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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_premortem_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - Projects can fail for many reasons, and the safe surgery project is no exception to this possibility. … Slide 2
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Sustainability
AHRQ Pub. … Maybe no one has heard of your safe surgery effort. … SAY:
Which failures would impede sustainability of the safe surgery project? … ASK:
What elements of your safe surgery project do you want to maintain?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide3.html
February 01, 2016 - major trauma, craniotomy/spinal surgery for malignant disease, and spinal surgery with an anterior approach … not related to malignancy, open urological procedures, gynecologic surgery, vascular surgery, and reconstructive … surgery. … Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery
A patient's risk for VTE after major orthopedic surgery is among … Aspirin in Major Orthopedic Surgery Patients
AT9 4 allows for the use of aspirin (acetylsalicylic
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/vtguide/guide3.html
February 01, 2016 - major trauma, craniotomy/spinal surgery for malignant disease, and spinal surgery with an anterior approach … not related to malignancy, open urological procedures, gynecologic surgery, vascular surgery, and reconstructive … surgery. … Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery
A patient's risk for VTE after major orthopedic surgery is among … Aspirin in Major Orthopedic Surgery Patients
AT9 4 allows for the use of aspirin (acetylsalicylic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/9-senior-executives.pptx
June 01, 2023 - of care1
ISCR at [Hospital Name] 7
Current State
[Service line, e.g., colorectal, orthopedic] surgery … Care of [service line] surgery patients is highly variable for:
Preoperative education
Plan for anesthesia … oral intake
Mobility
An opportunity exists to improve collaboration in the perioperative area among surgery … team photo
ISCR at [Hospital Name] 9
Overview of Gap Analysis & Goal Setting for [Service Line] Surgery … Opportunities and challenges for the next phase of enhanced recovery after surgery: a review.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/premortem-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Sustainability and the Premortem Tool: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Slide … Projects can fail for many reasons, and the safe surgery project is no exception to this possibility. … Maybe no one has heard of your safe surgery effort. … Say:
Which failures would impede sustainability of the safe surgery project? … Ask:
What elements of your safe surgery project do you want to maintain?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/or_briefing_audit.docx
December 01, 2017 - Tool: OR Briefing and Debriefing Audit Tool
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Operating Room Briefing … You can use the AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Toolkit to guide your team through the quality improvement … ☐ Surgery Attending
☐ Anesthesia Attending
☐ Surgery Resident
☐ Anesthesia Resident
☐ Nurse
☐ Anesthesia … Surgery Attending
Surgery Resident
Anesthesia Attending
Anesthesia … December 2017
Operating Room
Briefing Audit Tool 2
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/pfengagement-senior-checklist.docx
May 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment … Module
Senior Leader Checklist
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Module 3: Patient and … Leaders (ambulatory surgery center administrator, director of nursing, medical director, etc.) and any … No. 16(17)-0019-02-EF
May 2017AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
Patient and Family Engagement … in the Surgical Environment Senior Leader Checklist 2 RQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Bernard.pdf
January 01, 2004 - The selection criteria for “major surgery”
also are described in the PSI algorithm. … Surgery-related patient safety events were comprised of 12 of the 14 PSIs
related to the actual surgery … not suffer any surgery-related patient safety events. … In the analysis, the unit of observation is a major
surgery discharge. … patients had
at least one of the surgery-related patient safety events, while 7.9 percent of the
surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/sustainability_sustspreading_facnotes.docx
December 01, 2017 - Slide 1
Learning Objectives
SAY:
When a safe surgery project is sustainable, the accomplishments are … Slide 2
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery
Sustainability
AHRQ Pub. … Effective safe surgery teams have active members working for team goals. … An effective safe surgery team excites staff members about doing this work. … Here is a list of activities to sustain your safe surgery efforts.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/057-patient-instructions-mupirocin.docx
April 01, 2025 - But when you’re having surgery, you’re at much higher risk that those bacteria might cause a severe infection … You should apply this ointment inside both nostrils twice a day, every day, for 5 days before your surgery … Then, one more time on the morning of your surgery.
How Often Do I Use It? … ointment twice every day—once in the morning and once in the evening—for 5 days leading up to your surgery … Then apply it once on the morning of surgery.
Do not get the ointment near your eyes.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/034-ss-action-chart-decisionmaking-readiness.docx
April 01, 2025 - the Evidence for Decolonization
A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that occurs after surgery … in the part of the body where the surgery took place. … , through the group that submits cardiac surgery data to the Society for Thoracic Surgery (STS) National … For instance, this might include the chief of surgery, director of nursing, and/or nurse educator. … Preoperative prevention of surgical-site infection in spine surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/sustainability/spreading-fac-notes.html
December 01, 2017 - Sustaining and Spreading Surgical Safety Improvements: Facilitator Notes
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery … Slide 2: Learning Objectives
Say:
When a safe surgery project is sustainable, the accomplishments … Effective safe surgery teams have active members working for team goals. … An effective safe surgery team excites staff members about doing this work. … Here is a list of activities to sustain your safe surgery efforts.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/48-prep-colorectal-facilitator.docx
June 01, 2023 - Oral Antibiotics and Mechanical Bowel Prep for SSI Prevention for Colorectal Surgery: Facilitator Guide … and Slide
Title slide: Oral Antibiotics and Mechanical Bowel Prep for SSI Prevention for Colorectal Surgery … antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation to help reduce surgical site infection, SSI, in colorectal surgery … this, mechanical bowel prep remained the standard of care for patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery … This study compares SSI rates following colon surgery when a combination of intravenous antibiotics,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/CG/supplemental-shareddecisionmaking-cgcahps-adult-2357-5a.docx
June 02, 2025 - In the last 6 months, did you and this provider talk about having surgery or any type of procedure? … Did you and this provider talk about the reasons you might want to have the surgery or procedure? … Did you and this provider talk about the reasons you might not want to have the surgery or procedure? … When you and this provider talked about having surgery or a procedure, did this provider ask what you
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh56-58.html
April 01, 2018 - Variable
Estimate
tValue
Probability
Intercept
-10.72
-2.92
0.0035
Elective surgery … History of cancer
3.30
2.56
0.0104
Charlson score *
-0.63
-1.88
0.0597
Emergency surgery … Variable
Estimate
tValue
Probability
Intercept
-3.96
-1.18
0.2365
Elective surgery … History of cancer @
Charlson score *
-0.33
-1.26
0.2071
Emergency surgery … Variable
Estimate
tValue
Probability
Intercept
-7.42
-3.28
0.0011
Elective surgery
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving-slides.html
October 01, 2020 - Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. … Example of a briefing in an ambulatory surgery center. … Safe Surgery 2015 Checklist.
Cardiac Surgery Checklist.
Endoscopy Checklist. … Ambulatory Surgery Center Checklist. … Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh65-67.html
April 01, 2018 - Results of logistic regression using the derivation dataset for only total knee surgery
Variable … 0.3922
Preop hematocrit
0.09
0.57
0.5742
Preop hemoglob
-0.50
-1.09
0.2835
Surgery … Results of logistic regression using the validation dataset for only total knee surgery
Variable … 0.9173
Preop hematocrit
0.06
0.54
0.5918
Preop hemoglob
-0.37
-1.11
0.2670
Surgery … Results of logistic regression using the combined dataset for only total knee surgery
Variable
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/smith-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - surgery, and abdominal surgery, among others.7,8 Of note, even when prescribing is
reduced to 15 pills … In fact, one recent study at Dartmouth showed that, for outpatient general surgery
procedures, 72 percent … predictor of how many pills are used at home, independent of the surgery performed. … was not different
from the pain reported before surgery. … Rates and Risk Factors for Opioid Dependence and
Overdose after Urological Surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/hollingsworth-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Key Words: coronary artery bypass graft surgery; health outcomes; team-based care
II. … Surgery as a team sport
However, there is growing recognition that surgery is not an “individual game … We
designated each beneficiary’s treating surgeon as the surgeon who billed for cardiac surgery
services … closest to the surgery date. … urologic surgery among Medicare beneficiaries.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_audit_briefing.pptx
December 01, 2017 - Briefings and Debriefings
Auditing Your Briefings and
Debriefings Process
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery … No. 16(18)-0004-15-EF
December 2017
AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery – Implementation
SAY:
Let’s continue … Development and pilot evaluation of a preoperative briefing protocol for cardiovascular surgery. … Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Lipsitz SR, et al.; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. … More accurate supply needs and preparation for surgery would result in fewer delays.