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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"ambulatory surgery"”.
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Reducing Barriers In The Adult Ambulatory Surgery Setting By Implementing Lean Methods
… of care in a hospital-based high-volume adult ambulatory surgery unit. Process improvement strategies were identified and carried out during a rapid process improvement workshop (RPIW), and significant process changes were made to the preoperative work areas.</p>
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Emergency Airway Preparedness At Ambulatory Surgery Centers With Solo Anesthesia Providers: An Educational Intervention
… cardiac arrest, anoxic brain injury, and death. Ambulatory surgery centers with solo anesthesia providers are unique environments where interdisciplinary team members may be relied upon to support emergency airway management, thereby reducing the gap created by absent expert backup anesthesia …
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Examining the Relationship Between Patient Safety Culture and Patient Experience in Ambulatory Surgery Center Settings
… instrumental case study conducted within 40 ambulatory surgery centers that are part of a large healthcare organization in the United States. The study included analysis of two existing data sets, namely the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on …
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The Effect of an Individualized Education Intervention versus Usual Care on Pain following Ambulatory Inguinal Hernia Repair
Inguinal hernia repair (IHR) is a common ambulatory surgery procedure performed in Canada, after which many patients experience moderate to severe pain. Limited research has been found that examines interventions to reduce pain following ambulatory surgery, and none specifically for patients …
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Implementation of a Warming Protocol to Prevent Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia in the Ambulatory Surgical Setting
… hypothermia (IPH) and its complications in the ambulatory surgical setting. All patients, regardless of age or gender, are at risk for experiencing a 1-2° C drop in body core temperature within thirty minutes of anesthesia induction. The global aim of this project is to prevent IPH and its …
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Strengthening Specimen Management to Eliminate Specimen Errors
… specimen errors. This project takes place in an Ambulatory Surgery Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Procedures done in the center consist of Gastroenterology (GI), Otolaryngology, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Gynecology, Pain Injections, and Plastic procedures. The majority of specimens collected on a …
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Adverse Anesthesia Outcomes: A Retrospective Study of an Ambulatory Surgical Center versus a Dental Office Setting
… in the Pediatric Dental Clinic or the Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) from July 2005 to December 2006. Anesthesia records of induction, intubation, maintenance, emergence and recovery were compared between the two settings.Results: There were a total of 422 charts reviewed with n=193 …
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Reducing Operating Room Turnover Times
… <p>The operating room (OR) in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) is what generates income for an organization, but it can also be costly if it’s improperly managed. The purpose of this project is to decrease OR turnover time (TOT) in order to increase OR efficiency, patient and …
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Best care practices in anesthesiology : development and evaluation of an electronic feedback system to improve physician compliance with evidence-based practices
… postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in the ambulatory surgery patient population. Because performance of existing PONV risk prediction models was poor and could not be used for educational purposes, we created a new PONV risk prediction model and compared it against existing models. The new, …
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Performance analysis and scheduling strategies for ambulatory surgical facilities
Ambulatory surgery is a procedure that does not require an overnight hospital stay and is cost effective and efficient. The goal of this research is to develop an ASF operational model which allows management to make key decisions. This research develops and utilizes the simulation software ARENA …
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Implementation of a Warming Intervention Protocol to Prevent Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia in the Ambulatory Surgical Setting
… outcomes such as these from occurring in the ambulatory setting, as it affects patient satisfaction, delays healing, and increases the cost of care.</p> <p><strong>Context: </strong>The implementation of a standardized warming protocol aims to address these issues by preventing IPH in the …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una clínica de salud para la ejecución exclusiva de cirugías ambulatorias en Lima Metropolitana
El presente proyecto de investigación tiene como objetivo principal el de determinar la viabilidad técnica, social, económica y financiera de la instalación de una clínica dirigida exclusivamente a la ejecución de cirugías ambulatorias en el área de Lima metropolitana. La investigación utilizará …