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61. NICU Family Information Packet, Appendix B, Tracheostomies (pdf file)
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    December 13, 2013 - – Upper airway resistance. – Lung mechanics. … – Use the largest size possible to reduce airway resistance, keep work of breathing low, reduce the … • Cannot be used with speaking valves, and creates extra resistance. … – Deep suctioning: Insert catheter until resistance met, apply suction on withdrawal – This technique

62. Decision Making and Readiness for Implementation (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - • Should we be concerned about producing antibiotic resistance? … As with all antibiotics, we will need to be vigilant about antibiotic resistance. … o Evidence for emergence of antibiotic resistance during the use of mupirocin is mixed. … The literature has reported evidence of increased mupirocin resistance with broad use of mupirocin, … increased resistance to mupirocin in the absence of broad use of mupirocin, and no increase in resistance

63. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - allergy: doxycycline, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, clindamycin (monitor for response given increasing resistance … aureus, including MRSA1,2  Doxycycline  Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxizole  Clindamycin (increasing resistance … in S. aureus; check local resistance rates before using)  Linezolid (severe cases) Duration

64. Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitationi (HYCR) Tools and Resources Guide (pdf file)
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    April 28, 2023 - • Resistance exercise – Exercise that focuses on improving muscular strength. … Inst Biceps Curls With Resistance Bands Area Targeted: Biceps Biceps Curls With Resistance Bands … This one definitely works best with less resistance, since too much resistance will pull you back towards … High reps and lower resistance with bands works ridiculously well. … Reverse Biceps Curls With Resistance Bands Area Targeted: Biceps Reverse Biceps Curl With Resistance

65. Applications Due Feb. 5: Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2022 - Applications Due Feb. 5: Research Projects on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance

66. 6 Tk1 T3-Resident Information Sheet Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Final (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - For more information about antibiotic resistance, visit: CDC: Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance http … ://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html FDA: Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance http://www.fda.gov

67. /docProps/thumbnail.wmf (doc file)
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    September 01, 2012 - Antimicrobial Resistance: Scope of the Problem and Key Contributors Strongly Disagree Disagree Neither … Antibiotic resistance is a problem in this institution. |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| 2. … Antimicrobial stewardship programs reduce the problem of antimicrobial resistance. |_| |_| |_| |_ … · Increased antimicrobial resistance. · See table on back for specific duration recommendations. … STEP 5: Epidemiologic Surveillance · With time and selective pressure, resistance patterns will change

68. 6 Tk1 T3-Resident Information Sheet Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Final (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T3-Resident_Information_Sheet_Antibiotic-Resistant_Bacteria_Final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - For more information about antibiotic resistance, visit: CDC: Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance … http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html FDA: Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance http://www.fda.gov

69. Streptococcal Pharyngitis (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - ‒ Penicillin resistance has not been documented in group A strep. … ‒ GAS resistance to both of these agents has been observed.

70. Implementation Change Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Accept and plan for resistance. Resisters help to clarify the problem. … Exploring the reasons for resistance might surface a belief that current debriefs are relatively long … Use the following actions to overcome resistance to change: Acknowledge change as a process. … Think about how to handle resistance. … How can you leverage your Change Team to strategize, plan, and control the impact of resistance?

71. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria and Urinary Tract Infections (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2019 - It is important to know local resistance patterns for both of these agents before using them, given … increasing resistance particularly with trim/sulfa. … However, local E. coli resistance data must be considered as these agents cannot be recommended for … empiric therapy if resistance is seen in a large proportion of isolates—some have proposed a cutoff … If trim/sulfa or fluoroquinolones cannot be used because of resistance, then consider converting to

72. Section 3. Putting Your Intervention Into Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2014 - Genes encoding for KPC enzymes are located on plasmids, and other resistance-factor genes are often linked … Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates positive for carbapenemases typically exhibit resistance to almost all … harboring KPC remains challenging because automated susceptibility testing systems fail to detect low-level resistance

73. AHRQ SHARE Approach Training and Implementation Success Story (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2016 - “Antibiotic Resistance Questions and Answers.” http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/community/about/ antibiotic-resistance-faqs.html … getsmart/week/downloads/gsw-factsheet-providers.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/community/about/antibiotic-resistance-faqs.html … http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/community/about/antibiotic-resistance-faqs.html 3 AHRQ’s SHARE Approach

74. Preventing CAUTI: Engaging Clinicians and Senior Leadership to Implement Change | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-engaging-leadership-slides.html
    December 01, 2017 - are the most number of catheters Slide 25 Start with a Plan Anticipate barriers – nurse resistance … , physician resistance, patient/family requests for a catheter Track performance (both processes and … where to begin, usually where there are the most number of catheters Anticipate barriers – nurse resistance … , physician resistance, patient/family requests for a catheter Track performance (both processes and … Substantial physician resistance? Patient and family requests for a Foley?

75. How To Avoid the Harms of Antibiotic Overuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2019 - Reason 2 1 It Leads to Bacterial Resistance! … Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem Often forced to use older antibiotics to deal with resistant … Slide 8: Engaging Physicians and Other Providers 2 Remind others that antibiotic resistance is

76. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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    May 01, 2014 - Antibiotic use can lead to side effects, multidrug resistance, and health care-associated infections … Hospitals have used antibiograms to: Identify important local resistance patterns. … Antibiotics from the same class are likely to have similar resistance patterns; for example, with cephalosporins … The reason is that antibiotics from the same class are likely to have similar resistance patterns. … Significant resistance to commonly used antibiotics is seen among the gram-negative organisms that frequently

77. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2014 - CRE are the result of a complex family of plasmid-borne resistance factors that circulate among Enterobacteriaceae

78. The Integration of Hospitalists into U.S. Academic Medical Centers
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    March 07, 2014 - Clinical Infectious Diseases 2008; 15:735-43 Antibiotic exposure increases the risks of resistance … Cipro Standard Antibiotic duration 3 days 10 days LOS ICU 9 days 15 days Antibiotic resistance … antimicrobial stewardship programs Optimize Patient Safety Decrease or Control Costs Reduce Resistance … for outcomes Single pharmacy leader Antibiotic use tracking Regular reporting on antibiotic use and resistance … Educating providers on use and resistance Specific improvement interventions Interventions to Improve

79. Mindfulness: Engaging Frontline Providers in Antimicrobial Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Slide 9 Antibiotic Exposure Increases the Risks of Resistance Pathogen and Antibiotic Exposure … Slide 16 Stewardship Optimizes Patient Safety: Decreased Patient-level Resistance Image on left … Antibiotic duration 3 days 10 days LOS ICU 9 days 15 days Antibiotic resistance … duration Slide 19 Goals of Antimicrobial Stewardship Optimize Patient Safety Reduce Resistance … outcomes Single pharmacy leader Antibiotic use tracking Regular reporting on antibiotic use and resistance

80. 047-Evidence-Behind-Decolonization-Strategies-Notes (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - Most importantly, susceptibility testing showed no evidence of chlorhexidine resistance, and the CHG … Importantly, analysis showed no emergence of chlorhexidine or mupirocin resistance in the thousands of … Short-term use of intranasal mupirocin, as used in these studies, was not associated with resistance. … Generally, antiseptics are less prone to resistance than antibiotics such as mupirocin. … To date, there is no evidence of emergent resistance to iodophor with Staphylococcus aureus.