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Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Tools
Improving Surgical … CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical
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September 01, 2013 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Does Universal Decolonization affect the use of skin preps before a surgical procedure?
No. … Standard skin preps prior to a surgical procedure or for a bedside procedure should be utilized on patients … Can I use CHG cloths over a closed surgical incision? … CHG can and should be applied over a closed surgical incision to eradicate bacteria and hopefully prevent
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September 01, 2013 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Does Universal Decolonization affect the use of skin preps before a surgical procedure?
No. … Standard skin preps prior to a surgical procedure or for a bedside procedure should be utilized on patients … Can I use CHG cloths over a closed surgical incision? … CHG can and should be applied over a closed surgical incision to eradicate bacteria and hopefully prevent
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/how-to-use.html
May 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Your facility can use the materials in each section to teach team members how to apply CUSP to prevent surgical
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July 01, 2019 - Su-Hsin
K01 HS022330
Washington University
Obesity, Comorbidities, and Economic Evaluations of Surgical … Complexity and Dementia
Dimick, Justin
K08 HS017765
University of Michigan
Composite Measures of Surgical … K08 HS020927
University of Michigan
Effects of Physician Social Networks on Surgical Safety, Quality … K08 HS018346
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Physician Organization and the Efficiency of Surgical
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cancer/fielding-cancer-53.pdf
July 14, 2017 - , for uterus 250 g or less; with removal of tube(s) and/or ovary(ies)
58553 Laparoscopy, surgical, … , for uterus 250 g or less; with removal of tube(s) and/or ovary(ies)
58572 Laparoscopy, surgical, … , supracervical hysterectomy, for uterus 250 g or less
58542* Laparoscopy, surgical, supracervical … , for uterus 250 g or less; with removal of tube(s) and/or ovary(ies)
58553 Laparoscopy, surgical, … ; with lobectomy (single lobe)
32666 Thoracoscopy, surgical; with therapeutic wedge resection (e.g.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/hospital/SOPS-Hospital-Survey-2.0-English-05.18.21.docx
June 09, 2016 - Multiple Units, No specific unit
1 Many different hospital units, No specific unit
Medical/Surgical … Units
2 Combined Medical/Surgical Unit
3 Medical Unit (Non-Surgical)
4 Surgical Unit
Patient Care … Psychiatry, Behavioral Health
13 Pulmonology
14 Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine
15 Telemetry
Surgical
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January 01, 2013 - Eligible patients for the
experimental group had been
admitted to medical, neurologic,
or surgical … Adherence to
evidence-based processes of
surgical care was measured in
terms of use of appropriate … Of the 694 adult medical and
surgical patients who were
readmitted to a VA Medical
Center within 2 … Variation in
surgical-readmission rates and
quality of hospital care. … Hospitals with high surgical
volume and low surgical mortality
have lower rates of surgical
readmission
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-rationale.html
September 01, 2013 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … direct medical costs of approximately $500-$1,000 per urinary tract infection and $10,000-$20,000 per surgical … care-associated infections. 10 Also, it is the most common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia and surgical … multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs), MDRO acquisition, and bloodstream infections. 19-22 Its use in surgical
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/es/hai/universal-icu-decolonization/universal-icu-rationale.html
September 01, 2013 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … direct medical costs of approximately $500-$1,000 per urinary tract infection and $10,000-$20,000 per surgical … care-associated infections. 10 Also, it is the most common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia and surgical … multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs), MDRO acquisition, and bloodstream infections. 19-22 Its use in surgical
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/overview/overview-facnotes.docx
May 01, 2017 - Surgical safety checklists and other examples of safety standard work can help you avoid both near misses … The two main program goals were to reduce surgical infection and complication rates and to improve safety … of change, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement team tested the theory with several ambulatory surgical … simple metrics, at least initially, such as days since last harm event, days since last near miss, and surgical
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January 01, 2024 - This study evaluated best methods to assess surgical wire navigation skill, which can be objectively … This study investigated variability in surgical approaches to hernias in patients with ascites. … The primary outcome observed was incidence and surgical approach for both ventral and inguinal hernia … Open repair was the most common surgical approach (ventral: 86%, open: 77%). … Variability in surgical approaches to hernias in patients with ascites.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/problem-solving-comp-kit.html
June 01, 2017 - Observation of safety standard work, such as during observation of the surgical safety checklist use … If your organization has adopted the surgical safety checklist advanced by the AHRQ Safety Program for … Ambulatory Surgery and has tested and adapted the surgical safety checklist, and if you teach staff … Location: Our Surgical Center
Activity Owner: Center Administrator
Unit originating this … activity description: Our Surgical Center
Date Prepared: 4/15/2016
Last Revision:
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September 01, 2022 - Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Summary of Evidence
(Not reviewed)
(Not reviewed)
Prevention of Surgical … Guidance of Central Vein Catheterization
Summary of Evidence
Update
(Not reviewed)
Prevention of Surgical … Evidence
Update
(Not reviewed)
Use of Report Cards and Outcome Measurements To Improve Safety of Surgical … Care: American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
(Not reviewed) … 2020)
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism
Summary of Evidence
Update
(Not reviewed)
Post-Surgical
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/implementation-guide/app-p-fac-notes.html
May 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Importantly, there is an FDA label indication for a surgical hand scrub product. … Active ingredients in the United States, waterless hand sanitizers approved for use as surgical scrubs … That's because the FDA requires for surgical hand scrubs that the active ingredients have immediate action … and that also there is some persistence of effect for these surgical hand scrubs.
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June 01, 2018 - Accelerating Change and Transformation in Organizations and Networks (ACTION) Reports Related to Surgical … Site Infections:
Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome … Detection—Denver Health
Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical Site Infections in Ambulatory Surgical
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January 01, 2016 - conditions (acute myocardial infarction
[AMI], congestive heart failure [CHF], pneumonia [PN], and Surgical … Clostridium difficile
Infections
Falls
Obstetric Adverse
Events
Pressure
Ulcers/Pressure Injuries
Surgical … Rate of 21 MPSMS adverse events in the MPSMS sample provided by CMS,
including those in the Surgical … National number of selected surgical site infections computed in a special
calculation for CDC. … Data
for the six Patient Safety Indicators and the Surgical Site Infection data from CDC are also wholly
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April 01, 2018 - Healthcare Safer Reports
AHRQ Research Studies
Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical … Estimates
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Proactive Risk Assessment of Surgical
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May 01, 2017 - CLABSI and CAUTI Prevention in ICUs
Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit
Improving Surgical … Guide
Overview
The Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
Measurement
Implementing the Surgical … For example, include evidence-based best practices for prevention of SSIs and other surgical complications … Identifying physician or nursing champions for your project to prevent SSIs and other surgical complications … IHI: Sustaining Improvements in Ambulatory Surgical Safety
The current thinking around sustainability
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/huddles/huddles-component-kit.docx
May 01, 2017 - and your team a way to maintain a focus on safety, day by day, such as by reviewing the use of the surgical … [1: For additional information about introducing surgical safety checklists into ambulatory surgical … Table 1 summarizes the benefits of the huddle, specifically with a focus on the surgical safety checklist … Learn More
CUS Framework
The CUS tool is presented in the Improving Communication and Teamwork in the Surgical