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181. Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification and Outcome Detection
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     September 18, 2011 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification and Outcome Detection Improving … site infection, surgical risk factor, risk factor, surgical wound, surgical infection.  … Keywords used for the search included: SSI, surgical site infection, surgical risk factor, risk factor … , surgical wound, surgical infection.  … Risk factors identified from any surgical site were included in the list.

182. 091-Decolonization-Implementation-Fg (doc file)
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     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.

183. 017-Ss-Importance-Ssi-Mrsa-Prevention-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Importance of MRSA and SSI Prevention Surgical … This presentation will provide information about the severity of the threat that MRSA and SSIs pose to surgical … SAY: Different members of surgical teams may have different background knowledge regarding surgical … Direct surveillance includes observation, sometimes daily, of the surgical site. … This places surgical patients at increased risk for MRSA and SSIs.

184. UChicago Medicine Reduces Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism with AHRQ's Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2024 - Nursing units and surgical services with the largest volume of PSI #12 cases were selected to implement … awareness on the importance of adhering to all ordered anticoagulation doses for patients scheduled for a surgical … 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. … mechanical prophylaxis and ambulation processes. 08/18/22–10/20/22 Nursing units and surgical

185. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Retained surgical items. No Thing Left Behind. … A National Surgical Patient Safety Project to Prevent Retained Surgical Items. http://www.nothingleftbehind.org … AORN recommended practices on retained surgical items. … Radiofrequency identification (RFID) applied to surgical sponges. … Barcoding surgical sponges to improve safety: a randomized controlled trial.

186. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Retained surgical items. No Thing Left Behind. … A National Surgical Patient Safety Project to Prevent Retained Surgical Items. http://www.nothingleftbehind.org … AORN recommended practices on retained surgical items. … Radiofrequency identification (RFID) applied to surgical sponges. … Barcoding surgical sponges to improve safety: a randomized controlled trial.

187. 43-Pathway-Worksheet (doc file)
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     June 01, 2023 - Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. … Surgical Care and Recovery. … Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. … Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. … Improving Surgical Care and Recovery.

188. 015-Ss-Hand-Hygiene-Periop-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - site infections (SSIs) in surgical services. … It will cover both routine hand hygiene as well as surgical hand scrub, including when and how surgical … The 2018 WHO Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection recommend performing a surgical … The steps for the surgical hand rub procedure are as follows: 1. … completing a surgical hand rub involve the following: 1.

189. 48-Prep-Colorectal-Facilitator (doc file)
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     June 01, 2023 - Prep for SSI Prevention for Colorectal Surgery: Facilitator Guide AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical … you with an overview of the use of oral antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation to help reduce surgical … patients and highly reliable data such as the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative, the Veterans … Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program, and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program consistently … Slide 6 Current ISCR Recommendation and Guidelines To reduce surgical site infections in patients

190. Performing an SSI Investigation: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Slide 1: Performing an SSI Investigation Say: In this module, you’ll learn about performing a surgical … The outcome data is your surgical site infection rate. … assess your performance and progress toward improving patient care and ultimately decreasing those surgical … Ask: What practices did you put in place to prevent your surgical-site infections? … For instance, what did the PSSA responses indicate would cause the next surgical site infection?

191. It Takes a Team: Preventing Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
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     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.

192. Exhibit 12. Data for Algorithm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit … 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.

193. 4-Overview-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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     January 01, 2019 - The laparoscopic surgical technique resulted in decreased surgical site infections, decreased postoperative … Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. … Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. … and Quality Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery. … Improving Surgical Care and Recovery.

194. Exhibits 8 to 10 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibits … 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.

195. Normothermia Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Statement Patients’ perioperative core temperatures should be maintained at normothermia to prevent surgical … Normothermia enables adequate immune functioning and perfusion to surgical site tissue. … We recommend that you collect data from 10 surgical patents, but there is no right or wrong number of … You can use the materials in the AHRQ Toolkit to Promote Safe Surgery, such as the Surgical Complication

196. AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections Issue Number 955 … Today’s Headlines: AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections . … AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections  AHRQ’s new toolkit can help … tackle methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) where surgical site infections (SSI) are … Surgical teams can incorporate concepts from the AHRQ Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program framework

197. Exhibit 20. Estimates of the total number of SSI cases in the United States, based on the rates used | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit … Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates Chapter 3. … Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections Chapter 4. … Surgical Infection Society Abstract Appendix U. … Pooled = pooled rate over all four hospitals; SSI = surgical site infection(s).

198. Appendix A, Pt. 3 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Decolonization of orthopedic surgical team S. aureus carriers: Impact on surgical-site infections … of surgical-site infection. … Site Infection in Orthopaedic Surgical Patients [Eiselt (2010)] Background Postoperative surgical … On the day of surgery the surgical site is shaved in the operating room immediately prior to surgical … The overall incidence of surgical-wound infection was 12 percent.

199. Appendix C. Site Visit Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - How many are surgical assistants? How many are house staff? … Where is surgical team sterilization taking place? When does the surgical briefing occur? … When does the surgical debriefing take place? … Let's discuss sterilization for staff and surgical teams. … What steps does the surgical team take to reduce the risk?

200. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2012 - Retained surgical items. … NoThing Left Behind: A National Surgical Patient Safety Project to Prevent Retained Surgical Items. … Recommended practices for prevention of retained surgical items. … Radiofrequency identification (RFID) applied to surgical sponges. … Bar-coding surgical sponges to improve safety: a randomized controlled trial.