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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T4-Letter_to_Prescribing_Clinicians.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Nursing Home
Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Determine Whether To Treat
Toolkit 3. Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit
Tool 4. Letter to Prescribing Clinicians on the Protocol for Three Common
Infections
PRINTED ON NURSING HOME OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S STATIONERY
[DATE]
[PRESCRIBING CLINICIAN…
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T4-Letter_to_Prescribing_Clinicians.docx
October 01, 2016 - Tool 4. Letter to Prescribing Clinicians on the Protocol for Three Common Infections
PRINTED ON NURSING HOME OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S STATIONERY
[DATE]
[PRESCRIBING CLINICIAN NAME]
RECIPIENT ADDRESS
CITY, STATE ZIP]
Re: Change in protocol regarding three common infections and antibiotic stewardship
Dear Dr./Ms./Mr. [LAST …
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/about.html
September 01, 2021 - Metabolic Screening and Monitoring
Eight guidelines refer to glucose and lipid screening for children prescribed … These guidelines address metabolic screening for children and adolescents who are prescribed antipsychotics
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/cholesterol.html
March 01, 2021 - known heart disease, those with high LDL cholesterol levels, and those with diabetes), who have been prescribed … care practices in the study is to have at least 70 percent of patients eligible to receive a statin be prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/questions/resources/20-tips.html
November 01, 2020 - Ask for information about your medicines in terms you can understand—both when your medicines are prescribed … When you pick up your medicine from the pharmacy, ask: Is this the medicine that my doctor prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/prelaunch-activities.pdf
March 01, 2022 - Topical prescription products prescribed for treatment do not
need to be checked as they are required … Medicated or wound care skin products
If your patient is prescribed a treatment regimen for the … We do not recommend that
CHG compatibility be checked for prescribed medications because they are needed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit2-communications-and-decisionmaking.html
November 01, 2016 - reduce inappropriate prescribing for the four infections for which antibiotics are most frequently prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/implementing-stewardship-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - Further, approximately 30 percent of all antibiotics prescribed in ambulatory settings are likely unnecessary … throughout the practice to remind patients, families, and clinicians that antibiotics will only be prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/834.html
October 01, 2022 - Up to half of the antibiotics prescribed in ambulatory settings are considered medically inappropriate
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-2-attachment-4.xlsx
January 17, 2017 - indicate that there is an exception if there is a discrete place to document why the ACE/ARB was not prescribed … evidence-based behavior therapy Medical record indicates that evidence-based behavior therapy was prescribed … medications NOT active, ADHD medications absent from the patient medical record before behavior therapy was prescribed … medications active, ADHD medications absent from the patient medical record before behavior therapy was prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/program-dev-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - stewardship interventions
2
Developing a Program
2
Overuse and Consequences
Up to 75% of antibiotics prescribed … Start
Schedule regular team meetings
Form a mission statement
To ensure that every resident who is prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/communicating-decisions-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - The problem is that another healthcare practitioner has prescribed antibiotics for similar symptoms in
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-148-fullreport.pdf
February 01, 2019 - Studies have found that antipsychotics are increasingly being prescribed
for children who have conditions … A study of privately
insured children 2–5 years of age found that only 40 percent who were prescribed … Analysis of Medicaid data shows that youth in foster care are more likely to be prescribed
antipsychotics … these
trends suggest that access to psychosocial interventions for minority and foster care youth
prescribed … This
study also found that youth 12–17 years who are prescribed antipsychotics are less likely to
receive
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - prescriptions was being driven by a single practitioner or if fluoroquinolones were frequently being prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/commitment-poster-english.docx
September 01, 2022 - If you are not prescribed an antibiotic, ask what you can do to feel better and get relief from your
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sinusitis-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Levofloxacin or moxifloxacin
5- to 7-day treatment course for adults2
Although 10 days is traditionally prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/797.html
January 01, 2022 - Affordable Care Act, AHRQ Study Finds
New Data Visualization Shows Use of Drugs in 2014-2018 Later Prescribed … New Data Visualization Shows Use of Drugs in 2014-2018 Later Prescribed for COVID-19
A new AHRQ data
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T5-Minimum_Criteria_for_3_Infections_Training_Slides-final.pptx
October 01, 2016 - prescribing clinician elects to start antibiotics, this is where you would document which antibiotic is prescribed … But, unless there are actual symptoms, antibiotics shouldn’t be prescribed.
25
Suspected Skin and
Soft
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/799.html
February 01, 2022 - a more than 14 percent increased risk in adverse opioid-use events when “adults” just over 18 were prescribed
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T6-Managing_Resident_and_Family_Expectations_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - discuss how to explain antibiotics and infections in an easy to understand way, when antibiotics are prescribed