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21. Supplemental Oxygen | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Decolonization Resources Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative … Setting Contact Precautions Optimizing Environmental Cleaning Perioperative Infection Prevention … Presentations Presentation: Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies After reviewing the content … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework to enable adherence to evidence-based practices Documents:  Perioperative … Infection Prevention Strategies – Slides (PPTX, 14 MB) Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies

22. Normothermia Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/normothermia-audit.html
    December 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Introduction Problem Statement Patients’ perioperative … The more patients you review, the more likely you are to identify opportunities to improve your perioperative … this data table on the patient chart and complete it in real time as the patient moves through your perioperative … Only your team knows the approach that will work best in your perioperative area   How To Use Audit … 16: Indicate whether normothermia (temperature > 36 o C or 96.8 o F) was maintained throughout the perioperative

23. Skin Preparation Prior to Incision | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/skin-prep-incision.html
    April 01, 2025 - Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Decolonization Resources Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative … Setting Contact Precautions Optimizing Environmental Cleaning Perioperative Infection Prevention … Presentations Presentation: Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies After reviewing the content … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework to enable adherence to evidence-based practices Documents: Perioperative … Infection Prevention Strategies – Slides (PPTX, 14 MB) Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies

24. UChicago Medicine Reduces Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism with AHRQ's Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - UChicago Medicine Reduces Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism with AHRQ's Toolkit UChicago Medicine … (UCM) reduced venous thromboembolism (VTE) incidence by 30% in the perioperative patient population … best practices for VTE prevention and a gap analysis across the institution for all flagged PSI #12 (Perioperative

25. Normothermia | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/normothermia.html
    April 01, 2025 - Presentations Presentation: Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies After reviewing the content … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework to enable adherence to evidence-based practices Documents: Perioperative … Infection Prevention Strategies – Slides (PPTX, 14 MB) Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies … One-Pager (DOCX, 728 KB) This one-page document reviews the recommendations to prevent hypothermia in the perioperative

26. Glycemic Control | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/glycemic-control.html
    April 01, 2025 - Presentations Presentation: Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies After reviewing the content … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework to enable adherence to evidence-based practices Documents: Perioperative … Infection Prevention Strategies – Slides (PPTX, 14 MB) Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies … One-Pager (DOCX, 2 MB) This one-page document reviews the recommendations for glycemic control in the perioperative

27. Tool: Glucose Control Audit (doc file)
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    December 01, 2017 - Perioperative blood glucose management is a complex process that requires the coordination and responsiveness … A 2017 guideline from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends perioperative glycemic … Only your team knows the approach that will work best in your perioperative area. … Question 9: Indicate whether a hyperglycemia management regimen was initiated in the perioperative period … Was insulin or an oral antihyperglycemic medication ordered in the perioperative period?

28. Index of Clinical Topics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting Hand hygiene is a fundamental infection prevention practice … Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies This section discusses the importance of several different … perioperative infection prevention strategies with guidance for implementation of interventions. … Supplemental Oxygen This section discusses the evidence for supplemental oxygen in the perioperative … Glycemic Control This section discusses the importance of glycemic control in the perioperative setting

29. Appendix I. Initial Risk Factors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Patient Perioperative Surgeon Age   N Y     Gender   N Y     … Y   Post-Op Admit   Y   Y   ICU Admission Post-Op   Y   Y   Perioperative

30. Learn From Defects Tool (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/learn_from_defects.docx
    December 01, 2017 - Learn From Defects Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Learn From Defects Tool – Perioperative Setting … Problem statement: If a patient is harmed in the perioperative area, a typical first response is to … Too few perioperative teams take the opportunity to learn how the defect happened at a systems level, … AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Learn From Defects—Perioperative 2 II. … 14 AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Learn From Defects—Perioperative 12 IV.

31. 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 - Audit Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Introduction Problem Statement Perioperative … There are often many opportunities to improve the use of perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis. … safety program team understand how appropriately you are using prophylactic antibiotics throughout the perioperative … Only your team knows the approach that will work best in your perioperative area.   … If the data reveal defects in perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis, your safety program team can design

32. 021-Ss-Mrsa-Surveillance-Fg (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - The Perioperative Roadmap tool can help surgical teams see what is really happening. … The Perioperative Roadmap Tool presents an alternative to this process. … Slide 22 Who Should Use the Perioperative Roadmap Tool? … SAY: Next let’s talk about WHO should use the Perioperative Roadmap. … Slide 23 Example of Perioperative Roadmap Tool Use SAY: The Perioperative Roadmap tool serves as

33. 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 - Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). … Guideline statement for the implementation of the neutral zone in the perioperative environment. … Recommended practices for prevention of transmissible infections in the perioperative setting. … In: Perioperative standards and recommended practices. … Denver, CO: Association of periOperative Registered Nurses; December 2012. p. e91-123.

34. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
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    April 01, 2025 - To Guide SSI and MRSA Prevention Staff Safety Assessment MRSA & SSI Prevention Strategies Worksheet Perioperative … Roadmap Checklist Checklist to guide care in the perioperative setting Provides details for SSI prevention … in each area along the continuum of care for surgical patients Click here to access the Perioperative … Jones Access the Perioperative Roadmap Checklist. … Tools Staff Safety Assessment MRSA & SSI Prevention Strategies Workbook Perioperative Roadmap Checklist

35. Final Progress Report: Identifying and Reducing Errors in Perioperative Anesthesia Medication Delivery (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Identifying and Reducing Errors in Perioperative Anesthesia Medication Delivery … Identifying and Reducing Errors in Perioperative Anesthesia Medication Delivery Principal Investigator … non-perioperative settings. … Systems engineering-based framework of process risks in perioperative medication delivery. … Process Risks in Perioperative Medication Delivery.

36. Supplemental Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/guide-app-cusp.html
    December 01, 2017 - Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment ( Word , 1.57 MB) Empower your frontline staff to voice their … Learn From Defects Tool—Perioperative Setting ( Word ,  1.18 MB) Use this tool to lead discussions … a based-on-real-life story about a surgical safety team using the LFD tool to improve care in their perioperative … debriefings, and understand how appropriately you are using briefings and debriefings throughout the perioperative

37. Preoperative Hair Removal | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/preoperative-hair-removal.html
    April 01, 2025 - Presentations Presentation: Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies After reviewing the content … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework to enable adherence to evidence-based practices Documents:  Perioperative … Infection Prevention Strategies – Slides (PPTX, 14 MB) Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies

38. 077-Contact-Precautions-One-Pager (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/077-contact-precautions-one-pager.docx
    April 01, 2025 - patient care equipment and disinfection of any reusable patient care equipment between patients Role of Perioperative … Staff in Implementing Contact Precautions A challenge in the perioperative setting is that as patients … The Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Journal emphasizes that contact isolation precautions … transporting patients to and from the operating room, during the procedure, and after the procedure.6 Perioperative … The Role of the Perioperative Nurse in Implementing Contact Precautions to Prevent Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant

39. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4a_pdi01-lacerationpuncture-bestpractices.pdf
    May 31, 2016 - Recommended Practice Details of Recommended Practice Use appropriate safety techniques during the perioperative … for the full continuum of care.5 Recommended Practice: Appropriate safety techniques during the perioperative … • Adopt a hands-free technique of passing suture needles and sharps between perioperative team members … Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). Sharps Safety Tool Kit. … Guideline Statement for the Implementation of the Neutral Zone in the Perioperative Environment.

40. 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 - Recommended Practice Details of Recommended Practice Use appropriate safety techniques during the perioperative … for the full continuum of care.5 Recommended Practice: Appropriate safety techniques during the perioperative … • Adopt a hands-free technique of passing suture needles and sharps between perioperative team members … Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). Sharps Safety Tool Kit. … Guideline Statement for the Implementation of the Neutral Zone in the Perioperative Environment.