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1. Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access Hospitals
Date: Jul 2017

Presents strategies for implementing antibiotic stewardship programs in critical access hospitals (CAHs). Includes examples of improved antibiotic-use strategies and guidelines for the prescribing physician, nurses, and pharmacists.

...Antibiotic Stewardship Core Elements at Small and Critical Access Hospitals --- Presents strategies for implementing antibiotic...

2. Nursing Home Infection Control Program Characteristics, CMS Citations, and Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Policies: A National Study
Date: May 2018

Results of a study of 2,514 nursing homes to assess infection preventionist training and certification, staff turnover, and infection control program characteristics. Features statistics on facility characteristics, with breakdowns by locations in metro, large urban, small urban, or rural areas.

...Antibiotic Stewardship Policies: A National Study --- Results of a study of 2,514 nursing homes...

3. Recorded Webinar: The ABCs of Antibiotic Stewardship (Part 1)
Date: Mar 2019

Provides a webinar recording addressing antibiotic stewardship for Critical Access Hospitals. Focuses on the core elements of antibiotic stewardship, the related Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Project (MBQIP) measure for CAHs, and the current performance of Oklahoma's CAHs on antibiotic stewardship implementation.

...Antibiotic Stewardship (Part 1) --- Provides a webinar recording addressing antibiotic stewardship for Critical Access Hospitals...

4. Recorded Webinar: The ABCs of Antibiotic Stewardship (Part 2)
Date: Jun 2019

Continues the discussion on the importance of antibiotic stewardship for Critical Access Hospitals in a webinar recording. Identifies the core elements of antibiotic stewardship, addresses findings from the national Annual Facility Survey and national focus groups, and provides recommendations for implementing and improving antibiotic stewardship programs.

...Antibiotic Stewardship (Part 2) --- Continues the discussion on the importance of antibiotic stewardship for Critical...

5. Rural Success: High-Performing CAHs Take Action for Antibiotic Stewardship
Date: Jun 2019

Highlights antibiotic stewardship program best practices and strategies from Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) based on a series of focus groups. Includes antibiotic stewardship results from a CAH facility survey.

...Antibiotic Stewardship --- Highlights antibiotic stewardship program best practices and strategies from Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs...

6. Rural Success: Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association, MT
Date: Jul 2019

Highlights a frontier Critical Access Hospital in Ekalaka, Montana, with a focus on their quality improvement efforts. Covers their plans for a new building, updated electronic health records system, antibiotic stewardship efforts, and training to improve Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC).

...antibiotic stewardship efforts, and training to improve Emergency Department Transfer Communication (EDTC). --- View more Rural...

7. Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation: Suggested Strategies from High Performing Critical Access Hospitals
Date: Sep 2019

Describes antibiotic stewardship (AS) best practices identified through focus groups of 34 high performing Critical Access Hospitals across 25 states. Provides an overview of focus group findings on the seven core elements of hospital AS and identifies recurring themes.

...Antibiotic Stewardship Implementation: Suggested Strategies from High Performing Critical Access Hospitals --- Describes antibiotic stewardship (AS) best...

8. Improving Antibiotic Stewardship in Critical Access Hospitals: Strategies and Success Stories
Date: Nov 2019

Recording of a November 20, 2019, webinar discussing evidence-based infection control techniques and strategies to improve antibiotic prescribing in rural hospitals. Highlights antibiotic stewardship success stories from Critical Access Hospitals. Transcript available in the video description.

...antibiotic prescribing in rural hospitals. Highlights antibiotic stewardship success stories from Critical Access Hospitals. Transcript...

9. Antibiotic Resistance: Additional Federal Actions Needed to Better Determine Magnitude and Reduce Impact
Date: Mar 2020

Explores four challenges that federal agencies face in addressing antibiotic resistance. Provides eight recommendations for federal agencies to strengthen their efforts to combat antibiotic resistance. Includes references to antibiotic stewardship guidance and programs for Critical Access Hospitals throughout.

...antibiotic resistance. Provides eight recommendations for federal agencies to strengthen their efforts to combat antibiotic resistance. Includes references to antibiotic stewardship...

10. Rural Success: Paris Community Hospital, IL
Date: Sep 2020

Describes the quality improvement efforts of Paris Community Hospital in rural Paris, Illinois. Highlights the success of the emergency department's communication with other departments and facilities and opportunities to improve the hospital's antibiotic stewardship.

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