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41. Surgical Safety Team Roles and Responsibilities Tool (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/surgical_roles.docx
    December 01, 2017 - Surgical Safety Team Roles and Responsibilities Tool AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery Surgical Safety … Surgical Safety Team Roles and Responsibilities Tool SURGICAL SAFETY TEAM TASKS PRIMARY CONTACT SUPPORT … SURGICAL SITE INFECTION PREVENTION TASKS (TECHNICAL) Audits Who will collect and enter audit … Data Reporting Who will generate reports for surgical site infection rates? … Data Feedback Who will provide feedback on surgical site infection rates to frontline providers, the

42. Exhibit 2. Literature review search terms by category | 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 2. … by category Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical … or patient-related risk factors Surgical risk factors Procedural complications Medical errors … Surgical infections Surgical site infections Postoperative infections Healthcare associated … ambulatory surgical centers Infection control practices Infection control practices

43. Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery The Toolkit To Promote Safe Surgery helps perioperative and surgical … opportunities to improve care and safety practices and implement evidence-based interventions to prevent surgical … Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) and the core CUSP toolkit by providing specific tools focused on the surgical … setting to help hospitals reduce surgical site infections and other complications. … Technical work changes procedural aspects of care that can be explicitly defined, such as surgical skin

44. Exhibit 47. Surgeon specialties and health system affiliations | 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.

45. Appendix L. Infection Prevention Infographic - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-l.html
    May 01, 2017 - It Takes a Team Everyone in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) plays a role in preventing surgical … Surgical site infections are infections that can occur after surgery in the part of the body where … the surgery took place. 1 Surgical site infections are— * Dangerous Each year in the U.S … ., there are about 300,000 surgical site infections . … Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update.

46. Implementing Your Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle: Facilitator Notes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/surgery/modules/implementation/ssi-bundle-fac-notes.html
    October 01, 2020 - Implementing Your Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle: Facilitator Notes AHRQ Safety Program … surgical experts identified salient interventions to prevent SSIs. … Talk to frontline staff to identify how they would reduce surgical site infections. … How do you think the next patient will develop a surgical site infection? … Identify and focus on the defects in your surgical unit.

47. Hand Hygiene in the Perioperative Setting | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - Surgical hand antisepsis aims to suppress microorganisms to reduce risk of surgical site infections ( … Tools and Resources Surgical Scrub Training Videos These training videos covering best practices for … Anatomical Surgical Hand Scrub A step-by-step training demonstration of surgical hand scrub procedure … Duration: 5:09 Published Dec 14, 2018 Proper Surgical Hand Rub A step-by-step training demonstration … of surgical hand rub technique, with a voiceover describing each step.

48. Final Progress Report: Factors Associated with Effective Implementation of a Surgical Safety Checklist (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Methods: We developed instruments to capture primary data from surgical team members about surgical … Although most surgical staff reported positive surgical safety culture, many felt neutral or negative … With a view toward improving teamwork, components of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist modify surgical … Surgical Safety Culture Survey. … Measures Surgical safety culture.

49. Exhibit 6. Demonstration that algorithm positives can be identified by compact logic | 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. … SSI = surgical site infection.

50. Exhibit 4. Evolution of C-reactive protein values among individuals who NEVER develop an SSI | 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.

51. Appendix A. Literature Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Center HAI: Healthcare Associated Infections SSI: Surgical Site Infection SWI: Surgical Wound Infection … Surgery related factors: Type of surgery (surgical procedure) Surgical factors (e.g., antibiotic … remote to the surgical site before elective surgery. … Appropriate surgical attire and drapes. Appropriate surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. … a sterile towel was placed over the surgical site and patted dry.

52. Three Areas To Immediately Advance Diagnosis In Rural Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2024 - Enhancing Specialty Care and Surgical Service Lines Strengthening subspecialized care and surgical service … Training and Recruiting Specialists, Surgeons, and Surgical Staff .   … Ensuring access to skilled surgical technologists and perioperative nurses is vital for increasing surgical … Establishing Tele-Specialty and Surgical Consultation Networks . … Investing in Advanced Surgical and Diagnostic Equipment and Technologies . 

53. Exhibit 5. Evolution of C-reactive protein values among individuals who DO develop an SSI | 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.

54. About the Toolkit Development | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - developed as part of the AHRQ Safety Program for Surgery, a national implementation project to reduce surgical … participating hospitals, implementation of the project was associated with a significant reduction in surgical … infections are among the most common complications in surgery patients, including more than 150,000 surgical … The project aimed to— Reduce surgical site infections, and Improve safety culture using AHRQ’s … care processes that other facilities can use to reduce surgical complications.

55. Additional TeamSTEPPS Videos: Check-Back in Inpatient Surgical Teams | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Additional TeamSTEPPS Videos: Check-Back in Inpatient Surgical Teams   YouTube embedded video … : https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ekX289e3-Uo TeamSTEPPS: Check-Back in Inpatient Surgical Teams

56. Final Progress Report: Composite Measures of Surgical Performance (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/dimick-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Composite Measures of Surgical Performance Title Page Project Title: Composite … Measures of Surgical Performance Principal Investigator: Justin B. … To develop and validate composite measures of surgical morbidity. … Composite measures for predicting surgical mortality in the hospital. … Hospital process compliance and surgical outcomes in medicare beneficiaries.

57. Final Progress Report: Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaboration Conference: Venous Thromboembolism (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaboration Conference: Venous Thromboembolism … FINAL PROGRESS REPORT Title of Project: Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaboration Conference … hospitals with reliable, validated, risk-adjusted surgical outcome reports and resources. … Surgical oncologist David Bentrem, MD, MS (The Harold L. and Margaret N. … The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative: a legacy of Shukri Khuri.

58. The Four Key Strategies of MRSA Prevention: Targeting SSI | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - and SSI Prevention Program Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and surgical … How you approach the topic of tackling these areas depends on what’s right for your facility or surgical … This information is also presented, organized for specific phases of care among the surgical services … includes extensive resources and materials to assist in the implementation of decolonization in your surgical … Skin antisepsis can be performed by the patient at home or by the surgical team pre-op.

59. Appendix E. Study Parameters | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infection in Ambulatory Surgery Centers Appendix E. … Parameters Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical … We will examine only surgical site infections stemming from arthroscopy of the knee. … We will examine only deep incisional surgical site infections. … Our technical experts indicate a likely 30-day incubation period for surgical site infections.

60. Appendix D. Ambulatory Surgery Center Checklist Template - Implementation Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2017 - Professional, and Patient Review: |___| Patient identification (name and date of birth) |___| Surgical … site |___| Surgical procedure to be performed matches the consent form |___| Site is marked … Surgeon, Nurse, and Anesthesia Professional perform the Timeout |___| Patient's name |___| Surgical … ___| Specimen labeling             - Read back specimen labeling including patient's name Surgical … Based on the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/checklist/en/index.html