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181. Normothermia Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/normothermia-audit.html
     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

182. 103-How-To-Integrate-Cusp-Approach-Periop-Fg (doc file)
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     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.

183. 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.

184. Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/getting-ready.html
     August 01, 2017 - outpatient surgery, ambulatory surgery * , office surgery, or same-day surgery, it means the same thing: surgical … Preparing for Your Surgery Before any surgical procedure, your doctor might ask you to take certain … For example, you might see a nurse using a surgical checklist or you may be asked more than once to verify … This can help keep you safe from surgical infections and other complications. … Surgical technologists (scrub techs): personnel who set up the surgery/procedure room, prepare you for

185. 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

186. 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.

187. Performing an SSI Investigation: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/on-boarding/ssi-investigation-fac-notes.html
     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?

188. Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpra.pdf
     March 01, 2012 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Final Contract … Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgery Centers. … • Surgical infections • Surgical site infections • Postoperative infections • Healthcare associated … Another important example is surgical preparation and draping, a longstanding surgical technique. … Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999.

189. 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.

190. 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

191. 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

192. UChicago Medicine Reduces Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism with AHRQ's Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/about/uni-chicago-medicine.html
     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

193. 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.

194. 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.

195. 48-Prep-Colorectal-Facilitator (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/48-prep-colorectal-facilitator.docx
     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

196. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/pdi/d4c_pdi03-foreignbody-bestpractices.pdf
     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.

197. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4q_combo_pdi03-foreignbody-bestpractices.pdf
     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.

198. Analyzing Big Datasets to Improve Healthcare Quality, Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.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

199. The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure Correct Surgical and Invasive Procedures (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Faltz_56.pdf
     March 27, 2008 - The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure Correct Surgical … 1 The New York Model: Root Cause Analysis Driving Patient Safety Initiative to Ensure Correct Surgical … The scope and specificity of the New York State Surgical and Invasive Procedure Protocol (NYSSIPP) are … • Only include procedures that have proceeded to surgical incision. … New York State surgical and invasive procedure protocol; 2006.

200. 143-Cusp-Tip-Sheet-Engaging-Staff (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) Tip Sheet: Engaging Staff in MRSA Prevention Surgical … Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion Surgeries Purpose Surgical … Emphasize leadership support, alignment with surgical culture, and long-term plans for sustainability … to ensure personnel see these efforts as ongoing and integral goals for the surgical team. · Multiple … for surgical staff.