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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T4-Common_Suspected_Infections_Tools_to_Improve_Communication_and_Decision_Making.ppt
May 01, 2014 - Example: One-third of residents receiving antibiotics for UTI are being treated for asymptomatic bacteriuria … One-third of residents receiving antibiotics for a “UTI” are asymptomatic. … chronic diseases, medications, and time of day can affect an older person’s temperature
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Suspected UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/family-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - Alvarez’s daughter
says that last time this
happened her mother was diagnosed with a UTI, and she requests … pretty uncomfortable, and I don’t think the pain she will feel is worth it when the suspicion for a UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit4-19.html
November 01, 2014 - the medical evidence base may lead to a focus on improving processes that are unrelated to reducing UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapp.html
April 01, 2018 - Bilirubin > 1.0 mg/dL
WBC
Coma
UTI
Dyspnea
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/abx-stewardship-part1.pptx
March 01, 2017 - what actions you think should take place
Family says: “My Bobby always looks like this when he has a UTI … Antibiotics won’t help if he doesn’t have a UTI.
Antibiotics could hurt him (e.g., diarrhea). … In our first example, the family says: “My Bobby always looks like this when he has a UTI.” … And the nurse explains that antibiotics won’t help if he doesn’t have a UTI, that antibiotics could hurt
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/educational-bundles/urine-culturing/whento-order/urine-cultures-key.docx
March 01, 2017 - I certainly don’t want her to get a UTI either. But what I was thinking was…
Dr. … While her urine is cloudy, she is still doing well without any symptoms of UTI. … While her urine is cloudy, she is still doing well without any symptoms of UTI.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/do-dont.html
March 01, 2017 - Long-term Care Facility (LTCF) Component Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance Module: UTI Event
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereportguide.html
September 01, 2017 - UTI.
Sepsis or fever or infection.
Dehydration.
Circulatory problems.
Renal failure. … UTI.
Sepsis, fever, or infection.
Dehydration. … This resident has had a UTI for 3 days during the report week. … This resident’s record contains documentation of three different signs and symptoms of a potential UTI … UTI is this resident’s third most common high-risk change in condition.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/facil-guide/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module1-speaker-notes.html
February 01, 2023 - 3 percent and 7 percent per day, so we know that unnecessary culturing without signs or symptoms of UTI … You should also perform clinical assessments for signs/symptoms of a UTI.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/prevent/dos_and_donts.pdf
March 01, 2017 - Long‐term Care Facility (LTCF) Component Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance Module: UTI
Event
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/clabsi-cauti-icu/urine-culturing-notes.docx
April 01, 2022 - Symptoms of UTI are rarely reported in ICU patients, which can be a barrier to patient evaluation for … UTI. … CAUTI definitions state that fever is a nonspecific symptom of infection and cannot be excluded from UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/preventing-cauti-icu-setting-module_1-speaker-notes.docx
September 01, 2015 - 3 percent and 7 percent per day, so we know that unnecessary culturing without signs or symptoms of UTI … You should also perform clinical assessments for signs/symptoms of a UTI.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereports.html
September 01, 2017 - pneumonia or bronchitis, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), urinary tract infection (UTI … within 7 days (CHF or chest pain or MI, pneumonia or bronchitis, mental status change or neurological, UTI … diagnoses are considered high risk:
CHF
Chest Pain or MI
Pneumonia or Bronchitis
Asthma or COPD
UTI … CHF or chest pain or MI
Pneumonia or Bronchitis
Mental Status Change or Neurological Symptoms
UTI … medication profile indicating 15 active medications during the report week, active high-risk diagnosis of UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201607.html
January 01, 2018 - Safety,
Quality of Care,
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs),
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T1-Suggested_Agenda_for_Meeting_on_Monitoring_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - number of fluoroquinolones used), or (2) use of diagnostic criteria tools (e.g., number of Suspected UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/cauti-icu/facil-guide/mod1-slides.html
February 01, 2023 - Risk
Follow evidence-based culturing practices
Perform clinical assessment for signs/symptoms of UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T1-Suggested_Agenda_for_Meeting_on_Monitoring_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - number of
fluoroquinolones used), or (2) use of diagnostic criteria tools (e.g., number of
Suspected UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK3_P3T4-Training_Slides_for_Prescribing_Clinicians_Phase_3.ppt
May 01, 2014 - PowerPoint Presentation
Toolkit 3. How To Develop and Implement an Antibiogram Program
Phase 3. Implementation
Training Slides for
Prescribing Clinicians
Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
Help Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic
www.ahrq.gov/NH-ASPGuide ● May 2014
AHRQ Pub. No. 14-0023-5-EF
[Print …
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/when-to-order/cultures-slides.html
April 01, 2017 - reason to send a urine culture, particularly if the resident doesn't have any specific symptoms of a UTI … asymptomatic
Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB)
CAUTI requires presence of symptoms consistent with UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK3_P3T5-Training_Slides_for_Nursing_Home_Nurses_Phase_3.docx
May 01, 2014 - Thus, the antibiogram will be most applicable when selecting urinary tract infection (UTI)/wound/respiratory