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161. Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/build-ssi-bundle-fac-notes.html
     December 01, 2017 - site infection or SSI reduction goal and prevention bundle that addresses up to three surgical care … And finally, organ-space infections are located in the surgical cavity. … It reflects the interplay between the bacteria, the host, and the type of surgical procedure. … Incorporate the endocrinology department, as well as surgical and nursing providers. … of the surgical site.

162. 036-Ss-Nursing-Practice-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/036-ss-nursing-practice-guide.docx
     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Decolonization Nursing Practice Guide Surgical … and leadership support are in place to actively support the decolonization interventions to prevent surgical … prevention, nursing, nurse educators, pharmacy, purchasing, executive leadership, and surgeons · Review surgical … for all participating units (clinic, pre-op, OR, PACU) at regular intervals · Facility leadership, surgical … e.g., mupirocin, iodophor) · Ensure escalation support pathway is in effect for patient refusals · Surgical

163. Senior Leader Checklist - Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/senior-leader.html
     May 01, 2017 - Senior Leader Checklist - Patient and Family Engagement in the Surgical Environment Module … care conferences and individual meetings with patients and family members to specifically focus on surgical … Provide opportunities to educate patients and family members concerning the surgical safety programs. … patient stories involving safety issues, examples of how patients and families want to be engaged in surgical … Provide surgical safety reports during patient council meetings.      

164. 127-Roles-Responsibilities-Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/127-roles-responsibilities-tool.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Targeting SSI Core Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Team Member Roles & Responsibilities Surgical … · Am I using CUSP tools to help facilitate and sustain learning on the surgical service? … Surgical Service Manager The Surgical Service Manager, often a nurse manager, is the accountable supervisor … What Is Expected of a Surgical Service Manager? … · Am I using CUSP tools to help facilitate and sustain learning on the surgical service?

165. 092-Evidence-Decolonization-One-Pager (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/092-evidence-decolonization-one-pager.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Key Evidence for Decolonization Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal … PLOS ONE, 20091 Clinical and Financial Outcomes Due to Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Surgical … : A Multi Center Matched Outcomes Study Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and financial outcomes of surgical … For the surgical population, there was a 79 percent decrease in risk of developing a deep SSI due to … Preventing surgical-site infections in nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus.

166. 3P_RD_AHRQ_PUF_Data_Dictionary (xls file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/3P-RD-Data-Dictionary.xlsx
     June 02, 2025 - Surgical Specialty Flag X 3P-RD Physician APCD/ CMS Claims X X X X X X SURG_SPEC_FLAG Surgical Specialty … Common Surgical Specialties: 1 X 3P-RD Physician APCD/ CMS Claims X X X X X X COMMON_SPEC_SURG1 Surgical … Common Surgical Specialties: 2 X 3P-RD Physician APCD/ CMS Claims X X X X X X COMMON_SPEC_SURG2 Surgical … Common Surgical Specialties: 3 X 3P-RD Physician APCD/ CMS Claims X X X X X X COMMON_SPEC_SURG3 Surgical … Common Surgical Specialties: 4 X 3P-RD Physician APCD/ CMS Claims X X X X X X COMMON_SPEC_SURG4 Surgical

167. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/043-ss-training-preop-nasal-mupirocin.pptx
     April 01, 2025 - MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Preoperative Surgical … Decolonization Staff Training: Nasal Decolonization in the Preoperative Area Nasal Mupirocin Ointment Surgical … No. 25-0029 April 2025 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services Nasal Mupirocin … | 3 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services Nasal Mupirocin Staff Training How … | 4 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services Nasal Mupirocin Staff Training

168. 145-Cusp-Tip-Sheet-Celebrating-Success (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Tip Sheet: Promoting SSI and MRSA Prevention Surgical … To continue success and work toward sustainable changes such as reducing surgical site infection (SSI … ) rates, promoting the best practices to other areas outside of the surgical service is key. … When interventions have been successfully piloted in surgical services, it is important to rapidly share … teams are not allowed to adapt the new process to additional surgical procedures, surgical departments

169. Implementation Guide: MRSA and SSI Prevention (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-surgery/147-implementation-guide.pdf
     April 01, 2025 - Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Implementation Guide: MRSA and SSI Prevention Surgical … site infection (SSI) prevention program in the surgical services within a hospital or surgical center … Do you consistently use a decolonization protocol for your surgical patients? … Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool The Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool can help your … the care of surgical patients in all relevant settings of care.

170. Final Progress Report: Development Validation and Implementation of Customized Checklists for Safe Surgery (pdf file)
     www.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?

171. Optimizing Environmental Cleaning | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/environmental-cleaning.html
     April 01, 2025 - Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Section: Evidence-Based Infection Prevention The surgical … This section discusses how to measure your surgical service’s cleaning effectiveness, improve cleaning … content of this presentation, viewers will be able to— Discuss why environmental cleaning is critical in surgical

172. Exhibit 1.15. Project Team Composition—Surgeons’ Preference Cards | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-exhibit1-15.html
     November 01, 2014 - Healthcare Total of six staff: Executive sponsor: assistant vice president for surgical … System administrator for surgical services. Operating room clerical coordinator.

173. Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/surgery/importance-of-prevention.html
     April 01, 2025 - Preventing MRSA and surgical site infections (SSIs) remains a crucial patient safety goal. … The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of MRSA, the harms it poses to surgical patients

174. 033-Ss-Action-Chart-Decolonization (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/033-ss-action-chart-decolonization.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Prevention: Targeting SSI Action Chart for Implementing a Preoperative Decolonization Program Surgical … = Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program; MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus SSI = surgical … decolonization with your team and with stakeholders. 1 Assess the current SSI and MRSA SSI status for your surgical … Develop a CUSP team. 4 Identify surgeon and nursing champions. 5 Select and adapt protocols for your surgical … | 1 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical

175. 2-Overview-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/2-overview-guide.docx
     June 01, 2023 - overview of the entire Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Safety Program for Improving Surgical … What Is the Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery? … Why Use the Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery? … AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery 3 The Program for Improving Surgical … for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Overview Guide 2 What does the Program for Improving Surgical

176. Final report: Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-centered Design in the OR (pdf file)
     www.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.

177. 103-How-To-Integrate-Cusp-Approach-Periop-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/103-how-to-integrate-cusp-approach-periop-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - Integrate a Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Approach in the Perioperative Setting Surgical … A different option could be building a team in different surgical specialties. … to be a liaison for the rest of the surgical team. … Often, the champion is someone who works in the surgical area full time. … It’s easy to make a QR code and post the survey in the surgical area.

178. Final Progress Report: Preventing Opioid Misuse Through Safe Opioid Use Agreements Between Patients and Surgical Providers (PROMISE-ME) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/stulberg-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Preventing Opioid Misuse Through Safe Opioid Use Agreements Between Patients and Surgical … Title of Project: Preventing Opioid Misuse through Safe Opioid Use Agreements between Patients and Surgical … The goal is to assess the effectiveness of a safe opioid use agreement in surgical care on patients’ … Specific Aim 3: Test the effectiveness of a safe opioid use agreement within the surgical care setting … We hypothesized that incorporating the safe opioid use agreement in surgical care will increase the

179. Briefing and Debriefing Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/briefing-debriefing.html
     December 01, 2017 - Debriefing Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Introduction Problem Statement Surgical … Patients in acute care hospitals underwent more than 16 million surgical procedures in the United States … Share names and roles of the surgical team. Antibiotics given, if appropriate. … Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Event. April 2015.

180. 091-Decolonization-Implementation-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/091-decolonization-implementation-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - site infections (SSIs) in surgical patients. … skin and nasal passages to prevent surgical site infections. … Surgical patients are seen preoperatively by the surgeon and the surgeon’s team. … across the continuum of care for surgical patients. … Examine the current process with the surgical team 2.