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221. Chapter 3. Outline the Evidence and Identify Best Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide3.html
     February 01, 2016 - procedure-specific factors. 3 Very low to low-risk procedures include most same-day surgical procedures and surgeries … Patients undergoing thoracic surgeries, including pneumonectomy, extended pulmonary resection, esophagectomy

222. Final Progress Report: Weekend Effects and the July Phenomenon in Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/weissman-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - frequent procedures in our population and restricted our cohort to those who were exposed to these surgeries … First, we found a meaningful increase in the rates of complications involving vascular surgeries. … That is consistent with our hypothesis that surgeries requiring specialized and complex medical care … the past 20 years.32-35 Perhaps their processes of care are even more effective on weekends, when surgeries

223. AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/955.html
     April 01, 2025 - site infections (SSI) are most common, including cardiac, hip and knee replacement and spinal fusion surgeries

224. CUSP Program Sustainability
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/028-ss-cusp-program-sustainability.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - Program Sustainability Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries

225. 046-Ss-Faqs-Staff-Decolonization-Chg-Nasal (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/046-ss-faqs-staff-decolonization-chg-nasal.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Frequently Asked Questions Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries

226. Appendix B. Urinary Catheterization – Sample Policy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-b.html
     October 01, 2015 - Short perioperative use in selected surgeries (less than 24 hours) and for urologic studies or surgery

227. Getting Ready (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/getting_ready.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - The tips in this booklet apply to surgeries and other procedures for which you don’t spend the night

228. Appendix A, Pt. 2 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraapa2.html
     April 01, 2018 - Patient age and number of past surgeries were equal in the SSI and control groups. … Arthroscopic Surgeries AMBU-KISS: Quality control in ambulatory surgery , Mlangeni D, Babikir R, Gastmeier … private hospital associated with a university teaching facility, where approximately 600 arthroscopic surgeries

229. 6-Gap-Analysis-Goal (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/6-gap-analysis-goal.docx
     June 01, 2023 - hospitals have spread enhanced recovery pathways to other surgical procedures (e.g., bariatric and spine surgeries

230. 2-Overview-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/2-overview-guide.docx
     June 01, 2023 - some of the common elements across the program’s service lines, for both elective and emergency/urgent surgeries

231. 46-Facilitators-Barriers (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/46-facilitators-barriers.docx
     June 01, 2023 - of Person Responsible for Action Changes to surgical service resources (e.g., personnel, types of surgeries

232. Introducing the AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Webcast Transcript (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/ascwebinar/ascwebcast0715_transcript.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - surgery centers that service more than 25 million procedures as of 2014, and nearly two- thirds of all surgeries … Smith, Slide 18 So as we were recruiting the ASCs we also focused on the type of procedures and surgeries … You can see here that the majority of ASCs performed surgeries and nonsurgical procedures. … Now, only physicians and staff who were typically in the room during surgeries, procedures or treatments … We perform endoscopy procedures and surgeries associated with their practice involving colon and rectal

233. Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssi6.html
     April 01, 2018 - specific procedures being evaluated in the project was done to allow for a fully representative sample of surgeries

234. Final Progress Report: Developing a Medical Biometric Identification System with a Secure Database Network That Can Access Electronic Medical Databases (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/sohn-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - communication,  patient  assessment,  and  availability  of  information  caused  113  ‘wrong  surgeries … The  number  of  wrong  surgeries  still  increases  every  year, as  shown  in  Figure  2  [3].  … Sentinel event trends report showing the number of wrong surgeries increases every year Effective  

235. Resources by the CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure Domains | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/resources/measure-domains.html
     April 01, 2025 - The PSIs include measures for potential in-hospital complications and adverse events following surgeries

236. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Perioperative use in selected surgeries—According to the 2009 HICPAC guideline, urinary catheters are … Catheters also are indicated for urologic surgeries or other surgeries on contiguous structures of the … on local findings suggestive of CAUTI (e.g., pelvic discomfort or flank pain) • Prior to urologic surgeries … constitute signs of infection) • Screening of urine cultures (whether on admission or before nonurologic surgeries … Preoperative urine cultures in patients who are not undergoing urologic surgeries are discouraged.32

237. Toolkit for Reducing CAUTI in Hospital Units: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/implementation-guide_0.pdf
     September 01, 2015 - Perioperative use in selected surgeries—According to the 2009 HICPAC guideline, urinary catheters are … Catheters also are indicated for urologic surgeries or other surgeries on contiguous structures of the … on local findings suggestive of CAUTI (e.g., pelvic discomfort or flank pain) • Prior to urologic surgeries … constitute signs of infection) • Screening of urine cultures (whether on admission or before nonurologic surgeries … Preoperative urine cultures in patients who are not undergoing urologic surgeries are discouraged.32

238. Program Overview: Slide Presentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/overview-slides.html
     December 01, 2017 - 1 1 in 25 people will undergo surgery. 7 million complications follow inpatient surgeries: … Complications impact 25% of inpatient surgeries. 1 million deaths follow surgery: Between

239. AHRQ Stats | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/ahrq-stats.html
     July 01, 2025 - Musculoskeletal System Surgeries In 2019, seven of the top 20 ambulatory surgeries performed at hospital-owned … They accounted for 22 percent of all major ambulatory surgeries. … (Source: Overview of Major Ambulatory Surgeries Performed in Hospital-Owned Facilities, 2019 [PDF, … (Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Statistical Brief #223, Surgeries in Hospital-Based … Outpatient Cardiac Surgeries In 2014, 53 percent of hospital-based surgeries involving the insertion,

240. AHRQ Views: New Quality Indicator Aimed at Addressing Maternal Morbidities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/936.html
     November 01, 2024 - ) Program , which conducts evidence reviews to inform healthcare decision-making on drugs, devices, surgeries