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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/science-of-safety-slides.html
December 01, 2017 - Slide 1: AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery—Onboarding
The Science of Improving Patient Safety and … Slide 3: AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery 1
Safety Program for Surgery
Educate staff on the science … Complications impact 25% of inpatient surgeries.
1 million deaths follow surgery. … Surgery is linked to 50% of all hospital adverse events. … Slide 15: AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery 1
Safety Program for Surgery
Educate staff on the science
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/cahps-database/2023-child-hcahps-infographic.pdf
January 01, 2023 - 2023 CAHPS Child Hospital Surgery Database Executive Summary
2023 Child Hospital
Survey Database
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/asc/resources/asc-items.pdf
January 01, 2015 - Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items
SOPS
TM … Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey
Items and Composites
Version: 1.0
Language: English
Note … • To view the formatted questionnaire, see the Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey. … Safe Surgery 2015: South Carolina Tool 2: Surgical Safety Culture Survey. … Communication in the Surgery/Procedure Room
(Yes, No)
G0.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/091-decolonization-implementation-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - , during the surgery itself, and the immediate postoperative period. … , hip and knee joint replacements, and spinal fusion surgery. … For skin antisepsis, CHG bathing should be performed for 5 days prior to surgery. … Alternatively, CHG bathing can be done the night before and the morning of surgery. … will transition to an orthopedic surgery office in a community hospital.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/3P-RD-Data-Dictionary.xlsx
March 16, 2023 - a surgical associated primary or secondary specialty in the CORE file
Surgical specialties include: General … Reconstructive Surgery; Colorectal Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Urology; Hand Surgery; Peripheral Vascular … Surgical specialties include: General Surgery; Otolaryngology; Neurosurgery; Ophthalmology; Orthopedic … Surgery; Sports Medicine; Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery; Colorectal Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; … Urology; Hand Surgery; Peripheral Vascular Disease; Vascular Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Oncology
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/laparotomy-patient.pdf
November 01, 2023 - Laparotomy Surgery
When surgery needs to happen suddenly, it’s stressful. … Surgery may be done later that day or the next day.
Surgery may take many hours. … It depends on what happened during surgery
and on your health before surgery. … This is major surgery, and most people have pain after surgery. … Surgery for an Abdominal Hernia (uhb-DAA-muh-nuhl HUR-nee-uh)
Surgery for an Ulcer [UHL-ser]
Surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/index-clinical-topics.html
April 01, 2025 - Use of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antisepsis In surgery, skin antisepsis is an important practice to … Bathing with CHG prior to surgery is a key strategy to reduce MRSA and SSIs and protect the surgical … Preoperative Hair Removal This section discusses recommendations for hair removal prior to surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/896.html
January 01, 2024 - Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Pneumonia After Cardiac Surgery
Issue Number
896
AHRQ … Today's Headlines:
Researchers Identify Risk Factors for Pneumonia After Cardiac Surgery . … in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery . … Postoperative pneumonia, among the most common complications following cardiac surgery, was associated … Researchers studied more than 71,000 records of adult cardiac surgery patients treated between 2011 and
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=192
January 01, 2024 - J , Quatman-Yates CC Loss of community-dwelling status among survivors of high-acuity emergency general … surgery disease. … Loss of community-dwelling status among survivors of high-acuity emergency general surgery disease. … surgery. … Percentage of mortal encounters transferred in emergency general surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/patient-id-errors-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - for wrong-site/wrong-patient
surgery. … After the surgery, the site of surgery was compared with:
a. Surgeon’s mark.
b. … Avoiding wrong site surgery: a systematic review. … No wrong-site surgery
occurred during the study. … causes of wrong-site
surgery?).
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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 - for Assessing Patient Safety
in Outpatient Surgery
Pascale Carayon, Carla J. … A total of 531 questionnaires were
distributed to the surgery centers’ staffs; 289 surgery center employees … outpatient surgery centers’ regularly scheduled
staff meetings. … Outpatient Surgery—Employee Survey
473
3. Smith MJ, Carayon-Sainfort P. … Patient safety
climate (PSC) in outpatient surgery centers.
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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 … Surgical site infections
are infections that can
occur after surgery in the
part of the body where … the
surgery took place.1
Surgical site infections are—*
Patients and families
should be encouraged … AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
AHRQ Pub No. 16(17)-0019-03-EF
May 2017
It Tak
es
a Tea
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program-ape.html
April 01, 2018 - 411
Identification Errors
18
443
-- Wrong Patient
7
444
-- Wrong-Site Surgery … 37
352
---- Cardiothoracic Surgery
0
353
---- General Surgery
1
354
… ---- Neurosurgery
0
356
---- Orthopedic Surgery
1
355
---- Otolaryngology
0 … 357
---- Pediatric Surgery
1
358
---- Plastic Surgery
0
359
---- Surgical … Oncology
0
360
---- Urology
0
371
---- Vascular Surgery
0
361
Nursing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/005-ss-preop-chlorhexidine-fg.docx
April 01, 2025 - , hip or knee joint replacement, or spinal fusion surgery. … , and intranasal iodophor the morning of surgery. … An alternative strategy is utilizing CHG the night before and morning of surgery. … Jones is given a mupirocin dose in the pre-op area before surgery. … and during surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/stulberg-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - adults (at least 18 years of age), any gender, who spoke English or Spanish and were undergoing a
general … surgery procedure with a high likelihood of receiving an opioid prescription. … The general surgery
clinic schedules were screened daily to identify potential patients for the study … Procedure
Minor General Surgery 71 (50%) 37 (49%) 34 (50%) Ref
Major MIS 59 (41%) 33 (44% … The opioid epidemic: impact on orthopaedic surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/020-ss-periop-infection-prevention.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Skin Prep for Incision
Normothermia
Glycemic Control
Supplemental Oxygen
Surgical Services
For: Most Surgery … Remove outside of the OR, as close to start of surgery as possible. … surgery. … Update patient education materials to instruct patients not to shave site of surgery. … Importance of perioperative glycemic control in general surgery: a report from the Surgical Care and
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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 - Skin Prep for Incision
Normothermia
Glycemic Control
Supplemental Oxygen
Surgical Services
For: Most Surgery … Remove outside of the OR, as close to start of surgery as possible. … surgery. … Update patient education materials to instruct patients not to shave site of surgery. … Importance of perioperative glycemic control in general surgery: a report from the Surgical Care and
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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 - Getting Ready for Your
Ambulatory Surgery
Whether you call it outpatient surgery, ambulatory surgery … *, office surgery, or same-day surgery, it means the same
thing: surgical procedures that don’t require … steps to get ready for surgery. … surgery. … That’s where a nurse
will prepare you for surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/index.html
May 01, 2017 - Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide
Next … Page
Table of Contents
Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation … Prevention
Planning for Sustainability
Conclusion
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery … Sustainability
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
The CUSP Toolkit
Ambulatory Surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/appendectomy-booklet.pdf
November 01, 2023 - Timing of Surgery
Once the decision is made to do emergency surgery, it’s done as soon as possible. … Surgery may take many hours. … It depends on what happened during surgery
and on your health before surgery. … Emergency Appendectomy Patient Education Guide 9
Pain Relief After Surgery
This is major surgery, and … Possible Confusion After Surgery (Delirium)
Pain Relief After Surgery
You May Need To Stay in the