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361. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2016 - Surgical patients and patients with trauma If total anaesthetic + surgical time >90 minutes or If … Can be used for medical, surgical, and orthopedic patients. … Surgical patients LMWH or UFH. AND Mechanical prophylaxis. … Surgical Consider mechanical prophylaxis. Medical No prophylaxis. … Surgical Patients LMWH or UFH.

362. Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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 … operating room will get a surgical site infection.    

363. 58-Frontline-Presentation-Template (doc file)
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     June 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Facilitator Guide for Frontline Provider … Slide 3 Presentation title slide: [Hospital Name] Improving Surgical Care and Recovery of Patients … with me today to discuss the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Safety Program for Improving Surgical … Slide 5 ISCR Program Goal The goal of the AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery … No. 23-0052 June 2023 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and RecoveryFrontline Provider

364. Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - ■ Write down any questions to ask your surgical team when you see them. … ■ You may get a pain patch to help with pain by the surgical area. … Do NOT pick at the surgical tape or glue. Over time, these will come off on their own. … If you have surgical staples, these will be removed at your follow-up appointment. … ■ Pat the surgical scar area dry with a clean towel.

365. 011-Ss-Decolonization-Strategies-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Decolonization Strategies Surgical Services For … Welcome to this presentation on decolonization strategies to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs). … The use of mupirocin for nasal decolonization has been studied in both the nonsurgical and surgical patient … Within non-surgical populations, a meta-analysis has shown that mupirocin alone is able to reduce MRSA … More information on MRSA surveillance in the surgical population can be found in the presentation on

366. Chapter 4. Assessing Surgeon Acceptance of Risk Adjustment Models | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Chapter … 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.

367. Engaging Senior Executives: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - progress nationwide in specific measures to improve surgical care and reduce surgical-site infection … Is the quality of skin prep appropriate to prevent surgical site infections? … The colorectal data was based on the NSQIP definitions for surgical site infections, or SSIs. … and efficiencies, some not directly related to surgical site infections. … site infection or surgical event and what can be done to prevent this harm.

368. 6-Gap-Analysis-Goal (doc file)
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     June 01, 2023 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Gap Analysis and Goal-Setting Form Creating … other hospitals has been an impactful approach to engaging frontline staff and leadership in Improving Surgical … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network Surgical Site Infection … However, hospitals have spread enhanced recovery pathways to other surgical procedures (e.g., bariatric … No. 23-0052 June 2023 AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Gap Analysis

369. Recovering After Emergency Gallbladder Surgery (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2023 - ■ Write down any questions to ask your surgical team when you see them. … ■ You may get a pain patch to help with pain by the surgical area. … Do NOT pick at the surgical tape or glue. Over time, these will come off on their own. … If you have surgical staples, these will be removed at your follow-up appointment. … ■ Pat the surgical scar area dry with a clean towel.

370. Recovering After Emergency Appendectomy (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2023 - ■ Write down any questions to ask your surgical team when you see them. … ■ You may get a pain patch to help with pain by the surgical area. … Do NOT pick at the surgical tape or glue. Over time, these will come off on their own. … If you have surgical staples, these will be removed at your follow-up appointment. … ■ Pat the surgical scar area dry with a clean towel.

371. Exhibit 5. List of members, technical expert panel | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     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

372. Tool: Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment (doc file)
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     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.

373. Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2014 - a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical … Implementation of an Enhanced Carbapenem-Resistant Enterbacteriaceae Control Intervention Screening for Surgical … a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical … Using Claims Data to Perform Surveillance for Surgical Site Infection: The Devil Is in the Details Katelin … A Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated

374. SSI Investigation Tool (doc file)
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     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

375. Recovering After Emergency Laparotomy (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2023 - ■ Write down any questions to ask your surgical team when you see them. … ■ You may get a pain patch to help with pain by the surgical area. … Do NOT pick at the surgical tape or glue. Over time, these will come off on their own. … If you have surgical staples, these will be removed at your follow-up appointment. … ■ Pat the surgical scar area dry with a clean towel.

376. AHRQ Research Informs Obesity Treatment Recommendations from American College of Physicians | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - of Physicians (ACP) used AHRQ's Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 103, Pharmacological and Surgical … Treatment of Obesity , to develop ACP's clinical practice guideline on the pharmacological and surgical … Academy of Pediatrics, nominated this topic to AHRQ with an eye toward addressing the pharmacological and surgical … Based on the evidence report, the ACP published two background papers-one focusing on the surgical and … both the evidence report and ACP's guideline have increased awareness of current pharmacological and surgical

377. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2023 - ■ Write down any questions to ask your surgical team when you see them. … ■ You may get a pain patch to help with pain by the surgical area. … Taking Care of Your Surgical Wound When you go home, the surgical area will be red and bruised. … The bandage should absorb the blood and fluid draining from the surgical wound. … ■ Pat the surgical scar area dry with a clean towel. Do NOT rub it!

378. 063-Ssi-Investigation-Tool-Cusp (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool Surgical … Fusion Surgeries Problem Statement: Your team cannot always predict which patients will develop a surgical … If the investigation reveals variability in surgical care, your CUSP team can use additional audit tools … here Medical Record Number: Insert answer here Date of Admission: Insert answer here Date of Surgical … No. 25-0029 April 2025 SSI Investigation Tool | 1 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical

379. 005-Ss-Preop-Chlorhexidine-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Use of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Antisepsis Surgical … Slide 3 MRSA and SSI Prevention Phases: Preoperative CHG SAY: A surgical patient interfaces with … This graphic demonstrates the distinct phases of care where surgical patients are impacted by strategies … surgical. … When looking specifically at the surgical population, there was a 79 percent decrease in the risk of

380. Final Progress Report: Determining a Learning Curve for Complex Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Methods: The investigators collected and analyzed all of the reported GOALS scores for surgical fellows … Junior surgical trainees must demonstrate their knowledge of basic medical science and clinical care … More advanced surgical trainees are expected to demonstrate detailed knowledge of operative surgery … , surgical judgment, and competent decision making. … Context The acquisition of technical skills is one of the fundamental goals of postgraduate surgical