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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/cap-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Adults Adults With
Comorbidities or Recent
Hospitalization with
Parenteral Antibiotics
(within 90 days … Severe penicillin allergy:
Levofloxacin
OR
Moxifloxacin
Received amoxicillin <30 days … Azithromycin
OR
Clarithromycin
Duration1,5-9
• A duration of no more than 5 days … • Consider prolonging therapy to at least 7 days if the patient has immunocompromise, underlying structural … antibiotics or if they experience mental status changes or become increasingly ill, regardless of how
many days
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meps.ahrq.gov/communication/whats_new.jsp
August 28, 2025 - New at MEPS E-mail Updates
See What's New archive
Last 60 days … Last 90 days
Last 120 days
Last 150 days
Last 180 days
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Current Month
Previous … Month
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Last 30 days
New Web site postings in the last … 30 days
Data
MEPS HC-251: 2023 Full
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/pharyngitis-one-pager.pdf
September 01, 2022 - adults and children)1
• First-line therapy for GAS pharyngitis: penicillin or amoxicillin for 10 days … • Options for non-severe penicillin allergy: cephalexin or cefadroxil for 10 days. … • Options for severe penicillin allergy: clindamycin for 10 days or azithromycin for 5 days. … that side
effects outweigh the benefits.1
Followup
• Fever and sore throat should resolve 1–3 days
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sinusitis-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care
Sinusitis Case
40-year-old female with 3 days … without improvement
3-4 days of fever ≥ 102°F and either purulent nasal discharge or facial pain … Initial improvement of a viral URI followed by worsening after 5–6 days, with new onset of fever ≥ 102 … Sudden onset of worsening symptoms after 5–6 days
16
Sinusitis
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving … Sinusitis
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care
Case Presentation: 3 Days
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/transfer.html
September 01, 2017 - Within:
Hospital Discharge Diagnosis
Age
DNR,DNH, MOLST, or POLST Order in Place
0-7 Days … 8-30 Days
31-90 Days
For Most Recent ED Visit
0-7 Days
8-30 Days
31-90 Days
For Most Recent … Directive Status
Polypharmacy
High-Risk Change in Condition (Based on Assessment Data Within 7 Days
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/kid/tools/stats/FileSpecifications_KID_2022_Core.TXT
January 01, 2022 - KID_2022_Core 4 AGE_NEONATE 17 18 Num Neonatal age (first 28 days … PR1
KID 2022 KID_2022_Core 100 PRDAY2 556 558 Num Number of days … PR2
KID 2022 KID_2022_Core 101 PRDAY3 559 561 Num Number of days … PR3
KID 2022 KID_2022_Core 102 PRDAY4 562 564 Num Number of days … PR4
KID 2022 KID_2022_Core 103 PRDAY5 565 567 Num Number of days
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/tools/stats/FileSpecifications_NIS_2020_Core_V2.TXT
January 01, 2020 - NIS_2020_Core 2 AGE_NEONATE 4 5 Num Neonatal age (first 28 days … NIS 2020 NIS_2020_Core 97 PRDAY1 551 553 Num Number of days … NIS 2020 NIS_2020_Core 98 PRDAY2 554 556 Num Number of days … NIS 2020 NIS_2020_Core 99 PRDAY3 557 559 Num Number of days … NIS 2020 NIS_2020_Core 100 PRDAY4 560 562 Num Number of days
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/tools/stats/FileSpecifications_NIS_2021_Core.TXT
January 01, 2021 - NIS_2021_Core 2 AGE_NEONATE 4 5 Num Neonatal age (first 28 days … PR1
NIS 2021 NIS_2021_Core 98 PRDAY2 554 556 Num Number of days … PR2
NIS 2021 NIS_2021_Core 99 PRDAY3 557 559 Num Number of days … PR3
NIS 2021 NIS_2021_Core 100 PRDAY4 560 562 Num Number of days … PR4
NIS 2021 NIS_2021_Core 101 PRDAY5 563 565 Num Number of days
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/tools/stats/FileSpecifications_NIS_2022_Core.TXT
January 01, 2022 - NIS_2022_Core 2 AGE_NEONATE 4 5 Num Neonatal age (first 28 days … PR1
NIS 2022 NIS_2022_Core 98 PRDAY2 554 556 Num Number of days … PR2
NIS 2022 NIS_2022_Core 99 PRDAY3 557 559 Num Number of days … PR3
NIS 2022 NIS_2022_Core 100 PRDAY4 560 562 Num Number of days … PR4
NIS 2022 NIS_2022_Core 101 PRDAY5 563 565 Num Number of days
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-retained-foreign-objects-operating-room-quality-improvement-initiative
April 19, 2023 - Following a decrease in days between RFO, this healthcare system implemented a quality improvement initiative … Following several cycles of plan-do-study-act, days between RFO events increased from 29 to 451 days … and that number of days was sustained at one year.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ageday/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - AGEDAY is invalid (.A) if the age in days cannot be calculated and the supplied age in days is nonnumeric … Georgia supplied age in days using a mix of days (for patients up to one month old) and 30-day intervals … Hawaii
Beginning in 2000, the reported age in days was used when the age in days could not be calculated … :
Oregon did not report age in days in the data prior to 1998 and
Oregon reported age in days at … Beginning in 2007, reported age in days was used if the calculated age in days was missing.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/ageday/kidnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - AGEDAY is invalid (.A) if the age in days cannot be calculated and the supplied age in days is nonnumeric … Georgia supplied age in days using a mix of days (for patients up to one month old) and 30-day intervals … Hawaii
Beginning in 2000, the reported age in days was used when the age in days could not be calculated … :
Oregon did not report age in days in the data prior to 1998 and
Oregon reported age in days at … Beginning in 2007, reported age in days was used if the calculated age in days was missing.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/subglottic-litreview.docx
January 01, 2017 - (12 vs. 14, p=0.04) and decreased ICU length of stay (13 days vs. 16 days, p=0.003). … VAP rates were 9.6 per 1,000 ventilator days for group 1 and 19.8 per 1,000 ventilator days for group … The total number of antibiotic days was 1.696 in group 1, representing 61.6% of the 2,754 ICU days and … (95% CI: 2.40 to 0.71 days, p=(0.0003), and prolonged time to VAP by 3.90 days (95% CI: 2.56 to 5.24 … days).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/090-decolonization-implementation.pptx
April 01, 2025 - swabs of 5% per nostril3,4
Skin antisepsis or bathing
Chlorhexidine (CHG) antisepsis or bathing for 5 days … products
Requirements of mupirocin use as decolonizing agent
Needs a prescription, cost, used for 5 days … 11
Cardiac Clinic in an Academic Hospital
Decolonization Strategy
CHG skin bathing daily for 5 days … prior to procedure
Mupirocin twice a day for 5 days prior to procedure
Implementation Steps
CHG: Pack … prior to procedure
Mupirocin twice a day for 5 days prior to procedure
Implementation Steps
Patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50689/psn-pdf
November 20, 2019 - observe reductions in central-line catheter use during the study period (24.05 to 22.07 central line-
days … per 100 patient-days); however, this trend was also documented in the pre-intervention period. … rate decreased slightly; unadjusted rates decreased from 1.12 to 1.04 infections
per 1,000 catheter-days … Unadjusted urinary catheter use decreased from 21.46 to 19.83 catheter-
days per 100 patient-days. … to 5.7 cases per 10,000 patient-days.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/highrisk.html
October 01, 2017 - __________________________________________________
Date: ___/___/___
Resident
Within 90 Days … Mental: Unsafe Behaviors
Mental: Cognitive Impairment
Gait and Balance Instability
Fall: 8-30 Days … Fall: 31-180 Days
Psychoactive Medications
Other High-Risk Medications
Resident A
122 …
Total
3
1
2
2
1
1
1
Table 1 (continued)
Resident
Within 7 Days …
1
1
1
1
2
3
Table 1 (continued)
Resident
Within 7 Days
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/diverticulitis-biliary-infections-facilitator-guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - of antibiotics or up to 10 days of
antibiotics after source control was achieved. … and a delay in the diagnosis of a recurrent intra-
abdominal infection by four days. … ) were compared to those who
received shorter courses (median of 8 days). … Similar results were seen in a multicenter randomized
trial comparing 7 days to 14 days of therapy in … or 7 days if there is
concomitant bacteremia.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-rr-webcast-011124-elliott.pdf
September 30, 2021 - representativeness
• HCAHPS and CAHPS Hospice also examined extending 42-day
field periods to 49 days … a 49-day data collection period and compare respondents in the last
week to those in the first 42 days … Improves Representation of
Underrepresented Groups
• HCAHPS currently allows patients 42 days after … 43-49) to the first 42 days
► All modes showed meaningful gains in RR in the last week (average +3 … later
− Mail survey to non-respondents four days later
− Second mail survey to non-respondents 21 days
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/pruprev/5.html
December 01, 2017 - 14
Week 3
5/17/14
Week 2
5/24/14
Week 1
5/31/14
Wt Loss ≥ 5% in Prior 30 Days … )
1 (3%)(c)
1 (3%)(c)
1 (3%)(c)
1 (3%)(c)
Wt Loss ≥10% in Prior 180 Days (Point-to-Point … (9%) (a)
Daily Urine Incontinence
2 (6%)(c)
3 (9%) (a)
3 (9%)(c)
5 (14%) (a)
>3 Days … Report Rows
Data Source
Valid Input & Display
Wt Loss ≥5% in Prior 30 Days (Any)
Vital … >3 Days Bowel Incontinence
CNA documentation of resident bowel habits
For each static
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/overviewhandouts.html
December 01, 2017 - Contents
Sample Trigger Summary Report—Resident Level
Name
Room
Wt Loss ≥5% in Prior 30 Days … (Any)
Wt Loss ≥7.5% in Prior 90 Days (Point-to-Point)
Wt Loss ≥10% in Prior 180 Days (Point-to-Point … )
2 Meals ≤50% in 1 Day
Weekly Meal Intake Average <50%
Daily Urinary Incont
>3 Days Bowel Incont … )
1 (3%)(c)
1 (3%)(c)
1 (3%)(c)
1 (3%)(c)
Wt Loss ≥10% in Prior 180 Days (Point-to-Point … (9%) (a)
Daily Urine Incontinence
2 (6%)(c)
3 (9%) (a)
3 (9%)(c)
5 (14%) (a)
>3 Days