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461. Chapter 5. Project Expansion | 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.

462. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/appendix-f.docx
     September 01, 2016 - Does Our Checklist Meet the Goals of the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist? … with your checklist implementation team to ensure your checklist meets the goals of the original WHO Surgical … Before the patient leaves the room, will ALL members of the surgical team discuss any equipment problems

463. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 16, 2016 - concerning complication of tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy, which is one of the most common surgical … preoperative/perioperative/procedure personnel, including nurses, physicians and other providers, and surgical … /postoperative-care http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/special-subjects/care-of-the-surgical-patient … Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 4 Tool D.4f • WHO Surgical … Policies/Protocols • Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents: Care of the Surgical

464. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
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     May 16, 2016 - concerning complication of tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy, which is one of the most common surgical … preoperative/perioperative/procedure personnel, including nurses, physicians and other providers, and surgical … /postoperative-care http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/special-subjects/care-of-the-surgical-patient … Using the AHRQ Quality Indicators How To Improve Hospital Quality and Safety 4 Tool D.4t • WHO Surgical … Policies/Protocols • Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Family Medicine Residents: Care of the Surgical

465. Outpatient Surgery and Patient Safety—The Patient’s Voice (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2003 - As a result, we added surgical-site bleeding and signs of infection to the symptom list, and listed … We obtained the total annual volume of surgical procedures from the centers. … From these surgical volume data, we determined the number of each of the procedure classes performed … more proactive in their surgical care. … are indeed critical issues as the volume of outpatient surgical procedures continues to grow.

466. Tool: Briefing and Debriefing Tool (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - Tool: Briefing and Debriefing Tool Briefing and Debriefing Tool Introduction Problem Statement Surgical … Patients in acute care hospitals underwent more than 16 million surgical procedures in the United States … Consent · hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) hormone complete (if female) · Share names and roles of the surgical … Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Event.

467. Antibiotic Audit Tool (doc file)
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     December 01, 2017 - Appropriate selection, dosing, and redosing ensure that the antibiotic concentration in surgical site … Question 17: Document the time of the surgical incision. … Time of surgical incision 18. … Question 16: Document the time of the surgical incision. … Time of surgical incision 17.

468. Appendixes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2017 - wound infection/economics"[mh] OR "surgical procedures, operative/adverse effects"[mh] OR ("surgical … wound infection"[mh] AND prognosis[mh]) OR (("surgical wound infection*"[tiab] OR "surgical site infection … In-hospital death following inpatient surgical procedures in the United States, 1996–2006. … Hospital costs associated with surgical site infections in general and vascular surgery patients. … Surgical site infection: incidence and impact on hospital utilization and treatment costs.

469. Management Practices for Sustainability - Module 1: Overview | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview-slides.html
     June 01, 2017 - 1 The complexity of procedures continues to increase 2 ASCs have an excellent safety record 3 Surgical … Program Goals Reduce surgical infection and complication rates. … Testing the Model The IHI team carried out a pilot test of the model with two volunteer ambulatory surgical … Visual Management can focus on the “precious few” key metrics such as days since last near miss and surgical

470. Visual Management Board Component Kit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2017 - (Determine revisions) Add the previous day’s surgical safety checklist observation to the visual board … if using the surgical safety checklist observation. … elements, such as a list of the patients for the day with safety flags, a table showing observations of surgical … Checklist observation: Score of surgical safety checklist observation can be an element of the display

471. Module 1: PowerPoint Presentation
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     May 01, 2017 - rapidly1 The complexity of procedures continues to increase2 ASCs have an excellent safety record3 Surgical … HAI) 665 registered ASCs from 47 States and DC participated in 8 program cohorts Program Goals Reduce surgical … Testing the Model The IHI team carried out a pilot test of the model with two volunteer ambulatory surgical … Visual Management can focus on the “precious few” key metrics such as days since last near miss and surgical … Problem log Escalation • Sentinel events • Problems raised in huddle Safety Work by Staff • Using surgical

472. Exhibit 8. Example of an OR gate | 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 8. … an OR gate Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical

473. Exhibit 7. Example of an AND gate | 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 7. … an AND gate Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical

474. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4l_combo_psi15-accidentalpuncturelaceration-bestpractices.pdf
     May 31, 2016 - Care Introduction: Essential First Steps • Engage key nurses, physicians and other providers, and surgical … o Use blunt surgical instruments. … /occupational_health/activities/2needlest.pdf Staff Required • Surgeons • Perioperative nurses • Surgical … nurse/surgical technician on agreed upon neutral zone Authority/Accountability • Senior leadership … Littleton, CO: Association of Surgical Technologists; April 2006; updated January 2013.

475. Exhibit 6. Steps involved in developing the fault tree model | 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 6. … tree model Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical

476. Exhibit 1. Relationship of data sources to the development of the ST-PRA | 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 1. … the ST-PRA Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical

477. Appendix F. ST-PRA Fault Tree Model With Probability Estimates | 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 F. … Estimates Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical

478. Applying Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) Across Health Care Systems: Achieving Data Comparability (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - Of the 20 accepted hospital-level PSIs, 8 are for surgical discharges, 8 are for either medical or surgical … All surgical discharges. … All medical and surgical discharges. … a discharge as surgical or medical. … Postoperative adverse events of common surgical procedures in the Medicare population.

479. Getting Ready (pdf file)
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     May 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 … 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

480. How CUSP Enables Nurse Empowerment (Slide Presentation) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Surgical Unit Huddle Board Slide 11. … SICU Huddle Board Image of a Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Huddle Board. … Surgical Unit Huddle Board Image of a Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) Huddle Board. … CUSP: Example of Empowerment A surgical unit before CUSP —  Chaos Unclear plan of care Very