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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/033-ss-action-chart-decolonization.docx
April 01, 2025 - Decolonization Program
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sbtopic.jsp
June 01, 2025 - healthcare statistics on hospital
inpatient stays, emergency department visits, and ambulatory
surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/010-ss-evidence-decolonization.pptx
April 01, 2025 - MRSA Decolonization
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries … and preoperative skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine, as it applies to MRSA and SSI prevention, for surgeries … and observational (n=12) studies
Population: patients undergoing cardiac or total joint replacement surgeries … S. aureus (MSSA, MRSA)
Results
59 percent reduction in SSIs in cardiac and total joint replacement surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/measures/setting/hospitals/measurement-sets.html
February 01, 2023 - They provide information on potential in-hospital complications and adverse events following surgeries … How many high-risk surgeries are conducted at the hospital?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/091-decolonization-implementation-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - Decolonization Implementation
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries … presentation will review the evidence for MRSA decolonization as it applies to MRSA and SSIs for high-risk surgeries … including cardiac, hip and knee joint replacement and spinal fusion surgeries; identify key strategies … nasal decolonization and skin antisepsis have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of SSIs in surgeries … 15
Neuro Spine Surgery Case Example—1
SAY:
In reviewing the process and SSI data for neuro-spine surgeries
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/state/sasddbdocumentation.jsp
April 01, 2025 - well suited for research that requires complete enumeration of
hospital-based ambulatory surgeries
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/ExampleofUsingPOA-CMSHACsusingall-payerdata.pdf
July 01, 2011 - , but 13 percent of the Medicaid stays
had a CMS HAC of surgical site infection following selected surgeries … risk but only 32 percent of the stays with a CMS
HAC of surgical site infection following selected surgeries … 68.8% 3.0% 24.3%
Population at riskb 100.0% 40.4% 5.6% 44.3%
Surgical site infection (selected surgeries … , ME, MI, NJ, NV, NY, OR, and TN.
0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50
Surgical site infection (selected surgeries … NJ, NV, NY, OR, and TN.
0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00
Surgical site infection (selected surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/impl-guide/implementation-guide-appendix-e.pdf
September 01, 2015 - and Indications
■ Acute urinary retention or obstruction
■ Perioperative use in selected surgeries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60709/psn-pdf
July 22, 2020 - testing-protocols-restore-surgical-services
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-bears-down-doctors-confront-difficult-choices-elective-surgeries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60331/psn-pdf
May 13, 2020 - when-we-do-harm-doctor-confronts-medical-error
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-bears-down-doctors-confront-difficult-choices-elective-surgeries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60289/psn-pdf
April 29, 2020 - people-disabilities-fear-pandemic-will-worsen-medical-biases
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/covid-19-bears-down-doctors-confront-difficult-choices-elective-surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-hernandez-boussard.html
April 01, 2024 - While her initial grant identified quality metrics for different types of surgeries, this project focused … Her published findings on pain treatments for specific surgeries, such as breast , carpal tunnel ,
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapd.html
April 01, 2018 - Sampling surgeries based on ICD9 alone in the VA may lead to unrepresentative samples. … For the other surgeries, this may give an acceptable result. … recommend that the combined set of ICD9 and CPT codes be used for all procedures in the VA to identify surgeries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/turn-other-cheek
October 26, 2010 - cancer treatment alone in 2010, primarily in the office setting.( 7 ) Our best estimates of wrong-site surgeries … recent analysis described 46 deaths and 263 procedure-related complications occurring from office-based surgeries … from occurring should focus on the role of photography and standardized protocols for office-based surgeries … access to preoperative biopsy site photographs in an EHR is incredibly useful for preventing wrong-site surgeries … a protocol over a 6-year period, there were 0 cases of wrong-site surgery in 7983 Mohs micrographic surgeries
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/066-staff-safety-assessment.docx
April 01, 2025 - Safety Assessment
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/mrsa-2/044-ss-preop-dos-donts.docx
April 01, 2025 - for Surgical Staff
Surgical Services
For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864855/psn-pdf
March 20, 2024 - surgical-skill-and-complication-rates-after-bariatric-surgery
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/managing-risks-concurrent-surgeries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35637/psn-pdf
January 18, 2006 - exposed to a rare brain disease after contaminated
surgical instruments were used during their brain surgeries
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37492/psn-pdf
March 18, 2010 - state-level analysis that used site visits along with near miss and error reports to
evaluate wrong-site surgeries
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024983-pratap-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Approximately 17,000 scheduled surgeries are performed each year at the Burnet campus. … Most complex
surgeries are performed at the Burnet site, and medically complex children are generally … are short and less complex surgeries on children who are typically not medically complex. … Finally, all rescheduled cases (1354
surgeries, 1.6%) were identified and excluded from the training … These cancellation causes accounted for over 85% of all last-minute cancelled
surgeries.