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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/surgical/index.html
February 01, 2018 - Care Survey
The CAHPS Surgical Care Survey asks adult patients to report on surgical care, surgeons … No CAHPS supplemental items were developed for the Surgical Care Survey. … assess and improve the experiences of surgical patients. … Get the Surgical Care Survey
The following documents are available for this survey:
CAHPS Surgical … Review CAHPS Surgical Care Survey Measures .
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/comparative-reports/surgical-care.html
October 01, 2022 - Key Quality Initiatives
About TalkingQuality
Comparative Reports on Surgical … Care
The following reports are examples of comparative information on the quality of surgical … Surgeon Scorecard uses two measures to identify harm to elective surgical patients: in-hospital mortality … 2022
Page originally created December 2016
Internet Citation: Comparative Reports on Surgical … https://www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/comparative-reports/surgical-care.html
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/training-tools/training-tools-slideset.pptx
May 01, 2017 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
Sustainability Module
AHRQ Safety Program … Choose who, what, when, and how to measure
WHO will measure
Example: Nurse/data coordinator tracks surgical … data monthly for reporting purposes
WHAT to measure
Set the goals
Example: To sustain a low rate of surgical … Sustainability | ‹#›
AHRQ Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery
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Measure Type Description Surgical … Surgical site infection rate
Percentage of staff with a safety culture assessment score > 4
Process
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-p.pptx
January 01, 2015 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
Appendix P. … bacteria that potentially can cause disease”
“Hand sanitizer to help reduce bacteria on the skin”
“Surgical
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-k-debrief.pptx
June 01, 2015 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
Debrief Example
Quality Improvement … for Ambulatory Surgery
Implementation Guide Appendix K – Quality Improvement Study Framework
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The surgical … safety checklist has been shown to reduce surgical mortality and complication rates in a variety of … surgical settings
A critical component of the checklist is the completion of a debrief after each case … ambulatory surgery center (ASC)
What you’re using to collect data: Checklist observation tool
Who: All surgical
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April 21, 2014 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
Quality Improvement Study Template
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-n-part1.pptx
April 21, 2014 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
Appendix N.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-o-part2.pptx
April 21, 2014 - Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical Environment
Appendix O.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/index.html
June 01, 2023 - Home
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Tools
Improving Surgical … CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Care and Recovery
The AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery (ISCR) Toolkit … helps hospitals improve patients' surgical experience by adopting enhanced recovery practices. … customizable resources that your hospital’s perioperative team can download and use to standardize surgical
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/index.html
December 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
The Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery helps perioperative and surgical … setting to help hospitals reduce surgical site infections and other complications. … Technical work changes procedural aspects of care that can be explicitly defined, such as surgical skin … Guides
Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery
Supplemental tools
Surgical Complication Prevention
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/about.html
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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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-f.html
May 01, 2017 - Does Our Checklist Meet the Goals of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist? … CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Does Our Checklist Meet the Goals of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist? … |___| Before the patient leaves the room, will ALL members of the surgical team discuss any equipment … Does Our Checklist Meet the Goals of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist?
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/mrsa-prevention/index.html
November 01, 2023 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … This ongoing implementation project aims to help intensive care units, non-intensive care units, surgical … AHRQ’s proven CUSP framework to develop and implement interventions to reduce MRSA in hospitals, surgical … Surgical services teams and long-term care facilities that want to learn more about the project can visit
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-hernandez-boussard.html
April 01, 2024 - With funding from AHRQ, I’ve analyzed these datasets to provide clinicians with knowledge to improve surgical … AHRQ grant in 2010 to research and design Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) for a wide range of surgical … Hernandez-Boussard was concerned that PSI benchmarks often were not used by surgical subgroups and that … national trends for surgical subgroups often were not available, putting patient safety at risk. … Hernandez-Boussard also examined factors that could contribute to adverse events such as hospital surgical
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-l.pdf
May 01, 2017 - Surgical site infections
are infections that can
occur after surgery in the
part of the body where … to—
Dangerous
Each year in the U.S., there are about
300,000 surgical site infections. … year in the U.S., surgical site infections
cost between $3.5 million and $1 billion.2
Preventable … Frequently asked questions about surgical site infections: Patient guide. … Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update.
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/npsd/data/dashboard/devices.html
October 01, 2023 - Databases (NPSD)
Data Reporting Tools
NPSD Dashboards
Device or Medical/Surgical … SHARE:
Go to NPSD Dashboards
Device or Medical/Surgical … October 2023
Page originally created June 2019
Internet Citation: Device or Medical/Surgical
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/asc-checklist-template.docx
January 01, 2009 - Nurse, Anesthesia Professional, and Patient Review:
· Patient identification (name and date of birth)
· Surgical … site
· Surgical procedure to be performed matches the consent form
· Site is marked by individual performing … Based on the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/checklist/en/index.html … Surgeon, Nurse, and Anesthesia Professional perform the Timeout
· Patient’s name
· Surgical procedure … to be performed matches the consent
· Surgical site
· Has antibiotic prophylaxis been given within
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March 01, 2024 - Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery
This toolkit helps surgical units improve safety culture and reduce … surgical site infections and other complications. … Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
This toolkit helps ambulatory surgery centers reduce surgical … This ongoing implementation project aims to help intensive care units, non-intensive care units, surgical … Newest Releases
Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery
Toolkit To Improve Antibiotic
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/enhanced-recovery/implementing/patient-booklets.html
November 01, 2023 - Home
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Tools
Improving Surgical … CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … These booklets were created by experienced content experts for the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical … Care and Recovery (ISCR), a collaborative program to enhance the recovery of surgical patients. … Review the booklets with your surgical teams and plan how the booklets will be distributed and who will
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preventiveservices.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-wound-cleaning.pdf
March 01, 2022 - CHG is beneficial and should be applied over a closed surgical incision to kill bacteria and
reduce … What if my surgical patient has a wound vacuum-assisted closure (VAC),
dressing, or closed wound? … and
clean the portion of any device that is within 6 inches of the body, including wound VACs and
surgical … Can I use CHG cloths over a closed surgical incision? … What if my surgical patient has a wound vacuum-assisted closure (VAC), dressing, or closed wound?