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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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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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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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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 …