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41. Four Key Strategies To Prevent MRSA & SSI (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2025 - • Decolonization is the reduction of microbial burden, prior to surgery, to reduce the likelihood

42. 6-Gap-Analysis-Goal (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/6-gap-analysis-goal.docx
    June 01, 2023 - Procedure Lists The ISCR program was developed for colorectal, gynecologic, orthopedic, and emergency general … surgery procedures. … Colorectal Surgery Colon surgery – Incision, resection, or anastomosis of the large intestine; includes … Surgery Abdominal hysterectomy – includes those done by laparoscope Ovarian surgery – operations on … Total knee replacement Total hip replacement Hip fracture surgery Emergency General Surgery (nonelective

43. Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-fac-notes.html
    December 01, 2017 - Deep-Rooting Your Data: Facilitator Notes AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Slide 1: Deep-Rooting … the protocols; such as giving patients chlorhexidine wipes to use the night before and the morning of surgery … It collects data from all patients undergoing colon and rectal procedures (colectomy and proctectomy) … sample of NSQIP data, make sure to explain that the data does not represent every patient undergoing colon … surgery, but a sampling.

44. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/004-ss-antimicrobial-prophylaxis-part-2.pptx
    April 01, 2025 - Antibiotic prophylaxis and cardiac surgery. … Antibiotic prophylaxis and cardiac surgery. … Surgery. 2018 May;S0039-6060(18)30127-2. … Antibiotic prophylaxis and cardiac surgery. … Surgery. 2018 May;S0039-6060(18)30127-2.

45. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - in insurance status, stage at diagnosis, and timely treatment among patients with incident breast, colon … national survey on thoughts of leaving residency, alternative career paths, and reasons for staying in general … surgery training. … This survey examined reasons why general surgery residents might decide to leave their residency. … surgery training.

46. Both Hysterectomies and Myomectomies for Fibroid Removal Improve Quality of Life | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2019 - July 16, 2019 AHRQ Stats: Colon Cancer Screenings Among women ages 50–64, 61.2 … percent received colon cancer screening in 2015, compared with only 56.2 percent of men in the same age … Both Hysterectomies and Myomectomies for Fibroid Removal Improve Quality of Life Women who underwent surgery … Study results will allow providers to help their patients make decisions about their surgery options … Evaluation of an intervention to reduce low-value preoperative care for patients undergoing cataract surgery

47. QDR 2014: Chartbook for Hispanic Health Care, Part 2 (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2015 - Denominator: Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery. … Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 … Denominator: People with colon cancer undergoing resection of colon. … Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 … Denominator: People with colon cancer undergoing resection of colon.

48. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Rushing AP , Ingraham AM Association between operating room access and mortality for life-threatening general … surgery emergencies. … Few diseases truly require emergency surgery today. … surgery (LT-EGS) diseases at US hospitals. … Association between operating room access and mortality for life-threatening general surgery emergencies

49. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2023 - of Booklets The booklets were developed for patients and caregivers to engage and prepare them for surgery … and they highlight the important participatory role patients and caregivers have as they prepare for surgery … They are not a substitute for instructions or for surgery-specific education provided by healthcare team … Ask if they, their family members, or anyone they know had surgery before, and if they have questions … these processes would help prevent infections, they wanted to make sure they knew how to tell if their colon

50. 065-Ssi-Prevention-Periop-Roadmap-Checklist (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - Pathway Checklist Preoperative Area (day of surgery) Topic Questions Answers Nasal Decolonization … *If last dose was not the morning of surgery, apply intranasal mupirocin in the pre-op area. _______ … the patient complete home treatment prior to surgery? … CHG Bathing—Night before and morning of surgery* Night before? Yes No N/A Morning of? … (Only If the patient was not bathed with CHG the morning of surgery.)

51. Chartbook on Hispanic Health Care: Slide Presentation—Part 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/hisph-slides-pt2.html
    May 01, 2018 - Hispanics were less likely to receive radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery compared with … Denominator: Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery. … Slide 10 Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included … Denominator: People with colon cancer undergoing resection of colon. … Hence, ensuring adequate examination of lymph nodes when surgery is performed is important.

52. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Keller V Variable case detection and many unreported cases of surgical-site infection following colon … surgery and abdominal hysterectomy in a statewide validation. … This study assesses hospital surgical-site infection (SSI) identification and reporting following colon … surgery and abdominal hysterectomy via a statewide external validation. … Variable case detection and many unreported cases of surgical-site infection following colon surgery

53. The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/key-strategies.html
    April 01, 2025 - Implementation Use of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Section: Preoperative Skin Antisepsis Prior to surgery … Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Decolonization Implementation Section: Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Patients undergoing surgery

54. 126-Monthly-Team-Checkup-Tool (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/126-monthly-team-checkup-tool.docx
    April 01, 2025 - 25 to 50 percent 51 to 75 percent Greater than 75 percent N/A *Procedure of interest is the specific surgery … 25 to 50 percent 51 to 75 percent Greater than 75 percent N/A *Procedure of interest is the specific surgery … 25 to 50 percent 51 to 75 percent Greater than 75 percent N/A *Procedure of interest is the specific surgery … 25 to 50 percent 51 to 75 percent Greater than 75 percent N/A *Procedure of interest is the specific surgery … 25 to 50 percent 51 to 75 percent Greater than 75 percent N/A *Procedure of interest is the specific surgery

55. 117-Decolonization-Agent-One-Pager (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/117-decolonization-agent-one-pager.docx
    April 01, 2025 - infections are from endogenous strains, meaning they arise from strains already on the patients’ body.2 Surgery … Mupirocin Iodophor Prescription, can be costly Prescription not needed, less costly 5 days prior to surgery … Morning of/prior to surgery Extremely well studied4-12 Less well-studied10,12,13 Resistance … bundled intervention with surgical site infections among patients undergoing cardiac, hip, or knee surgery … Individual decontamination measures reduce by the two the incidence of surgical site infections in spinal surgery

56. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=378
    January 01, 2024 - decrease in cardiovascular comorbidities in elderly CKD patients undergoing predialysis vascular access surgery … The authors sought to evaluate the appropriateness of surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) … , including identifying clinical characteristics that influence when surgery is inappropriate, appropriate … Surgery for degenerative lumbar scoliosis: the development of appropriateness criteria. … It concluded that surgery after coronary stent placement is associated with an approximate 2 percent

57. AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - surgical complications, including the use of teamwork assessment and the World Health Organization Safe Surgery … Columbia, and Puerto Rico Electronic Surveillance for Wound Infections After Ambulatory Pediatric Surgery … Mechanism) Institution: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Targeted HAI: SSIs Setting: Ambulatory surgery … this project are to determine the epidemiology and improve the surveillance of SSIs after ambulatory surgery … specific aims are to— • Define the incidence of and risk factors for SSI after ambulatory pediatric surgery

58. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Evidence-Based Practice, Case Study Yokoe DS , Avery TR , Platt R Ranking hospitals based on colon … This study examined how hospitals are ranked based on colon surgery and abdominal surgical site infection … This analysis showed show that operational hospital surveillance alone would have missed 7.2% of colon … surgery and 13.4% of abdominal hysterectomy SSIs. … Ranking hospitals based on colon surgery and abdominal hysterectomy surgical site infection outcomes:

59. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Keywords: Healthcare Costs, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Ambulatory Care and Surgery … Keywords: Surgery, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care … collaboratives by lower-volume hospitals can attenuate the volume–outcome relationship for pancreatic surgery … Keywords: Surgery, Patient Safety, Adverse Events, Hospitals, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care … Keywords: Surgery, Risk, Outcomes, Adverse Events Chen LM , Sakshaug JW , Miller DC The

60. An Overview of the SOPS® Surveys for New Users - Kirchner (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - 2019: Version 2.0 Nursing Home 2008 Medical Office 2009 Community Pharmacy 2012 Ambulatory Surgery … Pharmacy Hospital    In development Medical Office In development   Nursing Home  Ambulatory Surgery … Higher SOPS Hospital Scores have been linked to… Lower rates of surgical site infections after colon