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5461. Tracking ambulatory surgical facility cancellations and transfers: lessons learned from an 18-month collaboration

Author(s):
Gardner, Lea Anne, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2014
Subject(s):
Appointments and Schedules
Interviews as Topic
Nursing Assessment
Patient Compliance
Patient Transfer -- statistics & numerical data
Preoperative Care -- nursing
Surgicenters -- statistics & numerical data
Ambulatory Care -- statistics & numerical data
Data Collection
Forecasting
Models, Statistical
Nurse's Role
Nursing Care
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Care Planning
Patient Transfer -- economics
Patient Transfer -- trends
Quality Improvement
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- nursing
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

5462. Surgical site infection prevention utilizing patient screening and decolonization: the PA-HEN SSI prevention collaboration

Author(s):
Davis, James, author
Catanzaro, Mary, author
Edelmayer, Clare, author
Martin, Lynda, author
Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, author.
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2014
Subject(s):
Hospitals
Infection Control -- methods
Patient Participation
Preoperative Care -- methods
Surgical Wound Infection -- epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection -- prevention & control
Chlorhexidine -- therapeutic use
Decontamination
Interinstitutional Relations
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcal Infections -- diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Humans
United States

5463. A systems and behavioral approach to improve hand hygiene practice

Author(s):
Bradley, Sharon, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2014
Subject(s):
Hand Hygiene -- organization & administration
Hand Disinfection
Hospitals
Infection Control
Systems Analysis
Behavior
Cross Infection -- prevention & control
Guideline Adherence
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Patient Safety
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

5464. What can Pennsylvania learn from Minnesota's program to prevent wrong-site surgery?

Author(s):
Wallace, Susan C., author
Clarke, John R., author
Arnold, Theresa V., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2014
Subject(s):
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Preoperative Care -- methods
Surgical Procedures, Operative
Cooperative Behavior
Interinstitutional Relations
Organizational Policy
Patient Safety
Humans
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
United States

5466. Wrong-site orthopedic operations on the extremities: the Pennsylvania experience

Author(s):
Clarke, John R., author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2015
Subject(s):
Medical Errors -- statistics & numerical data
Orthopedic Procedures -- statistics & numerical data
Surgical Procedures, Operative -- statistics & numerical data
Extremities -- surgery
Patient Safety
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States

5468. Strategies to turn the tide against inappropriate antibiotic utilization

Author(s):
Adkins, JoAnn, author
Bradley, Sharon, author
Finley, Edward, author
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, December 2015
Subject(s):
Anti-Bacterial Agents -- therapeutic use
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Inappropriate Prescribing -- prevention & control
Infection Control
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium Infections -- prevention & control
Cross Infection -- drug therapy
Cross Infection -- epidemiology
Hospitals
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Nursing Homes
Staphylococcal Infections -- prevention & control
Humans
Pennsylvania
United States