 01, 2019 - 7 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care Sepsis Sepsis: Cultures Blood cultures … critical component of sepsis management8 Daily assessment of patient status, source of infection, and culture … Three scenarios: No evidence of infection and antibiotics can be stopped Evidence of infection and culture … data are available to guide narrowing of therapy Evidence of infection and no culture data are available … have grown, narrow based on culture results 22 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use

63. Acute Care Learning From Defects
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    November 01, 2019 - vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam On day 2, he undergoes ERCP and the stone is removed Blood cultures … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … daily briefing about antibiotic regimen with team Institutional factors are related to institution culture … revealed E. coli Develop guidelines for intra-abdominal infections that discuss culture-directed therapy … and feedback for patients on vancomycin Develop vancomycin auto-stops Educate nurses about reviewing culture

64. Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive Devices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - His blood cultures grew methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). … Blood and urine cultures grew Escherichia coli . … Blood cultures grew Staphylococcus aureus , and the catheter tip grew the same organism. … The patient’s bacteremia persisted, and his repeat blood cultures continued to be positive for more than … His sputum culture grew Pseudomonas aeruginosa .

65. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/046-evidence-behind-decolonization-strategies-slides.pptx
    October 01, 2024 - daily 2 percent CHG cloths Results: 87 percent reduction in CLABSI and 41 percent decrease in blood culture … Additional Decolonization Impact Additional benefits from subsequent analysis: Reduction of blood culture … leave-on CHG bed bath Twice-daily mupirocin for 5 days for patients who are MRSA-positive by history, culture … Does chlorhexidine bathing in adult intensive care units reduce blood culture contamination? … anatomical sites should be sampled for screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by culture

66. Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-one-page.docx
    November 01, 2019 - should be considered when indicated · Enterococcus species and Candida species that grow in sputum cultures … are highly likely to be colonizers and do not require treatment · Obtain sputum Gram stain and culture … whenever possible · Obtain blood cultures for severely ill patients · Consider obtaining Legionella … pneumonia · In most cases, stop antibiotics if viral respiratory testing is positive · Use sputum culture … therapy was started and the beta-lactam is active against respiratory pathogen recovered · If no sputum cultures

67. PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/VAP-slides.pptx
    November 01, 2019 - Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 7 Moment 2: Diagnostic Tests for VAP Noninvasive culture … recommended over invasive techniques like bronchoscopy1 Send respiratory specimen for Gram stain and culture … diagnosis is identified, stop VAP-targeted therapy 13 If VAP is the likely diagnosis, use respiratory culture

68. Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - clinical trials and adoption after definitive trials must be determined based upon local needs and culture … Choose a 1-year period and count the number of unique patients who have a positive blood culture from … Use your current processes for identifying MRSA carriers using reported history, prior culture result … The order of approaching these key stakeholders will depend on the culture, standard processes, and … cultures, and history of MRSA to target those with devices

69. Assessment and Management of the Resident With a Suspected Urinary Tract Infection | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Poster – Collecting Bacterial Cultures (PDF, 202.3 KB) Poster – Urine Culture Collection (PDF, 178 … KB) One-Page Document – Collection of Microbiological Cultures (PDF, 159.2 KB)   The materials

70. Tracking-Measuring-Data-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - and reviews a data collection form designed to facilitate tracking antibiotic use, orders for urine cultures … Facilities can use data on antibiotic use, orders for urine cultures, and C. difficile LabID events to … The form can also be used to keep track of C. difficile LabID events and the number of urine cultures … Another data measure to consider tracking is the number of urine cultures collected. … All urine cultures should be collected, even if they are not positive.

71. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - Always attempt to obtain a sputum Gram stain and culture. … Blood cultures should be considered for severely ill patients. … S. aureus and gram-negative bacilli pathogens grow easily in culture. … If HAP is the likely diagnosis, use sputum culture results to narrow therapy. … When cultures have not been obtained, directing therapy can be challenging, and the decision to de-

72. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making in Long Term Care_Questions (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments-questions.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - • Fever • Productive cough • Dysuria • Purulence from skin • Warm, red skin Moment 2 Cultures & Empiric … Have we collected appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics?

73. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making Form (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - DIRECTIONS: Use this form when a complete blood count (CBC), urinalysis/urine culture, or antibiotic … MOMENT 2 HAVE I ORDERED APPROPRIATE CULTURES … Were appropriate cultures ordered before antibiotics were started? … DIRECTIONS: Use this form when a complete blood count (CBC), urinalysis/urine culture, or antibiotic … MOMENT 2 HAVE I ORDERED APPROPRIATE CULTURES BEFORE STARTING ANTIBIOTICS?

74. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making in Long-Term Care 4x6 Cards (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - Have we collected appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Have we collected appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics?

75. The Integration of Hospitalists into U.S. Academic Medical Centers
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    March 07, 2014 - and when and when not to treat positive urine cultures. … Combination Efforts at CAUTI prevention often entail: Improving urine culturing practices: Only send cultures … Send the cultures the right way Eliminating treatment of asymptomatic bacteruria. … Send U/A & urine culture   Document indication for sending urine culture   Start empiric therapy (see … down to oral quinolone if susceptible * Empiric choices should take into account recent previous cultures

76. Mindfulness: Engaging Frontline Providers in Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - and when and when not to treat positive urine cultures. … Efforts at CAUTI prevention often entail: Improving urine culturing practices: Only send cultures … Send the cultures the right way Eliminating treatment of asymptomatic bacteruria. … Question Does your hospital have guidelines that describe appropriate criteria for ordering urine cultures … * Empiric choices should take into account recent previous cultures* Follow culture results and de-escalate

77. Importance of Iodophor Administration (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers by history, screening tests, or clinical cultures … methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers by history, screening tests, or clinical cultures

78. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/diverticulitis-biliary-infections-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … diagnosis in diverticulitis is challenging unless the patient has an abscess that is drained and sent for culture … Commentary Slide Number and Slide Moment 3: Narrowing and Converting to Oral Therapy SAY: If culture … Cultures of bile during ERCP should also be obtained. … Remember to narrow therapy based on culture data, if available.

79. PowerPoint Presentation: Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/HAP-slides.pptx
    November 01, 2019 - Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … enteric bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa Atypical organisms are uncommon Obtain sputum Gram stain and culture … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics?

80. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - During operative process, culture collected. … Culture considered positive if > 30cfu of bacteria identified. … During the operative procedure, a semiquantitative culture was collected from subcutaneous fat in the … positive cultures had colony counts that were too numerous to count. … , compared with 82 of 1,576 patients (5.2%) with negative cultures.