Outpatient Surgery
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Assess and Address Patients’ Risk Factors Collaboratively
A patient with pre-existing conditions and comorbidities could transform a routine surgery into something riskier. Presurgery assessments can reveal issues related to high risk for transfer, readmission, and overnight stay.
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Toolkit Offers Guidelines to Surgery Centers Treating Obese Patients
The six-page trifold includes a flowchart with guidance on body mass index, sedation levels, and the importance of identifying pre-existing conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea.
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Surgery Centers Will Serve More Obese Patients, Must Understand Comorbidities, Risk Factors
As more complex procedures can be performed in ambulatory surgery centers, leaders should learn about comorbidities among obese patients and the risk factors associated with performing complicated surgery on this group.
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AAAHC Offers Advice on Administering COVID-19 Vaccine
Surgery centers must interpret existing standards in a way that encompasses what is required for COVID-19 and how to handle the vaccine and its administration. The best course of action is for leaders to refer to accreditation standards on vaccines for general guidance.
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Best Practices for Documenting Allergies
A good quality improvement project for 2021 would be to focus on bolstering the way the organization handles patients’ allergy histories.
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AAAHC’s Allergy Benchmarking Study Highlights Inconsistencies
In a recent study, investigators found allergies sometimes were not verified or updated at each visit, there was a reliance on using the acronym NKDA (no known drug allergies), without references to other allergies or sensitivities, and overall allergic reaction documentation was inconsistent.
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From the Public Perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel, and what comes next is slowly coming into focus.
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A Ground-Level Look at the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
About a month into the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, one surgery center nurse leader still was struggling to secure shots for her staff. The hurdles included multiple phone calls, dead-end leads, and long waits for an unsure outcome.
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OR Teams Often Exposed to Toxic Chemicals in Surgical Smoke
Executive nurse leaders can collaborate with states and professional organizations to advocate for smoke evacuation legislation, and they can create policies at their facilities to mitigate surgical smoke.
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Try Bolstering Patient Care Through Shared Decision-Making
When surgeons begin shared decision-making with patients, it can be an eye-opening experience that improves patient-surgeon trust and communication.