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AMS Working Sessions

Description


7/20/2022: Met with TASP Faculty to review CDC AMS Assessment and set goals (see session notes under resources “Syringa notes”)

Goals:

  • Develop skin and soft tissue focus in future and include staph aureus
  • Patient safety interventions: necessity, duration, labs
  • Check if using right indication for antibiotic prescriptions – look at trends
  • From CDC AMS assessment #7 on page 4, have pharmacist talk about antibiotic decision on day 2/3
    • Develop time-out process
  • Improve UTI and pneumonia tracking
  • Given the external pharmacy, discharge is important so it could be useful to check inpatient vs outpatient describing practices
  • Focus on upper respiratory tract infection now

Core Elements

Action

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