107 results for antibiotics

  • Nursing - Recommendations

    …genitourinary tract. Over-testing and treating asymptomatic bacteriuria with antibiotics lead to an increased risk of diarrhea and infection with Clostridium difficile. Overuse of antibiotics contributes to increasing antimicrobial resistance. The…

  • Are We Using Antibiotics Wisely in Primary Care in the Era of COVID-19?

    Series: Choosing Wisely Talks
    6 Oct 2021

    12:00pm EST - 1:00pm EST

    On October 6 at 12 p.m. ET, Choosing Wisely Talks will reflect on what we’ve learned about antibiotics and over-prescribing, a long-standing issue of global significance. How has antibiotic prescribing…

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  • Infectious Disease - Recommendations

    …Don’t routinely use antibiotics other than amoxicillin in the treatment of children with presumed community-acquired pneumonia (in the outpatient setting). Preschool-aged children with CAP (community acquired pneumonia) frequently do not…

  • Family Medicine - Recommendations

    …ASB and altered mental state, antibiotics should be avoided without clear signs/symptoms of infection.   Sources: Young J, Pasay D, Allan G M. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in the elderly: Don’t drug…

  • Choosing Wisely Talks | Using Antibiotics Wisely: How to navigate cold and flu season

    Series: Choosing Wisely Talks
    1 Nov 2018

    12:00pm EST - 1:00pm EST

    ‘Tis the season! Join us Thursday November 1st from 12pm-1pm ET to hear how the Using Antibiotics Wisely campaign has progressed since last year’s Antibiotic Awareness Week. Participants can look…

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  • Using Antibiotics Wisely: How Are We Managing Respiratory Tract Infections in the COVID-19 Era?

    Series: Other Events
    20 Nov 2020

    1:00pm EST - 2:00pm EST

    …infections (RTI). Further challenges exist in how clinicians avoid overprescribing antibiotics with an unprecedented shift to virtual care. On November 20 at 1 p.m. ET, Choosing Wisely Canada and the…

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  • Antibiotics in Long-Term Care: The Problem with Urine Dipsticks

    Series: Choosing Wisely Talks
    22 Nov 2023

    12:00pm ET - 1:00pm ET

    …time, even in the absence of acute urinary infection. Yet such results often prompt unnecessary urine cultures, antibiotics, or both, leading to increased risks including antibiotic resistance. During this year’s…

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  • Burns - Recommendations

    Burns Burns Burns Burns Burns Recommendations Eleven Tests and Treatments to Question Burns Canada Do not administer prophylactic antibiotics to patients presenting with acute burn injuries. The available evidence does…

  • Avoid Unnecessary Treatments in the Emergency Department

    …antibiotics. Risks of antibiotics. Unnecessary antibiotics can cause “resistance” in you and others around you. That means the antibiotics won’t work as well when you really need them in the…

  • Allergy & Clinical Immunology - Recommendations

    …Thoracic Society 2012 guideline update: Diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults. Can Respir J. 2012;19(2):127-164. PMID: 22536582. Don’t prescribe antibiotics for uncomplicated acute rhinosinusitis. Viral infections…

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