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381. Intro (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/downloads/monahrq/pdf/MONAHRQ_v3_ReleaseNotes.pdf
     June 01, 2012 - ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL COMPARE SURGICAL PATIENT SAFETY MEASURES (INPATIENT). ........................... … The additional measures include outpatient measures, imaging measures, and surgical patient safety … Incision Antibiotics given one hour before surgery (outpatient) Surgical patient safety OP- … 6 Prophylactic Antibiotic Selection for Surgical Patients Right antibiotics given (outpatient) … Surgical patient safety OP-7 Table 2.

382. Recovering After Hip Fracture Surgery (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/33-hip-fracture-surgery-patient.pdf
     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. … 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!

383. Presentation: Implementing Your SSI Prevention Bundle
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/imp_ssibundle.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - surgical experts identified salient interventions to prevent SSIs. … How do you think the next patient will develop a surgical site infection? … Identify and focus on the defects in your surgical unit. … Reduction of surgical site infections after implementation of a bundle of care. … Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections

384. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=194
     January 01, 2024 - at low-adoption hospitals, may be associated with reduced colon surgical site infection rates. … Association of open approach vs laparoscopic approach with risk of surgical site infection after colon … Seventeen surgical societies submitted 110 recommendations on their surgical specialty. … Assessment of surgical specialty societies' Choosing Wisely recommendations. … work relative value units (RVUs) and whether differences exist by surgical specialty.

385. A Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated SSI Surveillance Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article17.html
     June 01, 2014 - Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs A Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical … a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical … Improving the Measurement of surgical site infection risk stratification/outcome detection. … Improving the measurement of surgical site infection risk stratification/outcome detection. … Screening for surgical site infections by applying classification trees to electronic data.

386. A Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): Development of an Automated SSI Surveillance Tool | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/advances-in-hai/hai-article17.html
     June 01, 2014 - Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs A Participatory Research Approach to Reducing Surgical … a Consensus Algorithm to Optimize Preoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Decrease Gram-Positive Surgical … Improving the Measurement of surgical site infection risk stratification/outcome detection. … Improving the measurement of surgical site infection risk stratification/outcome detection. … Screening for surgical site infections by applying classification trees to electronic data.

387. Behind the Scenes: Patient Safety in the Operating Room and Central Materiel Service During Deployments (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Vane.pdf
     February 01, 2005 - The surgical suite structural requirements for the operating room (OR) and for central materiel service … This is Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 3 472 where full surgical attire and masks are worn. … The surgical hand scrub plays a significant role in preventing nosocomial and surgical site infections … Effect of laundering on the barrier properties of reusable surgical gown fabrics. … Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999.

388. Paul Tedrick (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/archived-webinars/preventing-cauti-focus-procedure-related-cath-use-transcript.doc
     July 08, 2014 - We're going to review the appropriate indications for catheter use among surgical patients and we're … acute care units, up to 75 percent in surgical intensive care units in major teaching hospitals. … abdominal surgical procedures with a catheter should be removed by 24, 48 hours, at the latest. … Over time, we sent out letters to surgical staff. … Now, that’s not restricted to surgical patients; that’s true for all of our patients.

389. Preventing CAUTI in Special Populations: Focus on Procedure-Related Catheter Use (July 8, 2014) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - We're going to review the appropriate indications for catheter use among surgical patients and we're … acute care units, up to 75 percent in surgical intensive care units in major teaching hospitals. … First and foremost, of which is monitoring urine output during and after major surgical procedures. … Over time, we sent out letters to surgical staff. … Now, that's not restricted to surgical patients; that's true for all of our patients.

390. 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.

391. Presentation: Building Your SSI Prevention Bundle
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/modules/onboarding/onboarding_build_ssibundle.pptx
     December 01, 2017 - 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. … (n=398) 24 (6.0%) Total surgical site infections 269 (9.0%) 245 (8.9%) 24 (9.7%) Michigan Surgical … Incorporate the endocrinology department, as well as surgical and nursing providers. … Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections

392. Final Progress Report: Evaluating treatment options and patterns of care in early pregnancy failure (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/dalton-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Alternatively, surgical management can be done in an office-based setting, which offers significant cost … We hypothesized that most women with EPF undergo either surgical management in an operating room or … Under these circumstances, safe treatment options include expectant management, surgical evacuation, … Surgical complications after suction D&Cs include incomplete evacuation (2-3%) and infection (0-10%) … procedure, and OR-based surgical procedure.

393. Presentation: Auditing Your Briefings and Debriefings
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     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.

394. 045-Ss-Tips-Patient-Ed (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/045-ss-tips-patient-ed.docx
     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

395. 57-Senior-Executives-Facilitator (doc file)
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     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

396. Case Scenarios: Handling Challenging Communications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2022 - The medical team attributes the pain to the surgical incision. … An X-ray of the abdomen reveals a surgical sponge. … The surgery is performed by a different surgical team at the same hospital. … The anesthesiologist received training on the equipment and has used it in six surgical cases to date … The equipment is being used in this surgical case.

397. 003-Ss-Antimicrobial-Prophylaxis-Part-2-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Safety Program for MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Part 2 Beyond the Basics Surgical … Surgical services are a multiteam system, with a diverse and multidisciplinary membership. … Slide 7 Use Surgical Prophylaxis for the Shortest Effective Period SAY: Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis … Slide 10 Harms of Extending Prophylactic Duration SAY: Surgical prophylaxis involves balancing the … Five days after surgery, the patient developed a surgical site infection.

398. 114-Fvc-Aspects-Steps-One-Pager (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - methods to monitor quality of cleaning, can be found on the Environmental Cleaning page of the MRSA Surgical … References Assessing Environmental Cleaning: Essential Aspects and Steps Surgical Services AHRQ Safety … Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical Services AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical

399. 140-Ssi-Investigation-Tool-Cusp-Completed (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - Surgical Site Infection Investigation Tool—Sample Surgical Services For: Cardiac, Hip and Knee Joint … 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 … Johnathan Hopkinson Medical Record Number: 012-345-678 Date of Admission: 01/02/2020 Date of Surgical … No. 25-0029 April 2025 SSI Investigation Tool | 1 AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention | Surgical

400. 035-Ss-Pre-Launch-Activities (doc file)
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     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