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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T3-Sample_Monthly_Summary_Reports_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Antibiotic
Rx Divided
by Number
of Resident
Days
Number of
Residents
Receiving
Antibiotics
for UTI … Repeats)
Number
of UTI
SBAR
Forms
Used
Number of
UTIs That
Met
Diagnostic
Criteria
Number
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T6-Managing_Resident_and_Family_Expectations_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - the residents or family members keep requesting antibiotics for UTIs when a resident does not have a UTI … Have you ever had an experience where someone requested an antibiotic for what they thought was a UTI … In both of these talking points, it discusses what the true indicators of a UTI are, how we treat UTIs … Looking over the UTI points, would these have been helpful for any discussions you have had with residents
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T6-Managing_Resident_and_Family_Expectations_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - the residents or family members keep requesting antibiotics for
UTIs when a resident does not have a UTI … Have you ever had an experience where someone requested an
antibiotic for what they thought was a UTI … • In both of these talking points, it discusses what the true indicators of a UTI are,
how we treat UTIs … • Looking over the UTI points, would these have been helpful for any discussions you
have had with
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-061014.pptx
March 07, 2014 - .
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Assessment of Treatment of UTI in 36 Hospitals
Treatment No. (%)
Patients treated for … UTI present on admission, without indwelling catheter 111 —
Urine culture was not ordered, although … diagnosed 32.6% did not meet criteria for UTI (most due to lack of symptoms)
Cope, 2009 Houston … Improving UTI Treatment
Hospital conducted a simple educational campaign on when and when not to send … ICHE 2009
35
Testing and Treatment for UTI
60% of patients lack guideline indications for urine
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits.html
September 01, 2017 - This section contains three toolkits:
The Suspected UTI SBAR toolkit provides guidance and tools … This toolkit may be used instead of the Suspected UTI SBAR toolkit to target additional situations in … target these common infections when nursing home leaders want to use a model similar to the Suspected UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/education-bundles/urine-culturing/antibiotic-stewardship/case-study.html
March 01, 2017 - Valerie has a history of frequent urinary tract infections (UTI). … Over the last year she has been admitted to the hospital twice for UTI and has had multiple courses of … Johnny thinks his mother might have another UTI and wants her started on antibiotics right away.
1.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit4-12.html
November 01, 2014 - Project Team Composition—UTI Reduction
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Table of Contents
Improving
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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/case-study.docx
March 01, 2017 - Valerie has a history of frequent urinary tract infections (UTI). … Over the last year she has been admitted to the hospital twice for UTI and has had multiple courses of … Johnny thinks his mother might have another UTI and wants her started on antibiotics right away.
1.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/felix-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Overall, 3.1% of residents had a
UTI. … For the UTI model, residents who were underweight relative to being normal weight had
significantly … lower odds of experiencing a UTI (OR=0.86, SE=0.02. p<0.001). … Women had
significantly greater odds of experiencing a UTI (OR=1.30, SE=0.02, p<0.001) than did men. … There was no difference found between being of normal weight and being obese
and experiencing a UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit3-minimum-criteria.html
September 01, 2017 - The Suspected UTI SBAR Form and the letter were tested in Texas and resulted in a 30% reduction of use … Suspected UTI SBAR ( PDF )
Suspected Lower Respiratory Tract Infection SBAR ( PDF )
Suspected Skin
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-asymptomatic-bacteriuria.pdf
June 01, 2021 - bacteriuria (ASB) is a positive urine culture from a person with NO symptoms of a urinary
tract infection (UTI … − Do not order urine cultures unless a resident has signs and symptoms of a UTI. … The
Improving outcomes of UTI management in long-
term care project (IOU) consensus guidelines for
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/uti.html
September 01, 2022 - viewers will be able to—
Distinguish asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) from a urinary tract infection (UTI
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/machine-learning-prediction-model-personalized-urinary-tract-infection-care
July 01, 2024 - Unlike in adults, febrile UTI (fUTI) in children can be a silent and dangerous condition because it is … The study seeks to close critical care gaps, enhance clinical decision making, and improve pediatric UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/quality/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/assessment.html
March 01, 2017 - be in place for a minimum of 2 calendar days (Day 1=day of insertion) in order for the symptomatic UTI … References:
Adapted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Urinary Tract Infection (UTI … CAUTI
1 Yeast and other microorganisms, which are not bacteria, are not NHSN acceptable UTI … 14 days should be changed prior to specimen collection, but failure to change it does not exclude a UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-one-page.pdf
November 01, 2019 - • Do not order urine cultures unless your patient has signs and symptoms of a UTI, including in
patients … Note:
o Foul-smelling or cloudy urine does not indicate a UTI. … o Delirium, insomnia, and falls alone do not indicate a UTI.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/implementation/long-term-modules/module1/video-transcript-spanish.docx
June 02, 2025 - catheters, and one resident developed a C. diff. infection, after receiving antibiotics to treat her UTI … Tuvimos algunos casos de infecciones en las vías urinarias, o UTI, causadas por organismos resistentes … una residente contrajo una infección por C. diff., después de recibir antibióticos para tratar una UTI … un par de residentes que tuvieron infecciones por C. diff. mientras tomaban antibióticos para tratar UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/best-practices/posters.html
June 01, 2021 - Minimum Criteria for Initiation of Antibiotics for Suspected UTI, and When To Send a Urinalysis and Urine … (8 x 11, one-sided) (PDF, 202.3 KB)
Minimum Criteria for Initiation of Antibiotics for Suspected UTI
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/mindfulness-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - treated for UTI present on admission, without indwelling catheter
111
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Urine culture was … Slide 26
Stewardship Opportunities in UTI
Study
Patient Population
Lack of Adherence … diagnosed
32.6% did not meet criteria for UTI (most due to lack of symptoms)
Cope, 2009 … Clin Infect Dis . 2009;48:1182
Slide 27
Improving UTI Treatment
Hospital conducted a simple … ICHE 2009
Slide 36
Testing and Treatment for UTI
60% of patients lack guideline indications
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit4-5.html
November 01, 2014 - Physicians, nurses, and other frontline staff
Reduce waste
Improve quality of care by reducing UTI … rate (UTI project)
Return to Document
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866312/psn-pdf
July 17, 2024 - National Quality Forum (NQF)-endorsed measures of inappropriate
diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI … across more than 40 Michigan hospitals demonstrated significant decreases in
inappropriate diagnoses of UTI