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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/importance-of-prevention.html
April 01, 2025 - Chlorhexidine Antisepsis
Decolonization Resources
Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative … Setting
Contact Precautions
Optimizing Environmental Cleaning
Perioperative Infection Prevention … Prevention One-Pager (DOCX, 856 KB) This one-page document reviews the importance of MRSA prevention in the perioperative
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/097-ss-normothermia-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - site infections (SSIs)—
· For procedures not requiring hypothermia, maintain normothermia during the perioperative … Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization … Active body surface warming systems for preventing complications caused by inadvertent perioperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preprinted-order-sets-safety-intervention-pediatric-sedation
April 16, 2010 - December 11, 2024
Pediatric perioperative medication errors. … October 16, 2024
Pediatric medication errors and reduction strategies in the perioperative … February 3, 2021
Reporting of perioperative adverse events by pediatric anesthesiologists … September 27, 2016
Shortage of perioperative drugs: implications for anesthesia practice … September 7, 2016
Quality improvement project to reduce perioperative opioid oversedation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/857458/psn-pdf
December 06, 2023 - found that surgical caps labeled with names and roles fostered a climate of safety and
inclusion among perioperative … perceptions-use-names-recognition-roles-and-teamwork-after-labeling-surgical-caps
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perioperative-medication-errors-uncovering-risk-behind-drapes … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-patient-safety-teams-perioperative-setting
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinician-responses-disruptive-intraoperative-behaviour-patterns-and-norms-identified
February 01, 2017 - of clinicians from seven countries highlights how disruptive behavior can threaten patient safety in perioperative … Citation
Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Disruptive behaviour in the perioperative … January 15, 2025
Workplace violence pervasiveness in the perioperative environment: a … January 31, 2024
Perioperative team-based morbidity and mortality conferences: a systematic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventable-anesthesia-related-adverse-events-large-tertiary-care-center-nine-year
November 12, 2014 - pioneered techniques like human factors engineering in an effort to achieve high reliability in perioperative … January 25, 2023
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Handbook of Perioperative … February 7, 2024
Proactive patient safety: focusing on what goes right in the perioperative … March 28, 2012
Quality improvement project to reduce perioperative opioid oversedation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48145/psn-pdf
July 17, 2019 - how
multitasking can contribute to surgeon fatigue, burnout, and decreased task completion in the perioperative … relationships-multitasking-physicians-strain-and-performance-observational-study-ward
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-anesthesia-and-perioperative-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-safety-anesthesia-and-perioperative-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46639/psn-pdf
November 29, 2017 - Enhancing pediatric perioperative patient safety.
November 29, 2017
Johnson Q, McVey J. … Enhancing Pediatric Perioperative Patient Safety. AORN J. 2017;106(5):434-442. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-pediatric-perioperative-patient-safety
Pediatric surgical patients … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-pediatric-perioperative-patient-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46597/psn-pdf
November 01, 2017 - A novel process audit for standardized perioperative
handoff protocols. … A Novel Process Audit for Standardized Perioperative
Handoff Protocols. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/novel-process-audit-standardized-perioperative-handoff-protocols
Standardizing … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/novel-process-audit-standardized-perioperative-handoff-protocols
https:/
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45736/psn-pdf
February 01, 2017 - Disruptive behaviour in the perioperative setting: a
contemporary review. … Disruptive behaviour in the perioperative setting: a contemporary
review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disruptive-behaviour-perioperative-setting-contemporary-review
Disruptive … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/disruptive-behaviour-perioperative-setting-contemporary-review
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46982/psn-pdf
June 13, 2018 - Advances in perioperative quality and safety. … Advances in perioperative quality and safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advances-perioperative-quality-and-safety
Clinical skill development in … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/advances-perioperative-quality-and-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-surgical-performance-primer-non-technical-skills
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increasing-compliance-safe-medication-administration-pediatric-anesthesia-use-standardized
December 11, 2024 - project report describes the use of failure mode and effects analysis to identify process weaknesses in perioperative … Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Perspectives on anesthesia and perioperative … November 3, 2021
Perioperative patient safety recommendations: systematic review of clinical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trends-influencing-cost-care-and-patient-safety
September 25, 2024 - The author discusses five aspects to consider in adopting perioperative information technologies: system … Related Resources
Proactive patient safety: focusing on what goes right in the perioperative … May 24, 2023
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Stoelting Conference 2019: perioperative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-patient-safety-and-achieving-quintuple-aim-anesthesiology
October 25, 2023 - a practical framework for understanding the important relationship to be optimized between AI and perioperative … August 17, 2011
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Perioperative handoff … December 7, 2022
Safety of anesthetic and perioperative medication practices.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852800/psn-pdf
August 23, 2023 - This guidance provides practical steps to ensure perioperative
medication delivery is as safe as possible … handling-injectable-medications-anaesthesia-guidelines-association-anaesthetists
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/perioperative-medication-errors-uncovering-risk-behind-drapes … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-perioperative-medication-errors
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/2-overview-guide.docx
June 01, 2023 - ISCR integrates both technical and adaptive approaches into a holistic, team-based approach to perioperative … ISCR promotes the delivery of evidence-based perioperative care and reduces variability. … Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Implementation Phaseline
While the efforts to standardize your perioperative … A Guide to Leading Successful Perioperative Teams presents critical behaviors for leading successful … perioperative teams as well as practical tips on how to replicate these behaviors in your organization
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50424/psn-pdf
September 04, 2019 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/box-ticking-black-box-evolution-operating-room-safety
The perioperative … This article discusses strategies to reduce risk of perioperative error, such as
standardization and … The authors highlight the use of video technology as a promising
strategy to improve perioperative safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49866/psn-pdf
June 01, 2019 - Yet,
anesthesia is also uniquely vulnerable to medication errors—in that perioperative medications are … The perioperative "time out" is one place to set this tone with introductions, clear statement
of roles … Prefilled, prelabeled syringes from the manufacturer or pharmacy can reduce perioperative errors. … Opportunities remain for improved point-of-care technological support for the perioperative
medication … Evaluation of perioperative medication errors and
adverse drug events. Anesthesiology.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/098-ss-hair-removal-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - .
· Hair may obstruct perioperative skin marking.
· Hair may impair skin antisepsis.
· Hair may interfere … If hair removal is necessary, there are several suggestions provided primarily by the Association of Perioperative … Revisiting perioperative hair removal practices. AORN J. 2019 May;109(5):583-96. PMID: 31025350.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/098-hair-removal-one-pager.docx
April 01, 2025 - .
· Hair may obstruct perioperative skin marking.
· Hair may impair skin antisepsis.
· Hair may interfere … If hair removal is necessary, there are several suggestions provided primarily by the Association of Perioperative … Revisiting perioperative hair removal practices. AORN J. 2019 May;109(5):583-96. PMID: 31025350.
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