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21. AHRQ Tools To Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical … Pressure ulcers: Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care Surgical … care and recovery:  Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Surgical site infections: Toolkit

22. AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery: Final Report (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2017 - Hospital and Perioperative Surgical Units Recruitment Data TOTAL HOSPITALSa TOTAL SURGICAL … INCLUDED IN SURVEILLANCE NHSN SURGICAL TEAMSa (N=270) NSQIP SURGICAL TEAMSa (N=80) COLO … In some hospitals, surgical teams performed a small number of surgical procedures during the project … The differences between surgical services and surgical product lines affect communication from safety … Adherence to surgical care improvement project measures and post- operative surgical site infections.

23. Creating a Culture of Safety in the Ambulatory Surgery Environment: Implementation Guide (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2017 - ............................................................................................... 5 Surgical … Surgical Safety Checklist The surgical safety checklist is an invaluable tool for optimizing patient … A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. … Implementing the Surgical Safety Checklist Phase 1: Prepare The activities in the Prepare phase … The team should include representatives from each role on the surgical team.

24. Improving Patient Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture. (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - Ambulatory Surgery Surgical Checklist http://www.scoap.org/downloads/SCOAP-Surgical-Checklist-DRAFT-3 … Care Quality, provides a free, downloadable surgical checklist for ambulatory surgery. … Registered Nurses (AORN) Comprehensive Surgical Checklist was created to support a facility's need … Robin Chard, AORN President Charlotte Guglielmi, contributors to the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, … Communication About Patient Information, #1 Ambulatory Surgery Surgical Checklist  Composite 1.

25. How To Use the Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical … Technical work changes procedural aspects of care that can be explicitly defined, such as surgical skin … following kinds of materials: Guides (Word): The two guides provide the structure for preventing surgical … The guide to Applying CUSP To Promote Safe Surgery walks users through five steps of CUSP, and the Surgical … , the tools, and the factsheet help teams critically assess perioperative processes and support the surgical

26. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2023 - ■ Write down any questions to ask your surgical team when you see them. … ■ You may get a pain patch to help with pain by the surgical area. … Taking Care of Your Surgical Wound When you go home, the surgical area will be red and bruised. … The bandage should absorb the blood and fluid draining from the surgical wound. … ■ Pat the surgical scar area dry with a clean towel. Do NOT rub it!

27. Toolkit To Improve Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical … the proven principles and methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) to prevent surgical … organized into three sections that your facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical … customizable resources that your facility can use to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical

28. Appendix D. Ambulatory Surgery Center Checklist Template - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical … site |___| Surgical procedure to be performed matches the consent form |___| Site is marked … Surgeon, Nurse, and Anesthesia Professional perform the Timeout |___| Patient's name |___| Surgical … procedure to be performed matches the consent |___| Surgical site |___| Has antibiotic prophylaxis … Based on the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/checklist/en/index.html

29. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Targeted Decolonization (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2022 - continue to be given to patients with devices who are temporarily transferred out for radiologic or surgical … Does targeted decolonization affect the use of skin preps before a surgical procedure? No. … Standard skin preps prior to a surgical or bedside procedure should be utilized per routine hospital … continue to be given to patients with devices who are temporarily transferred out for radiologic or surgical … Does targeted decolonization affect the use of skin preps before a surgical procedure?

30. In AHRQ-Funded Study, Authors Observe COVID-19 ‘Infodemic’ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2022 - Surgical Teams Sought for Project To Prevent Surgical Site Infections . … Surgical Teams Sought for Project To Prevent Surgical Site Infections AHRQ is recruiting surgical teams … to participate in a free 18-month project to reduce surgical site infections caused by methicillin-resistant

31. Standard Work Observation Component Kit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2017 - Not just for surgical checklists. … Tips Make sure you have finished your initial tests of the surgical safety checklist and made initial … Preparation 1 Can you use a surgical safety checklist form to summarize three procedure segments … Example Here is an example of an observation form tested at an ambulatory surgical center in April … Inconsistent onboarding of new staff may occur because requirements for surgical safety checklist use

32. FAQs (Staff): Wound Cleaning (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - Can I use CHG cloths over a closed surgical incision? Yes. … CHG is beneficial and should be applied over a closed surgical incision to kill bacteria and reduce risk … What if my surgical patient has a wound vacuum-assisted closure (VAC), dressing, or closed wound? … dressing and clean the portion of any device that is within 6 inches of the body, including wound VACs and surgical

33. Choosing a Service Line | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Home Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Tools Improving Surgical … CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical … a Service Line Tools and Resources To Help Hospitals Choose an ISCR Program The Improving Surgical

34. Planning for Sustainability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Home Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Tools Improving Surgical … CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical … Resources To Help Hospitals Sustain an ISCR Program You have reached sustainability when the Improving Surgical

35. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical … Resources Additional resources that ambulatory surgery centers can use for surgical … Safe Surgery Checklist Tools WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Quality Improvement Study Framework

36. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - 6 next › ›› last » Last » Toolkit for Improving Surgical … apply the proven principles and methods of AHRQ's Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program to prevent surgical … Hospital, Outpatient Surgery Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery This toolkit helps surgical … units improve safety culture and reduce surgical site infections and other complications.

37. Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook, 2019 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - The largest proportion of Unsafe conditions was reported for Device or Medical/Surgical Supply (552 … /Surgical Supply, Including Health Information Technology (Device or Medical/Surgical Supply) EVENT … A total of 10,227 Device or Medical/Surgical Supply Incident reports included data on EXTENT OF HARM … OF DEVICES as a percentage of all Device or Medical/Surgical Supply reports. … Use error was reported in 21.4% of Device or Medical/Surgical Supply reports (797 / 3,719).

38. Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Home Healthcare-Associated Infections Program Tools Improving Surgical … CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical … To Help Hospitals Choose an ISCR Program This section gives a high-level overview of the Improving Surgical

39. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
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    September 01, 2016 - Does Our Checklist Meet the Goals of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist? … with your checklist implementation team to ensure your checklist meets the goals of the original WHO Surgical … Before the patient leaves the room, will ALL members of the surgical team discuss any equipment problems

40. New Toolkit Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery The AHRQ Toolkit for Improving Surgical … Care and Recovery addresses common surgical complications such as surgical site and urinary tract infections … The toolkit, created for surgical teams by surgeons, was tested in more than 300 hospitals nationwide … International perspectives on modifications to the surgical safety checklist.