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21. Flexible Interventions to Decrease Antibiotic Overuse in Primary Care Practice: A Report from SNOCAP-USA | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … West Abstract Overuse of antimicrobial agents fosters the spread of antimicrobial-resistant organisms … Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options: Workshop Report. … Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance: a population perspective.

22. PowerPoint Presentation; Deep-Root Your Data
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    December 01, 2017 - or no steroids x/10 Redosing appropriate x/6 Skin preparation at home x/10 (1 day of) Warmer in preoperative … care practices and drive compliance. 5 Process Measure Examples Appropriate hair removal Appropriate preoperative … skin preparation Use of antimicrobial prophylaxis Avoid postoperative hemorrhages Appropriate colon … For instance, check how often patients are appropriately redosed with the antibiotic prophylaxis. … Providing immediate feedback to specific surgical areas, like preoperative staff members, raises awareness

23. Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial Stewardship: Opportunities for the Future | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2018 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … Through both monitoring and, when necessary, altering current antimicrobial prescribing practices, antimicrobial … GNYHA Antimicrobial Stewardship Project Toolkit: Best Practices from the GNYHA/UHF Antimicrobial Stewardship … Other stewardship activities during timeframe: Changes to surgical prophylaxis.

24. Scientific Rationale (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - These infecting bacteria may be the patient’s normal flora, or they may be new, often antimicrobial-resistant … Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with adult healthcare-associated infections: Summary of … Influence of preoperative showers on staphylococcal skin colonization: a comparative trial of antiseptic … Preoperative skin preparation and surgical outcome. J Hosp Infect. 1988 Apr;11 Suppl B:27-32. … The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guidelines series: antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery

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    January 01, 2024 - with RA undergoing primary TKR have excellent 2-year outcomes, comparable with OA, in spite of worse preoperative … Rehabilitation, Outcomes, Risk, Elderly Khanna AS , Michaels S , Skaathun B Preexposure prophylaxis … characteristics of diverse young black men who have sex with men and their corresponding preexposure prophylaxis … Preexposure prophylaxis awareness and use in a population-based sample of young black men who have sex … Keywords: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Prevention, Antimicrobial Stewardship,

26. Chapter 2. Determine Surgical Site Infection Rates (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - A Cochrane review in 2007 identified four studies that used CDC criteria when considering antimicrobial … prophylaxis for herniorrhaphy or hernioplasty. … Among the four studies, the incidence proportion of SSI among those receiving prophylaxis was 0–1.72 … proportions from our four hospitals are closest to those reported in the literature for patients receiving preoperative … This appears largely due to a different pattern of antimicrobial use during the postoperative period

27. Methodological Challenges Associated With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … The impact of antimicrobial resistance on health and economic outcomes. … WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance. WHONET. … Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Twenty-First Informational Supplement

28. Methodological Challenges Associated With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … The impact of antimicrobial resistance on health and economic outcomes. … WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance. WHONET. … Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; Twenty-First Informational Supplement

29. A Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated SSI Surveillance Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial … simplified methods based on abnormal laboratory values or the presence of postoperative microbiology or antimicrobial

30. A Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated SSI Surveillance Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial … simplified methods based on abnormal laboratory values or the presence of postoperative microbiology or antimicrobial

31. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - In this study, the investigators developed a decision analytic model to evaluate the impact of a preoperative … Keywords: Surgery, Antibiotics, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), … Methodologies, Risk, Stroke Schmajuk G , Yazdany J Further lessons in pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis … American Medical Association Internal Medicine, entitled “Corticosteroid Use and Pneumocystis Pneumonia Prophylaxis … Further lessons in pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis.

32. Strategies to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … Antimicrobial use in long-term-care facilities. SHEA Long-Term-Care Committee. … The WHO policy package to combat antimicrobial resistance. … Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary

33. Strategies to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … Antimicrobial use in long-term-care facilities. SHEA Long-Term-Care Committee. … The WHO policy package to combat antimicrobial resistance. … Effect of a multifaceted intervention on number of antimicrobial prescriptions for suspected urinary

34. Screening for Surgical Site Infections by Applying Classification Trees to Electronic Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial … simpler methods based on abnormal laboratory values or the presence of postoperative microbiology or antimicrobial … procalcitonin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), c-reactive protein (CRP), microbiology results, and antimicrobial

35. Screening for Surgical Site Infections by Applying Classification Trees to Electronic Data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial … simpler methods based on abnormal laboratory values or the presence of postoperative microbiology or antimicrobial … procalcitonin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), c-reactive protein (CRP), microbiology results, and antimicrobial

36. Using Socio-Technical Probabilistic Risk Assessment (ST-PRA) to Assess Risk and Improve Patient Safety and Reliability in Health Care Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial … wearing artificial nails) is specified in a hospital policy, and an organization-level factor (e.g., preoperative

37. Using Socio-Technical Probabilistic Risk Assessment (ST-PRA) to Assess Risk and Improve Patient Safety and Reliability in Health Care Systems | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial … wearing artificial nails) is specified in a hospital policy, and an organization-level factor (e.g., preoperative

38. An Electronic Card Study of Treatment Strategies for Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial

39. An Electronic Card Study of Treatment Strategies for Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2014 - Healthcare-Associated Infections Development and Implementation of a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative … Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical Site Infections for Cardiac and Orthopedic … With Developing and Implementing Antibiograms in Nursing Homes Developing the Capacity to Implement Antimicrobial

40. Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices_Toolkit Overview and Recommended Prelaunch Activities (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with adult healthcare-associated infections: Summary of … Preoperative skin preparation and surgical outcome. J Hosp Infect. 1988 Apr;11 Suppl B:27-32. … The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guidelines series: antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery … In addition, hospitals may be aided by prior experience with preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG … Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens associated with adult healthcare-associated infections: Summary of