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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-l.pdf
May 01, 2017 - It Takes a Team: Preventing Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Appendix L. Infection Prevention Infographic
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide
• Follow fully the instructions on how to use cleaning and
disinfection supplies.
• Follow the manufacturers’ and ASC’s instructions …
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Carayon.pdf
February 01, 2005 - An Employee Questionnaire for Assessing Patient Safety in Outpatient Surgery
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An Employee Questionnaire
for Assessing Patient Safety
in Outpatient Surgery
Pascale Carayon, Carla J. Alvarado, Ann Schoofs Hundt, Scott Springman,
Amanda Borgsdorf, Peter L.T. Hoonakker
Abstract
This paper provides informa…
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/resources.html
June 01, 2017 - Resources
Additional resources that ambulatory surgery centers can use for surgical site infection prevention and safety culture improvement are provided below.
Infection Prevention Tools
Hand Hygiene Webinar
Infection Prevention Infographic Poster
Endoscopy Infographic Poster
Endoscope Reprocessing…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_overview_impmodel.pptx
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 0.5 and 5% of surgical patients … Estimates suggest that 25 percent of patients undergoing inpatient surgeries develop complications, and
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/index.html
December 01, 2017 - Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
The Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery helps perioperative and surgical units in hospitals identify opportunities to improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical site infections. The toolkit has evidence-based, practical resources…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/resources/asc-resource_list.pdf
March 01, 2016 - Improving Patient Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture.
Improving Patient Safety in Ambulatory Surgery
Centers: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety
Culture
Purpos…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/029-ss-review-ssi-prevention-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - SSI Program Tools
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/43-pathway-worksheet.docx
June 01, 2023 - providers
Smoking/tobacco cessation
Smoking cessation 4 weeks pre- and post-elective surgery
For emergency surgeries … procedure-specific evidence for the value of goal-directed fluid therapy in elective joint replacement surgeries … multidisciplinary approach to discharge planning should begin before admission or upon presentation for all surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_build_ssibundle.pptx
December 01, 2017 - They cover all types of surgeries, so there are recommendations for every type of surgery, but they do
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_deep_root_data_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - This chart combines these two surgeries, because they represent activities of largely the same surgeons
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/deep-root-data-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - This chart combines these two surgeries, because they represent activities of largely the same surgeons
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving-fac-notes.html
May 01, 2017 - Use of the briefing card led to a drop in wrong-site surgeries and other adverse events. … This study demonstrated a relationship between use of the checklist before surgeries in eight sites around … Reported problems include wrong-site surgeries, wrong procedures, wrong or missing implants, wrong medications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/020-ss-periop-infection-prevention.pptx
April 01, 2025 - et al., 201321
Prospective observation studies from 47 hospitals from bariatric and/or colorectal surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/020-perioperative-infection-prevention-strategies-slides.pptx
April 01, 2025 - et al., 201321
Prospective observation studies from 47 hospitals from bariatric and/or colorectal surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/glance-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ) has designated “localizing specific surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/events/webinars/asc-program.html
December 01, 2023 - Ambulatory Surgery Center SOPS: What You Need To Know (Webcast)
January 10, 2019
Summary
Speakers and Presentation Slides
Recording
Transcript
Related Material
Summary
On Thursday, January 10, 2019, AHRQ hosted a webcast that provided information on the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ (SOPS…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/gawande-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - rapid-cycle testing of the checklist, the intraoperative observers collected data in
consecutive shunt surgeries … shunt checklist into the operating rooms, specially trained data collectors observed
consecutive shunt surgeries … adoption of the WHO Checklist, there has been pressure to create customized
checklists, particularly for surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/france-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - generally at the unit level
(i.e., NICU and OR) and specifically in perioperative teams during neonatal surgeries … Both hospitals exhibited
high rates of NRE incidence in neonatal surgeries. … designed to collect perceived CM after acute care episodes (i.e., NICU-to-OR
handovers and neonatal surgeries … Both hospitals exhibited high rates of NRE incidence in neonatal surgeries.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Tuinen.pdf
March 01, 2004 - revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-
9-CM or ICD), for flagging adverse events (AEs) related to hospital surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraaparef.html
September 01, 2018 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Appendix A. References
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Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. ST-PRA Dev…