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201. PowerPoint Presentation; Deep-Root Your Data
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_deep_root_data.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - surgery if remote infection present Appropriate wound protection Avoid flashing of instruments in operating … room Maintenance of perioperative glycemia Deep-Rooting Your Data 6 Deep-Root Your Data 6 AHRQ … accelerate your programs. 13 Barriers to Deep-Rooting Your Data Staff turnover Throughput as a distraction Operating … room delays Competing priorities Perception/acceptance of the data SSI cases aggregated Deep-Root … The nurses in the operating room frequently change.

202. South Carolina Hospital’s Use of AHRQ Patient Safety Program Leads to Significant Drop in Urinary Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201607.html
     January 01, 2018 - implemented staff education on the appropriateness of catheter use in all departments that use them, from the operating … room to the radiology department.

203. Training and Tools for Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools.html
     July 01, 2017 - opportunities for patient and family engagement in the order of the patient experience—preoperative, in the operating … room, and postoperative.

204. Surgical Safety: Addressing the JCAHO Goals for Reducing Wrong-site, Wrong-patient, Wrong-procedure Events (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Ludwick.pdf
     June 21, 2004 - Within the first 4 months of implementation, the operating room (OR) had reached its benchmarking goal … Here begins NHCP’s journey toward cultural change in the operating room (OR) area regarding the patient … Operating Room Case will not start until all steps are completed. … Surgical Site Verification Checklist will be used for every surgical procedure performed in the Main Operating … Room. 2.

205. Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/perioperative-infection-prevention.html
     April 01, 2025 - Removal Normothermia Skin Preparation Prior to Incision Supplemental Oxygen Glycemic Control Operating … Room Traffic Index of Clinical Topics Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools Importance of MRSA

206. 067-Cusp-Monthly-Meeting-Prework (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/067-cusp-monthly-meeting-prework.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Also, invite the Senior Executive to visit the clinic, preoperative area, operating room, and/or post-anesthesia

207. 027-Cusp-Program-Sustainability-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/027-cusp-program-sustainability-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - from all areas of patient contact including the clinic, preop and postop areas, and personnel from the operating … room. … surgical clinic, the perioperative team including the preoperative area, postoperative area, and the operating … room. … There may be an opportunity for the CUSP teams from the pre-op area to meet with the operating room area

208. Antimicrobial Prophylaxis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/antimicrobial-prophylaxis.html
     April 01, 2025 - Removal Normothermia Skin Preparation Prior to Incision Supplemental Oxygen Glycemic Control Operating … Room Traffic Index of Clinical Topics Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools Importance of MRSA

209. Why Choose a CUSP Approach? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/why-cusp.html
     April 01, 2025 - Removal Normothermia Skin Preparation Prior to Incision Supplemental Oxygen Glycemic Control Operating … Room Traffic Index of Clinical Topics Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools Importance of MRSA

210. MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/index.html
     April 01, 2025 - Removal Normothermia Skin Preparation Prior to Incision Supplemental Oxygen Glycemic Control Operating … Room Traffic Index of Clinical Topics Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools Importance of MRSA

211. 036-Ss-Nursing-Practice-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/036-ss-nursing-practice-guide.docx
     April 01, 2025 - champion · Escalate surgeons’ concerns to surgeon leadership CHG = chlorhexidine gluconate; OR = operating … room; PACU = post-anesthesia care unit; QI = quality improvementAHRQ Pub.

212. Section 2: Explanation of Key Team Leadership Concepts and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/team/tools/index.html
     July 01, 2023 - Inpatient (Operating Room): The Core Team may be composed of the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, the … Care Facility): The Contingency Team may be composed of the cardiac surgeon, anesthesia staff, and operating … room staff who can be called on if the patient requires emergency surgery. … Inpatient (Operating Room): The Contingency Team may be composed of anesthesia staff.

213. The Science of Improving Patient Safety and Identifying Defects: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/science-of-safety-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - Identify defects within your operating room by administering the Perioperative Safety Staff Assessment … How will the next patient in the operating room get a surgical site infection?

214. Final Progress Report: Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access Electronic Medical Databases (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/sohn-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - to   more   than  minimal   risk,   including   procedures  done  in  settings  other  than  the  operating …  room, such  as  a  special  procedures  unit,  endoscopy  unit,  or  interventional  radiology   … Images can also be acquired in the operating room and added to the database for documentation. … Automatic  Detection   and  Notification   of   "Wrong   Patient‐Wrong Location"  Errors  in  the  Operating …  Room.  

215. Premortem Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/premortem-assessment.html
     April 01, 2025 - Removal Normothermia Skin Preparation Prior to Incision Supplemental Oxygen Glycemic Control Operating … Room Traffic Index of Clinical Topics Review of SSI Prevention Program Tools Importance of MRSA

216. Infection Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/guide-prevent.html
     May 01, 2017 - The teamwork culture of the operating room can greatly influence the behavior of the individual health

217. Learn From Defects Tool—Perioperative Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/learn-from-defects.html
     December 01, 2017 - Perioperative Patient Safety Assessment and normothermia audit data that our patients were leaving the operating … room (OR) cold. … We had already worked with operating room technicians to keep the irrigation in the blanket warmer so … One nurse said, "Our patients are coming to the operating room cold.

218. Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey: 2021 User Database Report Part I (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/Part-I-SOPS-ASC-DatabaseReport.pdf
     December 01, 2021 - Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey: 2021 User Database Report Part I SURVEYS ON PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE™ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey: 2021 User Database Report e PATIENT SAFETY [This page is intentionally left blank] Surveys o…

219. Antibiotic Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/antibiotic-audit.html
     December 01, 2017 - that requires the coordination and responsiveness of individuals and systems within and outside of the operating … room. … occurred in the administration of the antibiotic (for example, not enough of the antibiotic stored in the operating … room or available for use, etc.).

220. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4k_combo_psi14-dehiscence-bestpractices.pdf
     May 20, 2016 - certified nursing assistants from infection control, intensive care, and inpatient units including operating … room; and representatives from quality improvement, radiology, and information services to develop … selection based on evidence based guidelines1,2,9 • Reduce the amount of staff traffic in and out of the operating … room • Use appropriate wound dressings determined by the type of closure:1 o Primary: Dry, sterile