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81. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving/improving.pptx
    May 01, 2017 - Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. … room Before skin incision/start of the procedure Before the patient leaves the room Designed to be— … Testing the checklist outside of the operating room/procedure room helps identify items you may want … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery.

82. Presentation: Implementing Your SSI Prevention Bundle
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    December 01, 2017 - Many hospitals have observers in the operating room. … Anesthesia assistants Infection preventionists Operating room directors Patient safety officers Chief … operating room traffic, and SSIs. … In fact, the same form was used in all operating rooms. … Impact of preoperative briefings on operating room delays: a preliminary report.

83. 065-Ssi-Prevention-Periop-Roadmap-Checklist (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - gathers information from multiple care locations: from the home and pre-op clinic to preoperative area to operating … room to recovery area. … with other · No hair removal Contact Precautions (per hospital policy) Yes No SURGERY (in the operating … room) Questions Answers Hand hygiene prior to and throughout procedure Yes No Appropriate … room traffic minimized throughout case Yes No POSTOPERATIVE (immediate postoperative setting)

84. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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    May 31, 2016 - First Steps • Engage key nurses, physicians and other providers, and surgical technicians from the operating … room; and representatives from quality improvement, radiology, and information services to develop … Sharps Injuries in the Operating Room, Massachusetts Sharps Injury Surveillance System Data, 2004. http … Strategies for preventing sharps injuries in the operating room.

85. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4o_combo_pdi01-lacerationpuncture-bestpractices.pdf
    May 31, 2016 - First Steps • Engage key nurses, physicians and other providers, and surgical technicians from the operating … room; and representatives from quality improvement, radiology, and information services to develop … Sharps Injuries in the Operating Room, Massachusetts Sharps Injury Surveillance System Data, 2004. http … Strategies for preventing sharps injuries in the operating room.

86. PowerPoint Presentation
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    April 01, 2025 - In the operating room or procedure room, dry hands and arms with a sterile towel using sterile technique … Infection prevention in the operating room anesthesia work area. … Sleep safe in clean hands: Improving hand hygiene compliance in the operating room through education … Quantification of anesthesia providers’ hand hygiene in a busy metropolitan operating room: what would … Video observation to map hand contact and bacterial transmission in operating rooms.

87. Final Progress Report: Simulation to Support Competency-Based Training in Orthopedic Trauma (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Key Words: Orthopedic trauma, surgical skills training, operating room performance evaluation 3. … It also explored ground-breaking analysis techniques for assessing operating room performance from surgical … Surgical skills are not objectively or systematically assessed in the operating room. … Developing an objective assessment of surgical performance from operating room video and surgical imagery … Measures of hip fracture wire navigation performance in the operating room reflect surgical experience

88. Final Progress Report: A Pilot Study for Intrgrating Facility Information With Healthcare Information to Improve Patient Safety (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - The selected cases were: Case 1: Malfunctioning HVAC unit in operating room (OR) An HVAC Air Handler … The damage of the water had also damaged a wall within one operating room and the ceiling and wall of … The water in the sterile supply room was noticed by an operating room nurse, who promptly reported the … The emergency room bays and operating room were repaired within 48 hours. … A growth of moss on the room and pigeon feces on the window ledge both adjacent to an operating room

89. Appendix F. Does Our Checklist Meet the Goals of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist? - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - |___| Will every person present in the procedure/operating room have the opportunity to say something

90. Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Ask your operating room technicians, ask your operating room nurses, ask your anesthesiologists: How … Everyone in the operating room, from preoperative to post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) staff, can and … Ask: Was there something about the safety culture, the operating room culture, or the PACU culture … The patient was taken from the ICU to the operating room or the OR by the anesthesiology team. … After reviewing the defects in your operating rooms from SSA responses or other sources, prioritize and

91. Appendix A. Facility Personnel Spreadsheet - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-a.html
    May 01, 2017 - anesthesia technicians, nurses, scrub technicians, gastroenterologists, and all others who work in the operating … room or procedural areas of your facility.

92. Surgical Skin Preparation Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2024 - complex process that requires the coordination and responsiveness of individuals and systems in the operating … room. … clinicians designed this tool to assess the adequacy and variability of surgical skin preparation in its operating … room.

93. Final Progress Report: Improving Patient Safety in Orthopedic Trauma Surgical Training (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-04/anderson-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Objective and reliable evaluation of operating room performance There are no widely accepted, objective … , and reliable tools for measuring surgical skill in the operating room (OR). … Assessing wire navigation performance in the operating room. J Surg Educ 2016;73(5):780–787. … Long, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa. 2016 Objective Measures of Operating Room Wire … Measures of hip fracture wire navigation performance in the operating room reflect surgical experience

94. Facilitator Guide: Learning From Defects Through Sensemaking (doc file)
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    December 01, 2017 - Ask your operating room technicians, ask your operating room nurses, ask your anesthesiologists: How … Everyone in the operating room, from preoperative to post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) staff, can and … The patient was taken from the ICU to the operating room or the OR by the anesthesiology team. … SAY: This case happened many years ago, before timeouts were a part of the operating room protocols. … After reviewing the defects in your operating rooms from SSA responses or other sources, prioritize and

95. Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment Module: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2017 - room team members about their perceptions of teamwork, communication, and leadership in the operating … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. … It is good practice to debrief in the operating room whenever possible. … rooms have different requirements from a general operating room. … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery.

96. Supplemental Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Operating Room Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool ( Word , 1.57 MB) This tool will help your safety … help your safety program team understand how consistently you maintain normothermia standards in the operating … room.

97. 44-Sample-Pathway-Checklist (doc file)
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    June 01, 2023 - The checklist provided spans multiple care locations: from the preoperative area to operating room to … For emergency procedures: antiseptic agent used prior to patient entering operating room?

98. The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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 … Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting Contact Precautions Operating Room Traffic Perioperative Infection

99. TeamSTEPPS Research and Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Operating Room briefings: Working on the same page.   … Impact of preoperative briefings on operating room delays: A preliminary report. 

100. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4l_combo_psi15-accidentalpuncturelaceration-bestpractices.pdf
     May 31, 2016 - First Steps • Engage key nurses, physicians and other providers, and surgical technicians from the operating … room; and representatives from quality improvement, radiology, and information services to develop … Sharps injuries in the operating room: Massachusetts Sharps Injury Surveillance System Data, 2004. … Strategies for preventing sharps injuries in the operating room.