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81. 127. Treatment Recommendations: Medications (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide127.html
    October 01, 2014 - Clinical guidelines for prescribing medication for treating tobacco use and dependence (continued) … Consider prescribing second-line agents (clonidine and nortriptyline) for patients unable to use first-line

82. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - materials focus on improving antibiotic stewardship programs, engaging frontline staff in improving prescribing … building and maintaining an antibiotic stewardship program, improving the safety culture around antibiotic prescribing … building and maintaining an antibiotic stewardship program; improving the safety culture around antibiotic prescribing … antibiotic stewardship activities in your practice, learning strategies for communicating about antibiotic prescribing

83. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2016 - For example, if the nursing home is already monitoring antibiotic use, staff may have identified that prescribing … In that case, a nursing home may want to select one of the tools designed to help prescribing clinicians … Other common problems that nursing homes may wish to address are high rates of prescribing for specific … Program Goals Level of Resources Needed Identify Potential Problems Help Prescribing … Clinicians Identify an Infection Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic

84. Physician Use of Hand-held Computers for Drug Information and Prescribing (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Galt.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - Physician Use of Hand-held Computers for Drug Information and Prescribing 93 Physician Use of Hand-held … Computers for Drug Information and Prescribing Kimberly A. … Physician beliefs about the usefulness of the PDA to improve prescribing. 3. … PDAs for Drug Information and Prescribing 101 Table 1. … PDAs for Drug Information and Prescribing 103 F ig u re 2 .

85. 5 Tk3 P3T4-Training Slides For Prescribing Clinicians Phase 3 (doc file)
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    May 01, 2014 - Implementation Training Slides for Prescribing Clinicians [PRINT OUT COPIES OF THE VIGNETTES AND ANTIBIOGRAMS … Implementation Training Slides for Prescribing Clinicians Facilitator Guide AHRQ Pub. … make initial decisions for antibiotics and to follow the effect of the antibiogram on nursing home prescribing … Slide 4 Background: Antibiotic Prescribing SAY: Antibiotics are the most frequent medications prescribed

86. 136. Treatment Recommendations: Medications-Nicotine Inhaler (Continue) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Clinical guidelines for prescribing medication for treating tobacco use and dependence (continued) … Availability Prescription only Prescribing instructions Ambient temperature-Delivery of

87. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
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    September 01, 2022 - practices for quality improvement activities and for the quality of care, and some options include prescribing … You are not a Top Performer Your inappropriate antibiotic prescribing rate is 25%. … Reducing inappropriate antibiotics prescribing: the role of online commentary on physical examination … Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices … Effects of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in primary care 12 months

88. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/009-antibiotic-stewardship-guide.docx
    October 01, 2024 - what additional prescribing guidance is needed, and championing and executing interventions. … Slide 14 Step 3: Identify Areas for Improved Prescribing SAY: Based on data about what antibiotics … Some common syndromes that are associated with opportunities in improving prescribing are asymptomatic … Improving antibiotic prescribing can be facilitated by implementation of five steps: 1. … In conjunction with the ASP, identify areas for improvement in antibiotic prescribing. 4.

89. New Nursing Home Resources Aimed at Preventing COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - Community Characteristics Predict Opioid and Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists . … Community Characteristics Predict Opioid and Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists Certain community characteristics … as more dentists per capita and a higher proportion of female residents, were associated with higher prescribing … Further, dental opioid prescribing rates decreased while antibiotic prescribing rates increased over … They suggest that data on prescribing patterns can help target interventions to improve dental prescribing

90. 5 Tk2 P1T4-Antibiogram Factsheet Phase 1 (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1T4-Antibiogram_Factsheet_Phase_1.doc
    January 01, 2014 - Antibiograms display the organisms present in clinical specimens sent by the prescribing clinician (physician … The antibiogram will be formatted as a table that is easy for prescribing clinicians to read and use … when making decisions about prescribing antibiotics for residents. … The adverse consequences of inappropriate prescribing practices are serious and have become a major public

91. 5 Tk2 P3T3-Antibiogram Factsheet Phase 3 (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T3-Antibiogram_Factsheet_Phase_3.doc
    January 01, 2014 - Antibiograms display the organisms present in clinical specimens sent by the prescribing clinician (physician … The antibiogram will be formatted as a table that is easy for prescribing clinicians to read and use … when making decisions about prescribing antibiotics for residents. … The adverse consequences of inappropriate prescribing practices are serious and have become a major public

92. Medications Supplement Dashboard Data 2023 (xls file)
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    January 01, 2023 - Miss Monitoring 887 2.4% Near Miss Other stage 3,844 10.5% Near Miss Preparing 1,755 4.8% Near Miss Prescribing … 4.1% Unsafe Condition Other stage 725 6.3% Unsafe Condition Preparing 238 2.1% Unsafe Condition Prescribing … to the patient Other stage 8 5.0% Allergen to the patient Preparing 2 1.3% Allergen to the patient Prescribing … or deteriorated medication/substance Preparing 27 3.9% Expired or deteriorated medication/substance Prescribing … 0.6% Incorrect patient Other stage 49 2.5% Incorrect patient Preparing 30 1.6% Incorrect patient Prescribing

93. 5 Tk2 P1T4-Antibiogram Factsheet Phase 1 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1T4-Antibiogram_Factsheet_Phase_1.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - Antibiograms display the organisms present in clinical specimens sent by the prescribing clinician … The antibiogram will be formatted as a table that is easy for prescribing clinicians to read and use … when making decisions about prescribing antibiotics for residents. … The adverse consequences of inappropriate prescribing practices are serious and have become a major

94. 5 Tk2 P3T3-Antibiogram Factsheet Phase 3 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T3-Antibiogram_Factsheet_Phase_3.pdf
    May 01, 2014 - Antibiograms display the organisms present in clinical specimens sent by the prescribing clinician … The antibiogram will be formatted as a table that is easy for prescribing clinicians to read and use … when making decisions about prescribing antibiotics for residents. … The adverse consequences of inappropriate prescribing practices are serious and have become a major

95. Question 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2012 - As you begin to identify antibiotics to target, you will also need to look at prescribing practices that … most ASPs have limited resources, time, and staff to have activities that affect all antimicrobial prescribing … For example, you can conduct a formal medication review for several weeks or longer of prescribing patterns … For many facilities, this timeframe is unrealistic; a review of only a few days of prescribing patterns … considered, including stewardship staffing and skill set; ability to affect a large enough burden of prescribing

96. “Six Building Blocks” Toolkit Helps Clinics Improve Opioid Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2021 - “Six Building Blocks” Toolkit Helps Clinics Improve Opioid Prescribing Six Building Blocks

97. 3 Tk1 T3-Readiness Assessment Final (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - lower respiratory, or skin and soft tissue infections—or the toolkit for working with a lab to improve prescribing … nursing, charge nurse(s), infection prevention consultant/practitioner, and the medical director or other prescribing … Implementation will require training for nursing staff and possibly prescribing clinicians, depending … Initial training for nurses and prescribing clinicians may take approximately 30 minutes to 2 hours. … Are there sufficient funds to make copies of materials for nurses, prescribing clinicians, and, as appropriate

98. 3 Tk1 T3-Readiness Assessment Final (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T3-Readiness_Assessment_final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - lower respiratory, or skin and soft tissue infections—or the toolkit for working with a lab to improve prescribing … , charge nurse(s), infection prevention consultant/practitioner, and the medical director or other prescribing … Implementation will require training for nursing staff and possibly prescribing clinicians, depending … Initial training for nurses and prescribing clinicians may take approximately 30 minutes to 2 hours. … Are there sufficient funds to make copies of materials for nurses, prescribing clinicians, and, as appropriate

99. Ø 1I TOOL: Survey of Staff Attitudes Toward ASP and Current Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2012 - prescribers' perceptions about antimicrobial resistance, including the scope of the problem, antibiotic prescribing … difficile infection during a stay at this institution. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Antibiotic Prescribing … This institution does not provide adequate training on antimicrobial prescribing and use. ___ _ … Additional staff education on antimicrobial prescribing is needed. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ 7. … Prescribing physicians are the only disciplines who need to understand antimicrobial stewardship. _

100. Toolkit 3. The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2016 - Referring to an antibiogram report enables prescribing clinicians to make prompt, empirically based decisions … Because antibiograms provide information on local susceptibility patterns, they may help to reduce prescribing … This phase involves determining whether prescribing clinicians and the nursing home facility have the … This phase involves training prescribing clinicians and nurses to use the antibiogram. Phase 4. … Using Nursing Home Antibiograms to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing and Delivery – Final Report.