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October 01, 2020 - Share a story about a patient who acquired a surgical site infection. … Stress that most surgical site infections are preventable. … Inservices: Conduct training on surgical site infection prevention. … Reduction of surgical site infections after implementation of a bundle of care. … Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/gawande-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - technician 37 10%
Surgeons
Surgical attending 25 7%
Surgical resident 17 5%
Other 6 2%
Declined to … technician 15 2%
Surgeons
Surgical attending 135 21%
Surgical resident 83 13%
Nurse Practitioner/Physician … all surgical patients by
ensuring that surgical teams perform key processes and communicate critical … Surgical Safety Web Map. maps.cga.harvard.edu. … Is the Surgical Safety Checklist successfully conducted?
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April 01, 2018 - Terms
Patient demographics
Age
Race
Insurance status
Income
Socio-economic status
Surgical … or patient-related risk factors
Surgical risk factors
Procedural complications
Medical errors … Surgical infections
Surgical site infections
Postoperative infections
Healthcare associated … (acquired) infections
Surgical procedures
Arthroscopic procedures
Outcomes
Organizational context … surgical centers
Infection control practices
Infection control practices
Infection surveillance
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh50.html
April 01, 2018 - Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates
Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections
Chapter 4. … Surgeons' Acceptance of Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment Models
Appendix T. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract
Appendix U. … Model for continuous quality improvement in reducing surgical site infections.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/reports-and-case-studies/Case_Study_Specialty_Practice_Updated.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Improving Customer Service and Access in a Surgical Practice
WORKING
P A P E R
Improving Customer … Service and Access in a
Surgical Practice
A Case Study of a Successful
Quality Improvement Intervention … data)
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THE CASE STUDY IN BRIEF
INTRODUCTION
This report describes the efforts of one surgical
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/improving-slides.html
October 01, 2020 - Improving surgical team communication with briefings. … Improving surgical team communication with debriefings. … The interaction among members of the surgical team. … Planned surgical procedure matches listing on the consent form.
Surgical site. … Bring briefing and debriefing into the surgical environment by using the surgical checklist.
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April 01, 2018 - Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates
Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections
Chapter 4. … Surgeons' Acceptance of Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment Models
Appendix T. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract
Appendix U. … Original manual process flow for surgical site infection surveillance.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh49.html
April 01, 2018 - Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates
Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections
Chapter 4. … Surgeons' Acceptance of Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment Models
Appendix T. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract
Appendix U. … Revised manual process flow for surgical site infection surveillance.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/joseph3-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Surgical
site infections and errors are key concerns in ORs. … site infections and surgical errors. … Scope
The incidence of adverse events, such as surgical site infections and surgical errors, is an
immense … less prone to
intrusion of other surgical team members. … , surgical lights, and other ceiling-mounted items.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/teamstepps/instructor/videos/ts_ISHandoff/INPTSURG-768.html
November 01, 2017 - Home
TeamSTEPPS®
Curriculum Materials
Inpatient Surgical … Trainer Course
Research/Evidence Base
TeamSTEPPS® Webinars
Inpatient Surgical … Inpatient Surgical: Handoff [1 min., 36 sec.] … reviewed November 2017
Page originally created September 2012
Internet Citation: Inpatient Surgical
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December 01, 2017 - This also harmonizes with Surgical Care Improvement Project/National Quality Forum measures. 3, 4
In … Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals. … Risk factors for surgical site infections after colorectal resection in diabetic patients. … Postoperative hyperglycemia and surgical site infection in general surgery patients. … Peri-operative glycaemic control regimens for preventing surgical site infections in adults.
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December 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … developed as part of the AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery, a national implementation project to reduce surgical … infections are among the most common complications in surgery patients, including more than 150,000 surgical … care processes that other facilities can use to reduce surgical complications. … American College of Surgeons provided clinical National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data collection
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Ludwick.pdf
June 21, 2004 - Surgical verification checklist—Naval Hospital, Cherry Point, NC
Naval Hospital Cherry Point
Surgical … to, the surgical incision
site. … A Surgical Site Verification Checklist will be used for every surgical procedure
performed in the Main … The Surgical Site Verification Checklist will be completed in its entirety for patients
refusing surgical … Other surgical site marking exemptions will
be documented as N/A in the surgical site initial block,
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April 01, 2018 - Healthcare Safer Reports
AHRQ Research Studies
Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical … Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Next Page
Table of Contents
Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical … objectives: using proactive risk assessment, to identify the realm of risk factors associated with surgical … give our team a tour of their facilities and to answer a few questions about the "day in the life of a surgical … Page originally created April 2013
Internet Citation: Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/Generic_Dashboard_Data_2023.xlsx
January 01, 2023 - /Surgical Supply Special care area (e.g., ICU, CCU, NICU) 8,679 56,108 15.5%
Device or Medical/Surgical … /Surgical Supply Emergency department 2,735 56,108 4.9%
Device or Medical/Surgical Supply Labor and … or Medical/Surgical Supply Data 143 36,097 0.4%
Device or Medical/Surgical Supply Other 32,367 36,097 … /Surgical Supply Mature adult (65-74 years) Unknown No Harm 91 234 38.9%
Device or Medical/Surgical … Device or Medical/Surgical Supply UNK Female No Harm 117 188 62.2%
Device or Medical/Surgical Supply
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SHARE:
Surgery
Surgical … Promote Safe Surgery
This toolkit from the AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery helps perioperative and surgical … Research AHRQ PSNet
AHRQ's Patient Safety Network includes numerous studies on improving surgical safety … of ambulatory surgery with inpatient surgery can be useful in the evaluation of use patterns, post-surgical … Variability in surgical approaches to hernias in patients with ascites.
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April 01, 2018 - The rpart algorithm alone—sensitivity by surgical procedure type … Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates
Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections
Chapter 4. … Surgeons' Acceptance of Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment Models
Appendix T. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract
Appendix U.
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April 01, 2018 - Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates
Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections
Chapter 4. … Surgeons' Acceptance of Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment Models
Appendix T. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract
Appendix U. … Algorithm to identify deep and organ-space surgical site infections.
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April 01, 2018 - Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates
Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections
Chapter 4. … Surgeons' Acceptance of Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment Models
Appendix T. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract
Appendix U. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract. Content last reviewed April 2018.
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April 01, 2018 - We will examine only surgical site infections stemming from arthroscopy of the knee. … We will examine only deep incisional surgical site infections. … Our technical experts indicate a likely 30-day incubation period for surgical site infections. … This period will allow us to account for risk factors stemming from surgical center staff interaction … and anesthetic issues such as surgical draping, breaks in sterile technique, and glucose control; and