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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/101-or-traffic-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - Operating Room Traffic
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion … Surgeries
What Is Operating Room (OR) Traffic? … Measurement of foot traffic in the operating room: implications for infection control. … Traffic flow in the operating room: an explorative and descriptive study on air quality during orthopedic … The Effect of a Door Alarm on Operating Room Traffic During Total Joint Arthroplasty.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/gawande-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The
checklists were studied in a simulated operating room rather than in an actual operating room
with … • How many copies of the checklist should be in an operating room? … room teams could
adequately treat operating room emergencies. … to train
operating room personnel together as teams. … Crisis checklists for the operating room:
development and pilot testing.
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit1-15.html
November 01, 2014 - Process owner: operating room assistant nurse manager. … Operating room clerical coordinator.
Return to Document
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/audit-briefing-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Adapt a briefing and debriefing audit tool for your operating room. … Collect data on participation in operating room briefings and debriefings. … Provide feedback to operating room staff and stakeholders. … Operating room charge nurse also notifies operating room management of any urgent safety matters. … Weekly :
Operating room charge nurse and operating room management review compilation of briefing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/li-chang-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Systematic Evaluation of Operating Room Scheduling Across the Perioperative Process … Systematic Evaluation of Operating Room Scheduling Across the Perioperative Process
Principal Investigator … Stochastic bi-level optimization models for efficient operating
room planning. … Maximizing operating room performance using portfolio
selection. … Operating room planning under surgery type and priority
constraints.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/preoperative-hair-removal.html
April 01, 2025 - Removal
Normothermia
Skin Preparation Prior to Incision
Supplemental Oxygen
Glycemic Control
Operating … This should only be completed when indicated, outside of the operating room, and if needed with clippers
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/spinal-fusions.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Fusions
Source: AHRQ, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #281: Overview of Operating … 0perating-Room-Procedures�During-Hospitalization-2018.jsp
https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb281-Operating-Room-Procedures-During-Hospitalization … 2018.jsp
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https://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb281-Operating-Room-Procedures-During-Hospitalization
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-Paige_6.pdf
January 24, 2008 - The Mobile Mock Operating Room: Bringing Team Training to the Point of Care
The Mobile Mock Operating … Mobile Mock Operating Room Design
The MMOR is an adaptation of the previously described virtual operating … A mobile mock operating room scenario in progress. … Conflicts in the operating theatre. Curr
Opin Anesthesiol 2007; 20: 152-156. 20. … The
simulated operating theatre: Comprehensive training
for surgical teams.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/116-evaluating-cleaning-data-collection-tool.docx
April 01, 2025 - Surgical Services
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANING WITH FLUORESCENT GEL: DATA COLLECTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE OPERATING … Only enter operating rooms for this purpose before the first case or after the last case of the day. … room bed
*Nurse computer mouse
*Operating room door
*Anesthesia medical cart (drawer)
Nurse computer … keyboard
Operating room door bar or handle
Anesthesia chair
Patient chair
Nurse phone
Anesthesia machine … Determining high touch areas in the operating room with levels of contamination.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_audit_briefing.pptx
December 01, 2017 - room
Collect data on participation in operating room briefings and debriefings
Provide feedback to operating … Operating rooms are grouped around a clean core used for sterile supply storage. … It is the cleanest area of the entire operating suite. … The operating room nurse takes this form to the operating room and uses the second side for the debriefing … operating room management of any urgent safety matters
Weekly
Operating room charge nurse and operating
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-implement.html
November 01, 2017 - If you do not get responses from a majority of the physicians working in your operating/procedure rooms … Try to find physicians who already emulate some of the desired behavior in the operating/procedure room … If you ask surgical teams to use the checklist in an operating/procedure room before they are ready, … Coaching starts with an observation of a team in the operating/procedure room. … As you turn to the next problem to be addressed in the operating/procedure room, whether it's redosing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Nemeth.pdf
July 07, 2002 - The specific target of this research is the
coordination of work in a suite of operating rooms. … A surgeon, for example, may come into the operating
rooms, perform a single procedure, and leave. … In contrast, anesthesiologists and
surgical nurses are in constant attendance in operating rooms. … Operating in the operating room suite
Each day’s activities in the operating room suite are the product … The number of procedures correlates with the required
number of staff in the operating rooms.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/Part-II-SOPS-ASC-DatabaseReport.pdf
December 01, 2021 - Composite Measure Average Percent Positive Response by Number of
Operating/Procedure Rooms – 2021 SOPS … Item Average Percent Positive Response by Number of
Operating/Procedure Rooms – 2021 SOPS ASC Database … Item Average Percentages for Near-Miss Documentation by Number of
Operating/Procedure Rooms – 2021 SOPS … ASCs with 6 or more operating/procedure rooms had the lowest (71
percent). … ASC
Database
Number of Operating/Procedure Rooms
SOPS Composite Measures 1 to 2 Rooms 3 Rooms
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit6-5.html
November 01, 2014 - X
Introduction of Lean
X
Negative operating … margin
X
New chief operating officer hired
X
… Introduction of Lean
Negative operating … margin
New chief operating officer
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Vane.pdf
February 01, 2005 - Behind the Scenes: Patient Safety in the Operating Room and Central Materiel Service During Deployments … 469
Behind the Scenes: Patient Safety in
the Operating Room and Central
Materiel Service During … The restricted
area includes operating rooms, procedure rooms, and clean-core areas. … The operating rooms were cleaned in four different manners. … Infectious risk factors related to
operating rooms.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/or-briefing-audit.html
December 01, 2017 - Operating Room Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery … Purpose of This Tool
The Operating Room Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool will help your team quantify … Operating Room Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool
Observer: __________________ Location: ____
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemredesignsafetynet/systemredesign-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Cambridge Health Alliance
Michael Davies, M.D … Slide 20
Field Study Site Operating Margins, 2012
Image: Chart shows operating margin for sites … margin (defined as "[total operating revenue - total operating expense] /total operating revenue x 100 … Slide 21
National Operating Margins, 2012
Image: Chart shows operating margins for Members of America's … All Hospitals Nationwide:
Hospital Aggregate
Operating Margin
U.S.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/opt-briefings-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Prioritize and investigate defects identified by the team during operating room debriefings. … Slide 29: Briefings in the Operating Room
Before surgeon leaves the operating room–
How could … Impact of pre-operative briefings on operating room delays: A preliminary report. … Photograph of operating room team debriefing after case. … Image: Photographs of operating room team debriefing after case.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part3-nqs2.html
October 01, 2015 - Patient Safety
Postoperative Sepsis
Postoperative sepsis per 1,000 adult discharges with an elective operating … Rate: In 2011, the postoperative sepsis rate was 16.4 per 1,000 adult discharges with an elective operating … Postoperative Sepsis, by Patient Language
Postoperative sepsis per 1,000 adult discharges with an elective operating
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit1-5.html
November 01, 2014 - X
Introduction of Lean
X
Negative operating … margin
X
New chief operating officer hired
X
… Introduction of Lean
Negative operating … margin
New chief operating officer