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Tools to Support Lasting Change

Discover evidence-based guidance for diagnosing and treating UTIs in long-term care settings. Leverage educational tools to educate clinicians, residents, and families on prudent antibiotic use. Explore resources tailored for LTAC and non-ED hospital units. Align with Choosing Wisely initiative to promote thoughtful discussions on unnecessary medical tests and procedures. Expand your knowledge with additional complimentary tools for UTI evaluation. Connect UTI evaluation to the broader scope of patient care.

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Tools to Support Lasting Change

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  1. Tools to Support Lasting Change

  2. ABCs for diagnosing UTI in long term care • Evidence based guidance for urine testing in the elderly • Research conducted in long term care, but applicable to other settings

  3. Clinician Education Sheet • Support tool for clinician education • Additional tool available for acute care emergency departments • Revision underway for LTAC and and non-ED hospital units

  4. When do you need an antibiotic? • To educate residents and families about the importance of prudent use of antibiotics • Additional brochure available developed for emergency departments • If interest, will adapt for LTAC and non-ED hospital units

  5. UTI & ASB in Long Term Care Residents • 2 sided, print 2 per page • Addresses specific issues around UTI and ASB in the elderly • If interest, will adapt for LTAC and non-ED hospital units

  6. An initiative of the ABIM Foundation, Choosing Wisely is focused on encouraging physicians, patients and other health care stakeholders to think and talk about medical tests and procedures that may be unnecessary, and in some instances can cause harm. • To spark these conversations, leading specialty societies have created lists of “Things Physicians and Patients Should Question” — evidence-based recommendations that should be discussed to help make wise decisions about the most appropriate care based on a patients’ individual situation. • More than 50 specialty societies have now joined the campaign, and 30+ societies will announce new lists in late 2013 and early 2014.

  7. http://www.americangeriatrics.org/files/documents/Five_Things_Physicians_and_Patients_Should_Question.pdfhttp://www.americangeriatrics.org/files/documents/Five_Things_Physicians_and_Patients_Should_Question.pdf

  8. https://www.amda.com/tools/ChoosingWisely_5Things.pdf

  9. Tools that you may already be using that compliment these tools…

  10. Connecting UTI evaluation to the bigger picture

  11. Bottom Line

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