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361. 3 Tk2 T4-Quarterly Or Monthly Prescribing Profile Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - leads to unnecessary side effects, including multi-drug resistant organisms and health care-associated infections … The report is for your information only and is meant to help you maintain an awareness of trends in infections … Resident Name Infection Type/ Diagnosis Last Treated Organism Identified Rx Date Rx … Infections and antibiotic resistance in nursing homes. Clin Microbiol Rev. 1996 Jan;9(1):1-17.

362. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4d_combo_psi07-crbsi-bestpractices.pdf
     May 20, 2016 - (BSIs) Why Focus on Central Line-Related Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)? … • Starting in 2015, the central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection PSI will be one of …  Inspect central line site daily for signs of infection. …  Over a guide wire if the patient is suspected of having catheter-related infection. … How-to guide: prevent central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI).

363. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/090-decolonization-implementation.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - Collect patient compliance data Monitor impact on infection rates | 14 Case Example AHRQ Safety … Collect patient compliance data in EHR Did it have an impact on the infection rates? … Talk to staff for feedback Collect patient compliance data in EHR Did it have an impact on the infection … Intranasal mupirocin to prevent postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infections. … Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.

364. Suggested Timeline for Implementation (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Tract Infections One-Pager Talking With Residents and Family Members About Urinary Tract Infections … Bacterial Pneumonia One-Pager Respiratory Virus Infections One- Pager COPD Exacerbation … With Residents and Family Members About Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Poster Bacterial … Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Card Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing … Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Urinary Tract Infections Respiratory Virus Infections Aspiration Pneumonia

365. Mindfulness: Engaging Frontline Providers in Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Slide 7 Clostridium difficile Infections (CDIs) and Deaths Reach and Remain at Historic Highs … More than three fold reduction in C. difficile infections (3.7% to 0.9%). … and infection control as a resource to help. … prophylaxis and surgical site infections Stewardship efforts are most effective when they are … Hospitals Ranking at UMHS Urinary Tract Infections: #1 Pneumonia: #2 Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

366. When Do You Need An Antibiotic? (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2017 - (CAUTI) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and improve their safety culture. … Antibiotic drugs are strong medicine that can save lives when used appropriately to treat bacterial infections … Antibiotics can help the body fight bacterial infections, but they are not miracle drugs for everything … You don’t have an infection but instead have some other medical problem (such as anemia). … Sometimes people can have bacteria in their urine without having an infection.

367. When Do You Need An Antibiotic? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/reduce/antibiotic-brochure.html
     March 01, 2017 - (CAUTI) and other healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and improve their safety culture. … Antibiotic drugs are strong medicine that can save lives when used appropriately to treat bacterial infections … Antibiotics can help the body fight bacterial infections, but they are not miracle drugs for everything … You don't have an infection but instead have some other medical problem (such as anemia). … Sometimes people can have bacteria in their urine without having an infection.

368. 2013 Annual Hospital-Acquired Condition Rate and Estimates of Cost Savings and Deaths Averted From 2010 to 2013 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - site infections (SSIs) dropped as much as 20 percent. … Effect of education and performance feedback on rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection … A multicenter qualitative study on preventing hospital-acquired urinary tract infection in U.S. hospitals … Reduction of urinary tract infection and antibiotic use after surgery: A controlled, prospective, before-after … VA healthcare-associated infections activities/initiatives.

369. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides
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     September 01, 2022 - Use – Ambulatory Care 3 The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making 4 Does my patient have an infection … Image source: Wound infection after cryotherapy. … DermNetNZ.org. https://dermnetnz.org/topics/wound-infections. … Clindamycin versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for uncomplicated skin infections. … Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of foot infection in persons with diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update

370. Asymptomatic Bacteriuria (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-one-page.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - bacteriuria (ASB) is a positive urine culture in a patient with no signs or symptoms of a urinary tract infection … • Studies have demonstrated that treatment of ASB does not prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs … The role of asymptomatic bacteriuria in young women with recurrent urinary tract infections: to treat … is associated with a higher prevalence of antibiotic resistant strains in women with urinary tract infections … Urinary tract infections in long-term-care facilities.

371. Cellulitis-One-Page (doc file)
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     November 01, 2019 - Cellulitis and Soft Tissue Infections. Ann Intern Med. 2018 Feb 6;168(3):ITC17-32. PMID: 29404597. … Staphylococcus aureus colonization in an area of endemic community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections … Tedizolid phosphate vs linezolid for treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections: … Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update

372. Patient Safety Awareness Week 2023 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2023 - in a number of timely areas, including improving diagnostic safety, reducing healthcare-associated infections … Special Emphasis Notice: AHRQ Announces Interest in Healthcare Associated Infections and Combating Antibiotic … safety-related funding opportunities: Large Research Projects for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections … AHRQ's proven  tools  and resources  for improving diagnostic safety, preventing healthcare-associated infections

373. 5 Tk2 P2T8-Sample Antibiogram Phase 2 (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2014 - Health Care www.ahrq.gov Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HAIs Healthcare- Associated Infections … The antibiograms will be most applicable when selecting antibiotics to treat urine infections and systemic … infections that may have come from the urine … Urinary tract infections (UTIs) from gram-negative organisms • XX% of positive urine cultures were due

374. Appendix H. Urinary Catheter Pocket Card | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections … Foley catheters can cause : ↑ Infections ↑ Length of Stay ↑ Cost ↑ Patient Discomfort

375. Appendix A. Exclusion Criteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2013 - Companion Guide Preface Methods Participation Outcomes Adult Non-ICUs Pediatric Units Infections … Articles combining CLABSI cost estimates with other hospital-acquired infections were excluded. … Articles pertaining to bloodstream infections that were not hospital-acquired were excluded.

376. Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2015 - Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections Sustainability … Next Page Table of Contents Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections … Complications Examples of Patient Harm Related to Invasive Devices Preventing Device-Associated Infections … Provide infection prevention orientation monthly for all RPs working in high-risk units (i.e., ICU).

377. 4 Tk2 T3-Qi Meetings Tip Sheet Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - important to successfully implement and oversee progress being made in relation to antibiotic use, infection … to: Provide an update on progress: how often the MCRF has been used. reviewing changes based on the infection … Train or delegate training new staff in the Common Suspected Infections: Tools to Improve Communication … Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections Points for the team

378. 4 Tk2 T3-Qi Meetings Tip Sheet Final (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections Tool 3. … important to successfully implement and oversee progress being made in relation to antibiotic use, infection …  reviewing changes based on the infection log. … • Train or delegate training new staff in the Common Suspected Infections: Tools to Improve Communication

379. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
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     October 01, 2024 - 11 Safety Culture Is Related to Outcomes7 Patient outcomes8-11 Patient care experience Infection rates … among 103 ICUs.17,18 A 71 percent reduction in ventilator-associated pneumonia infections among 112 … An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. … Sustaining reductions in catheter-related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: an … AHRQ patient safety project reduces bloodstream infections by 40%.

380. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - · Antibiotics are medicines that fight infections caused by bacteria. … How do people get bacterial infections? … When are antibiotics used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs)? … · A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any party of the urinary system, including … When are antibiotics used to treat lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs)?