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361. SSI Investigation Tool (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/ssi_investigation.docx
     January 01, 2017 - SSI Investigation Tool Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool Introduction Problem Statement Your … team cannot always predict which patients will develop a surgical site infection, but you can learn … If the investigation reveals variability in surgical care, your safety program team can use additional … You can use the materials in the AHRQ Toolkit to Promote Safe Surgery, such as the Surgical Complication … site infection: Surgical site infection criteria: (Superficial

362. Hernandez-Boussard, Tina | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/kawdsumhernan.html
     October 01, 2014 - Total Award: $723,500 Project Description: This research has three main aims: Assess PSIs in surgical … Examine trends in national PSI events in surgical specialties. … Determine patient, physician, and organizational predictors of quality of care in surgical specialties … Hernandez-Boussard is a Biostatistician-Co-Director of the Surgical Center for Outcomes Research and

363. Physician and Physician Practice Research Database Physician Practice Directory Codebook (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/3P-RD-Physician-Practice-Directory-PUF-Codebook.pdf
     March 01, 2023 - ...............................................................................................10 Surgical … Specialty Flag Description (Label): Surgical Specialty Flag Variable Name: SURG_SPEC_FLAG … Surgical specialties include: General Surgery; Otolaryngology; Neurosurgery; Ophthalmology; Orthopedic … Specialties: 1 through 5 Description (Label): Surgical specialty most common among the practice's … Specialty Flag Common Surgical Specialties: 1 through 5 Obstetrics/Gynecology Specialty Flag Common

364. Glucose Control Audit Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose-control-audit.html
     December 01, 2017 - continues about its exact numeric value, euglycemia should be maintained perioperatively to prevent surgical … 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 … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017

365. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/index.html
     November 01, 2024 - This ongoing implementation project aims to help intensive care units, non-intensive care units, surgical … AHRQ's proven CUSP framework to develop and implement interventions to reduce MRSA in hospitals, surgical … Toolkits for surgical services and long-term care facilities will be completed in 2025.

366. 045-Ss-Tips-Patient-Ed (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Tips for Teaching Preoperative Decolonization to Patients Surgical … decolonization is a preventive strategy used to target methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and surgical … | 1 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical

367. Presentation: Auditing Your Briefings and Debriefings
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_audit_briefing.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - Time spent improving communication among surgical teams improves outcomes. … , and that no surgical teams discussed antibiotic redosing. … Share your audit data at safety meetings and with the surgical teams. … It was frustrating for the surgical teams. … One surgical nurse was allowed protected time to update preference cards.

368. 107-Cusp-Psychological-Safety-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/107-cusp-psychological-safety-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI CUSP Program: Psychological Safety Surgical Services … as part of the overall approach to preventing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in surgical … A routine audit showed several surgical patients coming out of the OR with temperatures below 35.5 degrees … No. 25-0029 April 2025 CUSP Psychological Safety | 1 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical … CUSP Psychological Safety Case Example AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical

369. Enhancing Surgical Team Communication: SOPS® and TeamSTEPPS®in Action Webcast (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/05-sops-teamstepps-webcast-mazur.pdf
     April 30, 2022 - Enhancing Surgical Team Communication: SOPS® and TeamSTEPPS®in Action Webcast Using TeamSTEPPS and … SOPS to Enhance Surgical Team Communication Lukasz Mazur, Ph.D. … Department UNC SOM Leadership UNC Innovation Center 47 Using TeamSTEPPS and SOPS to Enhance Surgical

370. 57-Senior-Executives-Facilitator (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/57-senior-executives-facilitator.docx
     June 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Facilitator Guide for Engaging Senior … from the presentation to your senior executive Slide 2 Title slide: [Hospital Name] Improving Surgical … with me today to discuss the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Safety Program for Improving Surgical … The evidence-based best practices in ISCR improve surgical outcomes for our patients, leading to reduced … length of stay and fewer adverse events such as surgical site infections, venous thromboembolism (VTE

371. Final Progress Report: Evaluating the Impact of Simulated Team Training on Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/scott-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - The incidence and nature of surgical adverse events in Colorado and Utah in 1992. … Hospital costs associated with surgical complications: a report from the private-sector national surgical … Changing patterns of surgical care in the United States 1980-1995. … Patient safety, competency, and the future of surgical simulation. … The changing face of surgical education: simulation as the new paradigm.

372. 035-Ss-Pre-Launch-Activities (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/035-ss-pre-launch-activities.docx
     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Preoperative Surgical Decolonization … Prelaunch Activities Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint Replacement, and Spinal Fusion … the AHRQ Safety Program for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Prevention: Targeting Surgical … Select and Adapt the Protocols for Your Surgical Group Using the provided protocols, make edits to so … Creating a plan for how your surgical team will measure adherence and reinforce training is important

373. AHRQ Projects to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections, Fiscal Year 2011 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/haify11.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Unit-based Safety Program to Reduce Surgical Site Infections and Other Surgical Complications Funding … Mechanism: Contract (ACTION II Task Order) Contractor: Johns Hopkins University Targeted HAI: Surgical … site infections (SSIs) and other surgical complications Setting: Hospitals Goals: The goal of this … project is to develop a Surgical Unit-based Safety Program (SUSP), analogous to CUSP, to reduce SSIs … and other major surgical complications.

374. Tool: Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/perioperative_asst.docx
     December 01, 2017 - The Safety Program for Surgery has modified that tool for the surgical setting into the Perioperative … How will the next patient develop a surgical site infection on your unit? … What do you think can be done to prevent this surgical site infection? … If the investigation reveals variability in surgical care, your safety program team can use additional … room will get a surgical site infection.

375. Decolonization | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2025 - Implementation Resources  MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting Surgical Site Infections— New  This toolkit … was developed during the AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention’s surgical services cohort, which aimed … to reduce MRSA and surgical site infections in surgeries where MRSA infection is relatively more common … MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting Surgical Site Infections: Evidence for MRSA decolonization . 

376. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 31, 2025 - AHRQ Toolkit for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Tools to help surgical … teams prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infections in cardiac, hip … AHRQ Toolkit for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Tools to help surgical … teams prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infections in cardiac, hip

377. Coaching-Checklist (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/coaching-checklist.docx
     June 02, 2025 - information regarding the processes performed in the operating room or procedure room in order to improve surgical … · Patient identification (name and date of birth) · Surgical site · Surgical procedure to be performed … · Patient’s name · Surgical procedure to be performed · Surgical site · Antibiotic prophylaxis been

378. Exhibit 5. List of members, technical expert panel | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraexh5.html
     April 01, 2018 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Exhibit 5. … expert panel Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical … Surgical site infections, pediatrics, pediatric surgery Cohen Children's Medical Center of NY … Infection control, healthcare associated infections Inpatient Surgical Consultants Steve Martin

379. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Targeted Decolonization (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-targeted-decolonization.pdf
     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?

380. 089-Or-Traffic-Fg (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/089-or-traffic-fg.docx
     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Operating Room Traffic Surgical Services For: … Strategies (IPS), with a specific focus on operating room (OR) traffic and the best practices to target surgical … Surgical services are a multi-team system, with a diverse and multi-disciplinary membership. … These authors assessed adherence to a national surgical care bundle. … Members felt that door openings during the surgical case appeared to be more frequent than necessary.