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1. Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2022 - The goal of this Task Force is to reduce antibiotic resistance by carrying out the actions described … National Action Plan in three ways: Funding research on infection prevention, combating antibiotic resistance … organisms, and preventing infections in the first place, a foundational step toward combating antibiotic resistance

2. Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   promote the appropriate use of antimicrobials, thereby improving patient outcomes, reducing antibiotic resistance … Mandate Telemedicine-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Improves Prescribing, Reduces Bacterial Resistance

3. Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2009 - Antibiotic resistance is becoming a national threat.

4. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 . … Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 . … Image: How Antibiotic Resistance Happens - 1. Lots of germs. … Driver of antibiotic resistance. … Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 .

5. Antibiotic Stewardship Slides, Part 2
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   March 01, 2017 - Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013. … Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem. … Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013. … Here’s how antibiotic resistance develops. … How can we fight back against antibiotic resistance?

6. 5 Tk2 P4T2-Quality Improvement Review Tool For Antibiotic Use In Uti Phase 4 (doc file)
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   January 01, 2011 - Tracking Sheet to see if prescribing is consistent with national guidelines and with the nursing home’s resistance … The review will classify each antibiotic as: · Significant resistance (<80 percent sensitive) or no … significant resistance on the nursing home antibiogram, · Narrow or broad spectrum, or · Appropriate … List of Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections: Appropriateness Resistance Pattern · Significant … resistance: The nursing home’s antibiogram shows <80 percent sensitivity for the antibiotic prescribed

7. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
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   September 26, 2019 - cause infections with high mortality rates and few therapeutic options due to their ability to confer resistance … to many different antibiotics.1 Different mechanisms cause the carbapenem resistance, with carbapenemase-producing … isolated from invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Europe showed an increase in carbapenem resistance … from 4.6 percent in 2010 to 8.3 percent in 2013.5 Carbapenem resistance can be transferred between … patients and between different species of bacteria via plasmids, allowing the rapid spread of the resistance

8. 5 Tk2 P4T2-Quality Improvement Review Tool For Antibiotic Use In Uti Phase 4 (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2014 - Tracking Sheet to see if prescribing is consistent with national guidelines and with the nursing home’s resistance … The review will classify each antibiotic as: • Significant resistance (<80 percent sensitive) or no … significant resistance on the nursing home antibiogram, • Narrow or broad spectrum, or • Appropriate … Pattern • Significant resistance: The nursing home’s antibiogram shows <80 percent sensitivity for … • No significant resistance: The nursing home’s antibiogram shows ≥80 percent sensitivity for the antibiotic

9. Chapter-6 - Carbapenem-Resistant-Enterobacteriaceae (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2020 - cause infections with high mortality rates and few therapeutic options due to their ability to confer resistance … to many different antibiotics.1 Different mechanisms cause the carbapenem resistance, with carbapenemase-producing … isolated from invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in Europe showed an increase in carbapenem resistance … from 4.6 percent in 2010 to 8.3 percent in 2013.5 Carbapenem resistance can be transferred between … patients and between different species of bacteria via plasmids, allowing the rapid spread of the resistance

10. Ø 4B TOOL: UTI Guidelines Form | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2012 - Bacterial resistance to sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (SMZ/TMP) and fluoroquinolones has increased. … Do not use SMZ/TMP as empiric therapy or ciprofloxacin as initial therapy due to high resistance to … Reserve fluoroquinolones for pyelonephritis and major systemic infections due to resistance development … Increased antimicrobial resistance. Refer to table for specific duration recommendations. … Step 5: Epidemiologic Surveillance With time and selective pressure, resistance patterns will change

11. Funding HAI and Antibiotic Resistance Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2021 - Funding HAI and Antibiotic Resistance Research AHRQ’s Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)

12. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - In the 2019 Antimicrobial Resistance Threat Report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated … Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019. Atlanta, GA: U.S. … Impact on Antimicrobial Resistance, Special Report 2022. Atlanta, GA: U.S.

13. Exhibit 5.18. Major Factors that Inhibited Lean Success | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2014 - Resources A hiring freeze during Lean implementation can contribute to staff and manager resistance … Engagement Middle management and frontline resistance remains, particularly among nursing staff

14. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2024 - In the 2019 Antimicrobial Resistance Threat Report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated … Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2019 . Atlanta, GA: U.S. … Impact on Antimicrobial Resistance, Special Report 2022 . Atlanta, GA: U.S.

15. Section 6. Facilitating Change and Anticipating Challenges | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2018 - Anticipating and Addressing Staff Resistance and Culture Change Through Education More often than not … , some level of staff resistance will be encountered, typically because of increased workloads or disruption … Another important factor in addressing staff resistance is leadership that is completely transparent … Overcoming Staff Resistance and Culture Change at Hahnemann University Hospital As part of its participation … Post-implementation adjustments Signals responsiveness to staff concern Staff resistance

16. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - They are also an important component of monitoring trends in antimicrobial resistance within a nursing … improve outcomes among residents with infections. · Antibiograms are a good way to detect changes in resistance … They do not provide the prevalence resistance to multiple antibiotics. · Antibiograms provide guidance … message is that [name of antibiotic] is not working for urinary tract infections because of significant resistance

17. 5 Tk1 T1-Background Final (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - They are also an important component of monitoring trends in antimicrobial resistance within a nursing … • Antibiograms are a good way to detect changes in resistance patterns. … They do not provide the prevalence resistance to multiple antibiotics. … message is that [name of antibiotic] is not working for urinary tract infections because of significant resistance

18. Investigating Interventions to Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2024 - With AHRQ’s help, my goal is to improve antibiotic use and minimize antimicrobial resistance.” … antibiotics inappropriately—for instance, not finishing all doses prescribed—leads to increased antibiotic resistance … Many had been unaware of any negative effects, such as antibiotic resistance and adverse drug reactions … urine cultures, this will help reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance

19. Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2016 - CDC’s About Antimicrobial Resistance c. … CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States A bibliography of journal articles is also … CDC https://www.cdc.gov/antimicrobial-resistance/data-research/threats/index.html Nursing Home Antimicrobial … Antibiotic resistance in non-major metropolitan skilled nursing facilities: prevalence and interfacility … An antibiotic prescription induces resistance at the individual level more than the group level.

20. 3 Tk1 T1-Gather A Team Final (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - following: CDC’s Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes CDC’s About Antimicrobial Resistance … : A Brief Overview CDC’s Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance: References and Resources CDC’s Antibiotic … Resistance Threats in the United States (2013) Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement … Antibiotic resistance in non-major metropolitan skilled nursing facilities: prevalence and interfacility … An antibiotic prescription induces resistance at the individual level more than the group level.