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121. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 11. Patient Identification Errors in the Operating Room (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/patient-id-errors-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - Key Findings: • Drawing meaningful statistical comparisons is difficult because wrong-site surgeries … The estimated rate of wrong-site surgery varies from 0.0 to 4.5 per 10,000 surgeries performed.1 Contributing … Errors in the Operating Room 11-9 Gaps and Future Directions The prevalence of reported wrong-site surgeries … Operating room The estimated rate of wrong-site surgery varies, ranging from 0.09 to 4.5 per 10,000 surgeries … Wrong-site surgeries are rare, and showing any statistically significant reduction in occurrences with

122. 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 - • Postoperative wound dehiscence occurs in up to 3% of abdominal surgeries, and is associated with significant … mortality between 14% and 50%.1 Other adverse events include prolonged length of stay, subsequent surgeries

123. 136-Ss-Premortem-Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/136-ss-premortem-tool.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Project Assessment Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries

124. 047-Ss-Faqs-Staff-Safety-Side-Effects (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/047-ss-faqs-staff-safety-side-effects.docx
     April 01, 2025 - and Side Effects Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries​

125. Appendix M. Example of a Nurse-Driven Protocol for Catheter Removal | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-m.html
     October 01, 2020 - Short perioperative use in selected surgeries (less than 24 hours) and for urologic studies or surgery

126. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/index.html
     January 01, 2024 - Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infections in cardiac, hip and knee joint replacement, and spinal fusion surgeries

127. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/002-ss-antimicrobial-prophylaxis-part-1.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - Prophylaxis Part 1 Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries … Part 1 9 Cefazolin Covers Expected Microbiology* *expected microbiology of cardiac and orthopedic surgeries

128. Background and Overview: Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Slide Presentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/ascwebinar/battlesslides.pdf
     July 18, 2015 - More than 25 million procedures are performed in ASCs each year (2014) • Nearly two-thirds of US surgeries

129. Underwood Surgery Center: Slide Presentation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/ascwebinar/tinsleyslides.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Center (USC) • Physician owned multi-specialty surgery center • Performs endoscopic procedures, surgeries

130. Established Child Health Care Quality Measures: AHRQ Quality Indicators | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/chtoolbx/measures/measure-3.html
     November 01, 2017 - pediatric heart surgery volume IQI describes the rate of discharge at a hospital for pediatric heart surgeries … Current evidence shows that a higher volume of such surgeries at a hospital may be associated with better … describes the number of deaths at a hospital following pediatric heart surgery per 100 pediatric heart surgeries

131. Chapter 5. Project Expansion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi5.html
     April 01, 2018 - This is not surprising since the Intermountain data contributed over 95 percent of the CABG surgeries … The difference would be attributed to the 78 CABG surgeries from the VA and the inclusion of the eight … Total hip surgeries from Intermountain contributed to 85 percent of the total dataset. E3.5.5.

132. Part 3: National Quality Strategy Priority—Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/blackhealth/part3-nqs2.html
     June 01, 2018 - Colorectal Surgery Mortality Unadjusted mortality rate (%) 30 days postoperation for colorectal surgeries … Overall Rate: In 2013, the unadjusted rate of 30-day postoperative mortality for colorectal surgeries

133. Appendix | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/interimhac2013-ap1.html
     December 01, 2014 - Catheters 110,000 3.3 MPSMS (2013) Postoperative Cardiac Events for Cardiac and Non-cardiac Surgeries

134. Final Progress Report: Physician Organization and the Efficiency of Surgical Specialty Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/miller-birkmeyer-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Structured Abstract Purpose: To examine variation in episode payments for common inpatient surgeries … Medicare payments for hospital, physician, and post-discharge care around episodes of common inpatient surgeries … Purpose To examine variation in episode payments for common inpatient surgeries and to understand the … Medicare payments for hospital, physician, and post-discharge care around episodes of common inpatient surgeries … operative mortality, postoperative complications, and hospital readmission following common inpatient surgeries

135. SOPS Ambulatory Surgery Center Webcast - HARE (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-ASC-webcast-2023-0509-hare.pdf
     January 01, 2023 - • ASCs are facilities: ► (1) where patients have surgeries, procedures, and treatments and are not … Patient Safety Rating (1 item) • Screener Question Asking Whether the Respondent is in the Room During Surgeries

136. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/090-decolonization-implementation.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - Decolonization Implementation Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries … decolonization as it applies to MRSA and SSIs for cardiac, hip and knee joint replacement, and spinal fusion surgeries

137. 117-Decolonization-Agent-One-Pager (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/117-decolonization-agent-one-pager.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Nasal Decolonization Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries

138. 057-Patient-Instructions-Mupirocin (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/057-patient-instructions-mupirocin.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Decolonization With Mupirocin Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries

139. 052-Sample-Script-Patient-Ed-Mupirocin (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/052-sample-script-patient-ed-mupirocin.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Points & Sample Script Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries​

140. 055-Patient-Instructions-Chg-Cloths (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/055-patient-instructions-chg-cloths.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Cleaning With CHG Cloths Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries