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www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-appendix.html
October 01, 2015 - Complications Associated With Central Venous Catheters
110,000
3.3
MPSMS (2013)
Postoperative Cardiac … Events for Cardiac and Non- cardiac Surgeries
35,000
1.1
MPSMS (2013)
Postoperative Pneumonia
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/021-ss-mrsa-surveillance-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA
Prevention: Targeting SSI
MRSA Surveillance
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac … high-risk surgeries, such as accounting for 38.6 percent of orthopedic and spinal SSIs and 27 percent of cardiac … Many of the patients who undergo the surgeries covered in the toolkit—including cardiac surgery, hip … study done by Saraswat, et al. in 2017 chronicles results of ICU admission surveillance testing for cardiac … Another hospital’s cardiac surgery team got the patients to use red, heart shaped stickers of to show
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4f_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 2016 - an increased risk for postoperative
bleeding following some selected pediatric surgeries6,7:
o In cardiac … o Diminished cardiac output and dropping central venous pressure.
o Reductions in urine output. … Multivariate model for predicting postoperative blood
loss in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4t_combo_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
May 16, 2016 - an increased risk for postoperative
bleeding following some selected pediatric surgeries6,7:
o In cardiac … o Diminished cardiac output and dropping central venous pressure.
o Reductions in urine output. … Multivariate model for predicting postoperative blood
loss in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/140-ssi-investigation-tool-cusp-completed.docx
April 01, 2025 - Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool—Sample
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint … 36.8
At or just prior to time of incision:
36.0
Final temperature in the operating room:
35.6
(Cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html
January 01, 2025 - -based pediatric experts in critical care, cardiac critical care, infectious diseases, hospital medicine … data, Parts A and B, and 2018 American Hospital Association (AHA) data to assessed the delivery of cardiac … By cardiac care tier, 44.4% of hospitals provided comprehensive care, 31.2% provided AMI/PCI care, and … There was also substantial variation in CR performance metrics among hospitals within each tier of cardiac … Hospital-level variation in cardiac rehabilitation metrics.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/006-ss-preop-chlorhexidine.pptx
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
Use of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antisepsis
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac … mortality
“STOP SSI” – Schweizer et al., 20154
Pragmatic study including 20 U.S. hospitals, 2013–2014
Cardiac … Association of a bundled intervention with surgical site infections among patients undergoing cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Stalhandske_71.pdf
February 23, 2008 - national efforts that resulted in mandated
competencies and a demonstrated knowledge base beyond Advanced Cardiac … All VHA hospitals have personnel trained in Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). … is a two-tiered system, whereby respiratory
therapists are the initial responders for patients in cardiac … Although generally reliable for out-of-OR use, during cardiac
arrest, these indicators may fail. … An attending
physician for the patient is present at a cardiac arrest and wishes to do the intubation
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/058-patient-instructions-iodophor.docx
April 01, 2025 - Targeting SSI
Patient Info Sheet: Preoperative Nasal Decolonization With Iodophor
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/silber-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - RNs or NPs), size in number of beds, and
technology index (the presence of a coronary care unit and cardiac … medical care Iatrogenic
pneumothorax 5121 No, unless
emergent No Yes
Highly lethal conditions Cardiac … sample
Characteristic Outcome
Odds
Ratio
Lower
95% CL
Upper
95% CL P-value
Comprehensive Cardiac … value to the 75th percentile value.
4 Composite Hospital Characteristics were tested in one model: Cardiac … Characteristic Outcome Odds
Ratio
Lower
95% CL
Upper
95% CL
P-value
Comprehensive Cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/045-ss-tips-patient-ed.docx
April 01, 2025 - Targeting SSI
Tips for Teaching Preoperative Decolonization to Patients
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-8-slides.pdf
November 18, 2021 - Technical Assistance Components
2
PURPOSE
Training sessions guided by the Million
Hearts®/AACVPR Cardiac … Association (AHA)/Health Research and Education Trust
(HRET): TAKEheart AHRQ’s Initiative to Increase Use of Cardiac … University of Vermont
Hicham Skali, MD, MSc
TAKEheart Principal Investigator,
Associate Director of the Cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/038-ss-nasal-iodophor-protocol.docx
April 01, 2025 - SSI
Pre-Op Surgical Nasal Iodophor Decolonization Protocol for Staff
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-protocol.html
January 01, 2017 - Acute cardiac dysrhythmia.
Two or more signs of respiratory distress:
Tachycardia. … Acute cardiac arrhythmia.
Two or more signs of respiratory distress:
Tachycardia.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-protocol.docx
January 01, 2017 - for at least 5 minutes
· Oxygen saturation (SpO2) of less than 88% for at least 5 minutes
· Acute cardiac … minutes or longer
· Hypoxemia (SpO2 < 88% for ≥ 5 minutes)
· Abrupt change in mental status
· Acute cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/takeheart/training/module-4-implementation-guide.pdf
September 01, 2021 - • Automatic referral – implementing this requires that you know which patients are eligible for
cardiac … Here is
a link from the Cardiac Rehabilitation Change Package for a tool created by AACVPR regarding … the
use of registries: Using Clinical Data Registries to Access Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral Data … Million Hearts: How to Use the Cardiac Rehabilitation
Change Package. 2021. … Thomas, G Balady, G Banka, et al. 2018 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for
Cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking1.html
September 01, 2022 - For example, a negative stress ECG test in a patient at high risk for cardiac ischemia may be misinterpreted
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/decolonization-evidence.html
April 01, 2025 - it applies to MRSA and SSI prevention for surgeries for which MRSA infection is especially harmful (cardiac
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/099-ss-supplemental-o2-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - Supplemental Oxygen
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bolton-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - At higher volumes, the Oxygen and Failure
alarms were the least susceptible, and the Cardiac and Low … Of these, only two (Cardiac and Low) could be
masked by a minimum of three others (Fig. 6[b]). … Thus, masking of the medium-
priority Cardiac alarm is a higher risk at this volume. … Cardiac is clearly the most susceptible medium-priority alarm. … Connecting remote cardiac monitoring issues with care areas.