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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/antibiotic-time-out-tool.docx
November 01, 2019 - sputum
☐ Coagulase-negative staphylococci in a single blood culture
☐ Candida in sputum or urine
☐ Surgical … medical management*
5–10 days based on clinical response15,19
Uncomplicated acute cholecystitis, surgical … management
No antibiotics after surgery23
Complicated acute cholecystitis (e.g., perforation, fistula), surgical … The Surgical Infection Society revised guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal infection.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/how-to-use.html
May 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Your facility can use the materials in each section to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/SOPS-Hospital-Survey-2.0-English-05.18.21.docx
June 09, 2016 - Multiple Units, No specific unit
1 Many different hospital units, No specific unit
Medical/Surgical … Units
2 Combined Medical/Surgical Unit
3 Medical Unit (Non-Surgical)
4 Surgical Unit
Patient Care … Psychiatry, Behavioral Health
13 Pulmonology
14 Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine
15 Telemetry
Surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html
January 01, 2024 - This study evaluated best methods to assess surgical wire navigation skill, which can be objectively … This study investigated variability in surgical approaches to hernias in patients with ascites. … The primary outcome observed was incidence and surgical approach for both ventral and inguinal hernia … Open repair was the most common surgical approach (ventral: 86%, open: 77%). … Variability in surgical approaches to hernias in patients with ascites.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/comparison.html
September 01, 2022 - Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Summary of Evidence
(Not reviewed)
(Not reviewed)
Prevention of Surgical … Guidance of Central Vein Catheterization
Summary of Evidence
Update
(Not reviewed)
Prevention of Surgical … Evidence
Update
(Not reviewed)
Use of Report Cards and Outcome Measurements To Improve Safety of Surgical … Care: American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
(Not reviewed) … 2020)
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism
Summary of Evidence
Update
(Not reviewed)
Post-Surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/natlhacratereport-rebaselining2014-2016_0.pdf
January 01, 2016 - conditions (acute myocardial infarction
[AMI], congestive heart failure [CHF], pneumonia [PN], and Surgical … Clostridium difficile
Infections
Falls
Obstetric Adverse
Events
Pressure
Ulcers/Pressure Injuries
Surgical … Rate of 21 MPSMS adverse events in the MPSMS sample provided by CMS,
including those in the Surgical … National number of selected surgical site infections computed in a special
calculation for CDC. … Data
for the six Patient Safety Indicators and the Surgical Site Infection data from CDC are also wholly
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/lbpinject-topicref.pdf
March 03, 2014 - injections versus epidural nonsteroid injection, nonepidural
injection, no injection, surgery or non-surgical … therapies (e.g., epidural nonsteroid injection, nonepidural
injection, no injection, surgery, or non-surgical … saline epidural, epidural with local anesthetic, nonepidural injection, no
injection, surgery, non-surgical … injection compared to
epidural nonsteroid injection, nonepidural injection, no injection, surgery, or non-surgical … potential modifier of treatment effect, and the Analytic Framework was revised to be clear that
non-surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-2019-updated.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Clostridioides
difficile
Infections
-37%
Falls
-5%
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
-3%
Pressure
Ulcers
Surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4_combo_bestpracticescover.pdf
June 05, 2016 - practices forms exist for the following 14 PSIs:
• PSI 03 Pressure Ulcer Rate
• PSI 05 Retained Surgical … Rate
• PDI 01 Accidental Puncture or Laceration Rate
• PDI 02 Pressure Ulcer Rate
• PDI 03 Retained Surgical … • PSI 04 Death Rate Among Surgical Inpatients With Serious Treatable Conditions: This
PSI calculates
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/Updated-hacreportFInal2017data.pdf
July 01, 2020 - 239,000 8.0
Obstetric Adverse Events 67,000 2.3
Pressure Ulcers/Pressure Injuries 647,000 21.8
Surgical … The other comprised major surgery patients, as described by the Surgical
Care Improvement Project (SCIP … 2015 2016 2017
All Other HACs
(Post-op) Venous
Thromboembolisms
Ventilator-Associated
Pneumonias
Surgical … and Without Instrument
Pressure Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers/Pressure Injuries
Surgical … National number of selected surgical site infections computed in a special
calculation for CDC.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/hac-rates-decline.pdf
June 04, 2018 - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection
Falls
Obstetric
Adverse
Events
Pressure
Ulcers
Surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/a2_combo_boardpresentation.pdf
October 01, 2015 - presentation
to your quality and patient safety committees, boards, organizational leaders, medical and surgical … reflect quality of care
inside hospitals, including inpatient mortality for medical
conditions and surgical … • Denominator: Surgical or medical discharges age 18
years and older. … Surgical and medical discharges are
defined by specific DRG or MS-DRG codes. … cases meeting the inclusion and exclusion
rules for the denominator
• Denominator: All medical and surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/index.html
November 01, 2023 - Hemodialysis
Mental Health Care
Nursing Home
Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery
Surgical … Survey is a standardized questionnaire for people 18 and older who have been inpatients in medical, surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Implement_Hndbook_508.pdf
August 01, 2010 - noted a decrease in overshift time by 100 hours in the first two pay periods on a
32-bed general surgical … Anne Arundel
Medical Center's video
featured nurses on the
medical-surgical unit
demonstrating a … This was
followed by an hour-long mandatory lunch-and-learn training session for
medical-surgical unit … After bedside
shift report was rolled out, nurse leaders on the medical-surgical unit observed
and … The experiences of staff, patients, and families on the medical-surgical unit were
featured prominently
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/hacreport-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - 239,000 8.0
Obstetric Adverse Events 67,000 2.3
Pressure Ulcers/Pressure Injuries 647,000 21.8
Surgical … The other comprised
major surgery patients, as described by the Surgical Care Improvement Project [SCIP … Events -9,000 -$10,000,000 -100
Pressure Ulcers/Pressure
Injuries
119,000 $1,720,000,000 4,900
Surgical … and Without Instrument
Pressure Ulcer MPSMS Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers/Pressure Injuries
Surgical … National number of selected surgical site infections computed in a special
calculation for CDC.
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/index.html
August 01, 2023 - Hemodialysis
Mental Health Care
Nursing Home
Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery
Surgical … With Providers
Clinician & Group (3.0, 3.1, Visit 4.0 (beta))
Hospice *
Home Health Care *
Surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/challenge-competition.html
February 01, 2024 - reduction in general surgery, a 57% reduction in orthopedic surgery, and an 80% reduction in the medical surgical … nursing unit serving the orthopedic, gynecological, and specialty surgical population).
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/oas/index.html
November 01, 2023 - Hemodialysis
Mental Health Care
Nursing Home
Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery
Surgical … data.medicare.gov, CMS reports the patient survey results for hospital outpatient departments and ambulatory surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/labor-delivery-unit/tool_safe-csection.docx
May 01, 2017 - perioperative process with these three components (perioperative briefing, timeout, and signout) reduces surgical … process should specify—
· Involvement of all physicians and staff members engaged in the surgery
· The surgical … This shared mental model acknowledges and accepts the checklist as a team tool that—
· belongs to the surgical … A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population. … the following figure:
This sample tool is based on the framework of the World Health Organization’s Surgical
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talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/pfp/2014FinalHACreport4Web-13Dec2016.pdf
December 01, 2016 - Central Line-Associated Bloodstream
Infections
Falls
Obstetric Adverse Events
Pressure Ulcers
Surgical … Infections
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream
Infections
Falls
Obstetric Adverse Events
Pressure Ulcers
Surgical … Infections
Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections Falls
Obstetric Adverse Events Pressure Ulcers
Surgical … 74,000 2.3
Pressure
Ulcers
MPSMS
(2014)
Hospital-Acquired
Pressure Ulcers
1,010,000 30.9
Surgical … $171,000,000 84
Pressure
Ulcers
250,000 50% 50% 25% 62,500 $17,000 .072 $1,062,500,000 4,525
Surgical