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21. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49553/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2008 - Studies have shown that trained phlebotomists or blood culture teams have fewer contaminated blood cultures … only one of several blood culture sets will be positive. … contamination rates in the range of 3% per blood culture drawn. … or blood culture teams to obtain blood for culture rather than using random nursing personnel, nondegree … cultures at some institutions.

22. Two cultures in modern science and technology: for safety and validity does medicine have to update? | PSNet
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    January 12, 2022 - Commentary Two cultures in modern science and technology: for safety and validity … This commentary explores two scientific cultures in modern medicine. … A ‘traditional culture’ leaves error control up to individuals and groups of healthcare practitioners … ; the author describes how this culture leads to an overconfidence among practitioners about personal … In contrast, a ‘modern scientific culture’ considers errors as inevitable and pervasive throughout medicine

23. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2020 - Two cultures in modern science and technology: for safety and validity does medicine have to update? … This commentary explores two scientific cultures in modern medicine. … A ‘traditional culture’ leaves error control up to individuals and groups of healthcare practitioners … ; the author describes how this culture leads to an overconfidence among practitioners about personal … In contrast, a ‘modern scientific culture’ considers errors as inevitable and pervasive throughout medicine

24. Section 5, Table 3 (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2014 - Section 5, Table 3 Table 3: Evidence for Obtaining a Blood Culture for Treatment of Children with Sepsis … Q-METRIC Sepsis Measure 3, Timely Blood Culture for Sepsis Syndrome U18HS020516 Page 20 Submitted … should be considered in addition to routine aerobic cultures. … If antibiotics have already been given, blood culture should be obtained immediately prior to the next … Q-METRIC Sepsis Measure 3, Timely Blood Culture for Sepsis Syndrome U18HS020516 Page 21 Submitted

25. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    May 18, 2022 - Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates … Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-diagnostic-stewardship-blood-cultures-critically-ill-children-culture … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-diagnostic-stewardship-blood-cultures-critically-ill-children-culture-rates … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-diagnostic-stewardship-blood-cultures-critically-ill-children-culture-rates

26. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2017 - Delayed Recognition of a Positive Blood Culture July 1, 2017 Doernberg S. … Delayed Recognition of a Positive Blood Culture. PSNet [internet]. 2017. … Contaminant blood cultures and resource utilization. … Don't perform urinalysis, urine culture, blood culture or C. difficile testing unless patients have … www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1984535 http://www.choosingwisely.org/clinician-lists/shea-urinalysis-urine-culture-blood-culture-or-c-difficile-testing

27. Identifying Targets for Improving Antibiotic Use
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    November 01, 2019 - Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 4 Adaptive Problems Require a change in attitudes, beliefs … and beliefs Identifies system opportunities to prevent harm from occurring again 6 Identifying Targets … Have I ordered appropriate cultures before starting antibiotics? … Sputum cultures grow a pan-susceptible E. coli. Not necessary to continue broad-spectrum therapy. … A sputum culture is pending. In this case, the diagnosis is highly likely to be heart failure.

28. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/011-blood-culture-webinar-slides.pptx
    October 01, 2024 - Practices and Stewardship 6 Importance of Blood Culture Stewardship Blood cultures are one of the … Only 2 to 10 percent of blood cultures grow.3 Up to half of these positive results represent blood culture … Inappropriate blood culture ordering: Records show blood cultures are often ordered for cases that do … Obtaining blood cultures by venipuncture versus from central lines: impact on blood culture contamination … Does this patient need blood cultures?

29. Implementing Safety Cultures in Medicine: What We Learned by Watching Physicians (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Hoff.pdf
    January 01, 2003 - Implementing Safety Cultures in Medicine: What We Learned by Watching Physicians 15 Implementing … Safety Cultures in Medicine: What We Learn by Watching Physicians Timothy J. … mistake, not excusing one’s part in the incident but not letting the event create untrue or exaggerated beliefs … Observing Safety Culture 17 Table 1. … The interpretation of cultures. New York: Basic Books; 1973. 36. Strauss AL.

30. 5 Tk2 T2-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit Getting Started (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T2-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Getting_Started.doc
    May 01, 2014 - You will need the results of diagnostic cultures—that is, cultures taken from residents suspected of … performed for each culture. … Request this data for diagnostic cultures (cultures from residents suspected of having an infection). … name · Culture date · Culture source · Culture results (organism(s)) · Antibiotic susceptibilities … You should record the culture information for every diagnostic culture result in the timeframe of interest

31. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 15, 2020 - The role of organizational and professional cultures in medication safety: a scoping review of the literature … The role of organizational and professional cultures in medication safety: a scoping review of the literature … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-organizational-and-professional-cultures-medication-safety-scoping- … review-literature This scoping review discussed how organizational and professional culture influences … /issue/influence-organizational-culture-climate-and-commitment-speaking-about-medical-errors

32. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Bacteremia (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/bacteremia-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - this presentation, participants will be able to:  Review recommendations for appropriate blood culture … SAY: Before we focus on specific organisms, it is important to review indications for blood culture … 24-hour period, 73 percent of bacteremic episodes were detected with one blood culture, 94 percent … In these cases, bacteria are usually growing in more than one blood culture set. … It is important that appropriate blood culture collection criteria are used.

33. Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2024 - Implementation of MRSA Prevention Fundamental Best Practices Up to half of all positive blood cultures … Discuss strategies to promote blood culture stewardship and reduce blood culture contamination. … Documents: Blood Culture Practices and Stewardship – Slides (PPTX, 11.2 MB) Blood Culture Practices … a decision-making algorithm for optimal use of blood cultures, with appropriate clinical indications … for initial and follow-up blood cultures in non-neutropenic populations.

34. Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and Overuse of Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Reduce Unnecessary Urine Culturing and Overuse of Antibiotics Know When To Order Urine Cultures … Educational module and tools that summarize why more urine cultures lead to more catheter-associated … tract infection diagnoses, and provide tools to use to appropriately identify when to order a urine culture … Four Things You Should Know About Urine Cultures infographic   ( PDF , 228 KB) A tool to highlight

35. Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates, antibiotic use, and patient outcomes: results of the Bright STAR Collaborative. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Study Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill … children with culture rates, antibiotic use, and patient outcomes: results of the Bright STAR Collaborative … Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates … Researchers found that rates of blood cultures, broad-spectrum antibiotic use, and central line-associated … Association of diagnostic stewardship for blood cultures in critically ill children with culture rates

36. Urine Culturing Stewardship in the ICU Setting Facilitator Notes
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urine-culturing.pptx
    April 01, 2022 - 1-5 Ordering urine cultures thoughtfully, so they inform (not misinform) the care of individual patients … the electronic medical record to include appropriate indications for urine cultures in catheterized … overuse/CDI More resistant organisms Correct diagnosis missed Implementing Culturing Stewardship28 Beliefs … However, a urinalysis was sent, and this hospital performs reflex cultures. … The influence of contaminated urine cultures in inpatient and emergency department settings.

37. Urine Culture Collection (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/poster-urine-collection.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - Urine Culture Collection AHRQ Pub. … should perform hand hygiene before collecting urine cultures … peri-urethral region before collecting urine cultures … • For residents with catheters, urine culture specimens should be obtained from newly placed … AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use Urine Culture Collection

38. McBride MR et al. 2004 "Harnessing technology and collaboration for an online ethnogeriatric educational resource." | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2004 - The site contains information on 15 cultures, 12 religions, and 6 ethnic minority cohort groups. … Web site had a simple text-based browser format with hyperlinks and contained "three categories of culture-based … information for specific ethnic groups" ("15 cultures, 12 religions and 9 American minority, cultural … , or immigrant cohort groups"): greetings and introductions, religious beliefs and beliefs about healing

39. 5 Tk2 T2-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit Getting Started (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T2-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Getting_Started.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - You will need the results of diagnostic cultures—that is, cultures taken from residents suspected of … performed for each culture. … Request this data for diagnostic cultures (cultures from residents suspected of having an infection) … name  Culture date  Culture source  Culture results (organism(s))  Antibiotic susceptibilities … You should record the culture information for every diagnostic culture result in the timeframe of interest

40. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-UTI-facilitator-guide.pdf
    November 01, 2019 - Lower cutoffs may be considered if the patient has received antibiotics before the culture was sent, … if there is strong clinical suspicion of a UTI, or if the culture is from a suprapubic catheter. … culture can be as low as 1,000 cfu per mL of a urinary pathogen. … Third, a positive urine culture is considered ≥ 1,000 CFU per mL of a urinary pathogen. … Therapy should be narrowed based on culture results.