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201. National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/2016_ahrq-agencyspecificplan.pdf
     January 01, 2016 - Comparative Effectiveness Portfolio has provided essential comparisons of drugs, medical devices, tests, surgeries

202. Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/resources/ambulatory-surgery-sops-items-and-composites.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - Are you typically in the room during surgeries, procedures, or treatments?

203. Cholestrol Control with Statin Therapy (xls file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/chart-abstraction-template-cholesterol.xlsx
     November 18, 2015 - stent of extracranial vessel(s) ICD9CM 38 Incision or resection of vessel of head and neck CABG Surgeries

204. Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/asc/composite-measures-english.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - Are you typically in the room during surgeries, procedures, or treatments?

205. Appendix K. Infographic Poster on CAUTI Prevention (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-k.pdf
     October 05, 2015 - catheter only when indicated based on the HICPAC/CDC Guideline: Perioperative use in selected surgeries

206. Chapter 2. Determine Surgical Site Infection Rates (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi2a.html
     April 01, 2018 - Four surgeries were noted to have incorrect ICD-9 codes, indicating that they should not have been included … Three surgeries were missed because the SSI occurred greater than 30 days postoperatively. … numbers are not directly comparable to NNIS results because we are only examining a fraction of the surgeries … As with the other surgeries, direct comparisons can be difficult because followup time can be variable

207. PowerPoint Presentation
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/131-ss-swiss-cheese.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - of System Failures Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries

208. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Final Results for 2014 Through 2017 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
     July 01, 2020 - Associated With Central Venous Catheters MPSMS Postoperative Cardiac Events for Cardiac and Noncardiac Surgeries … inpatient population: • AMI: 2.15%, • CHF: 3.24%, • Pneumonia: 4.41%, • SCIP plus 5 other major surgeries … The percentage of SCIP+5 patients was calculated based on the number of surgeries in the SCIP+5 sample … Infections (special calculation performed by CDC NHSN to include SSIs in a consistent set of major surgeries … myocardial infarction (AMI), • Congestive heart failure (CHF), • Pneumonia (PN), and • Major surgeries

209. Major Study Finds Significant National Patient Safety Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/significant-patient-safety-improvement.html
     July 01, 2022 - infections, and post-procedure events such as those associated with hip joint or knee joint replacement surgeries

210. 013-Ss-Cleaning-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/013-ss-cleaning-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Environmental Cleaning Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries … prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) in cardiac, hip and knee joint replacement, and spinal fusion surgeries … The pressure to turn over the operating room quickly and for the scheduled surgeries was high, which … team decided to work with senior staff to establish guidelines to preferentially schedule elective surgeries

211. Appendix B. Database Analysis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapb.html
     April 01, 2018 - (HCUP) State Ambulatory Surgery Database (SASD) databases were analyzed to identify the most common surgeries

212. Ambulatory Care and Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/topics/ambulatory-care-and-surgery.html
     Topic: Ambulatory Care and Surgery Ambulatory care settings include medical offices and clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, hospital outpatient departments, outpatient care, and dialysis centers. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits CAHPS Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery…

213. Appendix A, Pt. 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa3.html
     April 01, 2018 - Examples of Risk Factors Identified in the Literature for SSIs in Other Surgeries Ploeg et al. ( World … Procedure level (for peri and postoperative surgeries): type and indication of surgery performed, type … This means that as the life expectancy for AIDS patients rises also does the orthopedic surgeries on … Methods The total number of patients was 873, all surgeries took place in conventional surgery theatres

214. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=24
     January 01, 2024 - Cabral SM , Harris AD , Cosgrove SE Adherence to antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines for elective surgeries … retrospective cohort study assessed adherence to surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines for elective surgeries … They found that across 825 hospitals and 521,091 inpatient elective surgeries, 59% were adherent to prophylaxis … Adherence to antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines for elective surgeries across 825 US hospitals, 2019

215. Comparing Patient Safety in Rural Hospitals by Bed Count (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Loux.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - Large hospitals, for example, performed 1,628 inpatient surgeries per year compared to 251 inpatient … surgeries per year in small hospitals. … 45.6* † 54.7† 56.1‡ Mean number of admissions 8,739* † 21,875† 37,959 * ‡ Mean number of total surgeries … 956* † 2,584† 5,439 * ‡ Mean number of inpatient surgeries 251* † 683† 1,628 * ‡ Mean number of … outpatient surgeries 706 * † 1901† 3,811* ‡ * Significantly different from hospitals with 50-99 beds

216. AHRQ Summit to Address Emergency Department Boarding (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/ed-boarding-summit-report.pdf
     March 01, 2025 - Proven solutions include the following: • Surgical smoothing distributes elective surgeries more evenly … Elective surgeries and other procedures generate more revenue and higher margins than other kinds of … the full week, smoothing has led to increases in hospital revenue, fewer cancellations of elective surgeries … One Summit participant noted that providing incentives such as premium payments for surgeries during … Does it mean that I, wearing the hospital administrator hat, would stop allowing surgeries for people

217. 063-Ssi-Investigation-Tool-Cusp (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/063-ssi-investigation-tool-cusp.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Investigation Tool Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries

218. 021-Ss-Mrsa-Surveillance-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/021-ss-mrsa-surveillance-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - MRSA Surveillance Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries … Overall, S. aureus accounts for 17.5 percent of all SSIs, and is even higher among high-risk surgeries … Many of the patients who undergo the surgeries covered in the toolkit—including cardiac surgery, hip

219. 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 - Being able to incorporate more difficult surgeries, such as pelvic or spine procedures, will provide … Every fluoroscopy image collected during these surgeries was saved to the patient’s electronic medical … Seven surgeries were performed by seven different orthopedic residents. … The 15 different hip fracture repair surgeries were recorded using a head-mounted point-of-view camera … that surgical skill is not directly related to duration of surgical practice but to the number of surgeries

220. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions: Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014-2017 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
     January 01, 2019 - Associated With Central Venous Catheters MPSMS Postoperative Cardiac Events for Cardiac and Noncardiac Surgeries … the inpatient population: • AMI: 2.15%, • CHF: 3.24%, • Pneumonia: 4.41%, • SCIP plus 5 other major surgeries … The percentage of SCIP+5 patients was calculated based on the number of surgeries in the SCIP+5 sample … calculation performed 80,157 5,999,045 (estimate) by CDC NHSN to include SSIs in a consistent set of major surgeries … Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), • Congestive heart failure (CHF), • Pneumonia (PN), and • Major surgeries