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21. Improving Communication and Teamwork Around Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/communication.html
    November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits Acute Care Hospital Toolkit Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing … Four Moments Develop and Improve Stewardship Program Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing … improve communication with patients and families Explain how to work as a team to improve antibiotic prescribing

22. 5 Tk2 P3T3-Antibiogram Factsheet Phase 3 (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.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

23. Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2017 - Determine Whether It Is Necessary To Treat a Potential Infection With Antibiotics Help Prescribing … tracking progress toward meeting antimicrobial stewardship program goals and providing feedback to prescribing … The Minimum Criteria for Antibiotics Tool is the diagnostic guidance tool for prescribing clinicians … Toolkits To Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection Nursing … Prescribing clinicians can then use the antibiogram to help them choose the most appropriate antibiotic

24. 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

25. Toolkit 3. The Nursing Home Antibiogram Program Toolkit: How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit3-develop-implement-antibiogram-program.html
    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.

26. 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

27. 3 Tk1 T5-Draft Policies And Procedures For The Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Final (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - Stewardship Program A description of how and when training for nursing staff and, if applicable, prescribing … Unnecessary prescribing practices by clinicians and overuse of newer, broad-spectrum antibiotics when … The use of this procedure can help reduce unnecessary prescribing and lead to fewer antibiotic failures … Procedure Patients suspected of having an infection are assessed and referred to a prescribing clinician … The form should be provided to the prescribing clinician and/or emergency department or hospital as appropriate

28. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T1-Background_final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Tool 1. … • Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved in prescribing empiric antibiotics … Prescribing clinicians—physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants—can consult these … • If it is wanted, interpretive guidance can be given to prescribing clinicians.

29. Antibiotic-Targets-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - of this presentation, participants will be able to: · Identify opportunities to improve antibiotic prescribing … · Recognize how to leverage frontline staff to guide safety improvement efforts around antibiotic prescribing … We will use this framework to review antibiotic prescribing decisions to identify potential harms and … We encourage you to use the Four Moments whenever you’re thinking about prescribing antibiotics. … The prescriber also considered part of Moment 2; she ordered appropriate cultures before prescribing

30. Acute Care ASP Development
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    November 01, 2019 - Invite executives to periodically attend unit meetings where antibiotic prescribing issues are discussed … policies Generates data on antibiotic use Identifies prescribing trends Assists with some AS interventions … Perform proactive risk assessments to determine areas in which harm related to antibiotic prescribing … Review guidelines and practices developed to optimize antibiotic prescribing in the facility. … Review materials for patient and health care worker education regarding optimal antibiotic prescribing

31. Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2023 - Newsletter AHRQ News Now Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing … Events Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing … Today's Headlines: Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing . … Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing An AHRQ-funded review of painkiller … Scaling-up a pharmacist-led information technology intervention (PINCER) to reduce hazardous prescribing

32. Guide to Sustainability Planning: Long-Term Care Facilities (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/sustainability-plan.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - and the potential harm caused by inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. … Sustaining teamwork and culture change around antibiotic prescribing are both essential to hardwiring … The Antibiotic Stewardship Team acting on its own is not sufficient to change prescribing practices. … It can also help change misconceptions and opinions about antibiotic prescribing and demonstrates to … Even with changes in antibiotic prescribing, it may be difficult to see changes in CDI rates.

33. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments/index.html
    August 01, 2021 - Frontline staff and prescribing clinicians are encouraged to use the Four Moments framework for all residents … Implementation of the Four Moments Integrating the Four Moments into daily practice for frontline staff and prescribing … These can also be shared with prescribing clinicians as well as residents and their family members.

34. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sustaining-antibiotic-slides.pptx
    September 01, 2022 - the next 1–2 years Identify targets for future antibiotic stewardship efforts based on antibiotic prescribing … session focusing on upper respiratory tract infections and sinusitis Quarterly review of antibiotic prescribing … rates in comparison to other practices Control Arm No educational session No review of antibiotic prescribing … period, ongoing antibiotic stewardship efforts are needed to continue to observe optimal antibiotic prescribing … Effect of an outpatient antimicrobial stewardship intervention on broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing

35. PowerPoint Presentation
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    June 01, 2021 - 21)-0029 June 2021 Identifying Targets 1 Objectives Identify opportunities to improve antibiotic prescribing … Recognize how to leverage frontline staff to guide safety improvement efforts around antibiotic prescribing … Improvement Mistakes Near Misses Defects Errors Problems 5 Examples of Potential Harm Prescribing … date or clear indication for antibiotics Forgetting to order needed cultures or diagnostic studies Prescribing … attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. 16 Problem Potential Solution(s) Clinicians and nurses fear not prescribing

36. 4 Tk1 T2-Clinician Letter Final 0 (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - Clinician Letter [PRINTED ON NURSING HOME OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S STATIONERY] [Date] [Prescribing Clinician … Assessment, and Request (SBAR) form to facilitate gathering critical information by nurses to communicate to prescribing … In addition to providing standardized information to help with decisionmaking, a prescribing clinician … [footnoteRef:10] Nonetheless, prescribing decisions ultimately rest with the prescribing clinician.

37. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    offers materials to help nursing homes improve antibiotic use and decrease harms caused by inappropriate prescribing … Toolkit To Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic for Treating an Infection : This toolkit … Prescribing clinicians can use an antibiogram to help them choose the most appropriate antibiotic for … After Passage of Legislative Mandate Telemedicine-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Improves Prescribing … Changes in antibiotic prescribing by dentists in the United States, 2012-2019.

38. The Role of the Bedside Nurse in Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/bedside-nurse.html
    November 01, 2019 - Program (Part 1) Antibiotic Stewardship Program (Part 2) Effective Behavior Changes Around Prescribing … With Microbiology Lab Team Antibiotic Review Form Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing … regarding implementation science to implement antibiotic stewardship (AS) interventions and to change prescribing

39. Implementation Guide for the Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care (pdf file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/ltc-implementation-guide.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - Sign and post the Commitment Poster in public areas so it is clear your facility is committed to prescribing … Develop a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing Next, as you focus on setting up or revitalizing … your ASP, it is important to work on changing the culture of antibiotic prescribing at your facility … Under the Create a Culture of Safety Around Antibiotic Prescribing section, several presentations can … The ASP and frontline providers are encouraged to characterize all antibiotic prescribing problems as

40. Stewardship-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
    www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-facilitator-guide.docx
    June 01, 2021 - team meeting, she raised her concern and the stewardship team decided to collect baseline antibiotic prescribing … Notice the differences in his prescribing practices for UTIs when compared with other prescribers in … Choose tools and materials that will help address prescribing errors that you identify as common at your … In the initial case, Lisa reviewed antibiotic prescriptions and noticed a flaw in antibiotic prescribing … This can be helpful to monitor lengthy prescribing practices, but it doesn’t provide data on antibiotics