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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-brochure.html
March 01, 2017 - When Do You Need An Antibiotic?
AHRQ Safety Program for Long-Term Care: HAIs/CAUTI
Taking antibiotics when you don't need them is like leaving the lights on all the time.
Don't Take Antibiotics for Granted
It's easy to see why antibiotics are helpful, and now you know why sometimes you or a fam…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-section-1-tables-1-3.pdf
June 02, 2025 - hypotension) < 5th percentile for age or systolic BP < 2 SD below
normal for age
OR
• Need for vasoactive drug … dysfunction
995.94
Bacteremia 790.7
Septic shock 785.52
Table 3: Parenteral Antibiotics
Drug
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/quintana-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - collaborate around medications,
track the impact of drugs on symptoms, view medication precautions and drug-drug … prescribing clinicians, track the impact of medications on symptoms, view medication precautions and
drug-drug … Older patients are often on multiple medications, and side effects
and drug-drug interactions may lead … Interactions: Medication lists are checked against NIH databases for drug-drug interactions
3.5 User … InfoSAGE connects
to the RxNorm database to retrieve information on the medication and potential drug-drug
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cancer/questions-and-answers-about-cancer-care-survey.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Why does the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey use phrases that differ from common
clinical terms, such as drug … The Cancer
Care Survey uses terms like “drug therapy” and “radiation therapy” because, from the patients … ) who have a diagnosis of cancer and
received active treatment for that cancer (radiation therapy, drug … Create sample frames: Create separate sampling frames for each treatment modality (radiation
therapy, drug … : Why does the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey use phrases that differ from common clinical terms, such as drug
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Comden.pdf
January 01, 2003 - , wrong-dose, omitted-dose or -drug, and wrong-patient medication
administration errors in nursing and … Four classes of patient events (wrong-
drug, wrong-dose, omitted-dose/drug, and wrong-patient medication … Incidence and
preventability of adverse drug events in nursing
homes. … Drug administration errors: a study into
the factors underlying the occurrence and reporting of
drug … Systems analysis
of adverse drug events. JAMA 1995;274:35–43.
20.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-12.html
July 01, 2022 - Food and Drug Administration
The U.S. … Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for protecting the public's health by assuring the … This Web site also offers a drug information resource, MedMaster, which is a searchable database to learn
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/appendix/app-12.html
July 01, 2022 - Food and Drug Administration
The U.S. … Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for protecting the public's health by assuring the … This Web site also offers a drug information resource, MedMaster, which is a searchable database to learn
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Commercial-Outpatient-Weighted.pdf
September 26, 2023 - 0.00 11,771,391 6.01
86: Neuropsychiatry 10,054 0.01 11,781,445 6.01
87: All other suppliers (e.g., drug … G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 13,152,019 6.71 181,193,578 92.50
H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug … -G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 7,361,606 3.76 182,372,209 93.11
H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug … -G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 2,976,078 1.52 184,417,186 94.15
H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug … -G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 1,455,906 0.74 186,233,416 95.08
H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-section-5-table-4.pdf
January 01, 2014 - The empiric
drug of choice should be changed as endemic
ecologies dictate (e.g., H1N1, penicillin- … microbiological
confirmation, requires consideration of patient-
related characteristics, such as drug … predictors of outcome, clinicians
must establish a system for rapid administration of
a rationally chosen drug
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hartung-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - crisis continues to expand, but lack of training
specifically related to standardized prescription drug … Opioid
and Naloxone Dispensing (RESPOND) Toolkit to enhance community pharmacists’ use of Prescription
Drug … the goal of improving pharmacists’ knowledge on the
opioid epidemic, integration of the Prescription Drug … the past 5 years,2, 3 with an increasing number of interventions focused on improving
Prescription Drug … Early Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP) were implemented in the US in the
1970s
d.
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www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup/co-level-stats.html
August 01, 2018 - How to Use HCUP to Create County-Level Statistics, Graphics, and Maps
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is the Nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital data, including information on inpatient stays, ambulatory surgery and services, and emergency department visits.
AHRQ has released…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/program-dev-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - Also, he does not consider the possibility for potential drug-drug interactions with the resident’s existing … antibiotic therapy is indicated
· No stop date on the antibiotic
· No post-prescription monitoring for drug-drug … One is to monitor for drug-drug interactions related to antibiotics. … team, you decide to collect data on the following information:
To evaluate baseline monitoring for drug-drug … · There’s no indication based on chart review that anyone considered the potential for drug-drug
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-04/schiff-mcnutt-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Descriptive analysis of the drug name lexicon. Drug
Information Journal 2001;35:163-172. … Designing safe drug names. Drug Safety 2005;28:495-512.
McNutt R, Abrams R, Hasler R. … Descriptive analysis of the drug name lexicon. … Design of safe drug names. … SafeDrugNames.com: Using a web-based drug name search system to minimize
the risk of drug name confusions
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/medmanage-slides.html
May 01, 2017 - Adverse drug events result in as many as 4.5 million ambulatory visits each year. 1
Medication reconciliation … improves patient safety and reduces adverse drug events:
prescribing errors, medication contraindications … Therapeutic Drug Use. [updated 2016 July 6; cited 2016 Aug 1]. … Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-therapeutic.htm
Lainer M, Vogele A, Wensing … Adverse drug events in U.S. adult ambulatory medical care.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/analyses.html
November 01, 2022 - More Opioid-Related Emergency Visits, No Change in Illicit Drug Use Treatment . September 2021. … Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2019 Jun; 199:151-158. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.03.005
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/ced-topic-refinement.pdf
November 01, 2022 - Framework for FDA's Real-World Evidence Program US Food & Drug Administration. … and Biological Products US Food & Drug Administration. … Products Guidance for Industry US Food & Drug Administration. … and Biological Products US Food & Drug Administration. … Data Standards for Drug and Biological Product Submissions Containing Real-World Data US
Food & Drug
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www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/hrqa99b.html
October 01, 2014 - ) comparisons to alternate health care practices and technologies; and (E) requirements of Food and Drug
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/comparison.html
June 01, 2025 - Table of Contents Adverse Drug Events (ADEs): General Medication Topics ADEs: Harms Due to Anticoagulants … ADEs: Harms Due to Diabetic Agents ADEs: Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults ADEs: Harms Due … Patient Safety Practices MHS I (2001) MHS II (2013) MHS III (2020) MHS IV (2023-24) Computer Adverse Drug … Evidence (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence The Clinical Pharmacist's Role in Preventing Adverse Drug … Teach-Back (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence (Not reviewed) ADEs: Reducing Adverse Drug
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/sangasubana-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - product; (2) to
determine the sources of drug information they would use to find out more about an … risk perceptions of OTC products
SCOPE
Background: Currently, there is a trend by the US Food and Drug … is the largest group that uses
prescription and OTC medicines, and the group is more vulnerable to drug … There were also insufficient data to determine the sources of drug information the
elderly would use … Consumers’ Risk Perceptions of Over-the-Counter Drug Products: Concept
and Measure Using Quantitative
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4-comm3.html
October 01, 2015 - disorders
1.08
0.87(b)
1.24(a)
1.00
Alcohol abuse
0.95
1.50(a)
0.83(b)
1.32(a)
Drug … counties, those in border counties were:
Less likely to have a code for liver disease, alcohol and drug … Among non-Hispanics, those in border counties were more likely to have a code for drug or alcohol abuse