Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Multi-use Website
 
• Published October 2016

Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2016.

Antimicrobial stewardship is one strategy to reduce health care–associated infections in a variety of settings. This guide provides detailed instructions and four adaptable toolkits to establish antimicrobial stewardship programs in nursing homes.

Available atRelated AHRQ viewpointRelated information

Related Resources

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals installed more sinks to stop infections. The sinks can make the problem worse.

Branswell H. STAT. October 25, 2016.

GRANT › GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Funding Announcement for Projects Targeting the Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 13, 2016. PA-17-007 and PA-17-008.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Receipt of antibiotics in hospitalized patients and risk for Clostridium difficile infection in subsequent patients who occupy the same bed.

Freedberg DE, Salmasian H, Cohen B, Abrams JA, Larson EL. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print].

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

National Patient Safety Goals on Health Care–Associated Infections.

Standards Field Reviews. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission; October 4–November 15, 2016.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Viewing prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection as a system: using systems engineering and human factors engineering in a quality improvement project in an academic medical center.

Rhee C, Phelps ME, Meyer B, Reed WG. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2016;42:447-471.

View More