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Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)
Review of CMS core measures for patients under going a surgical procedure in inpatient and outpatient setting.
- SCIP core measures (loaded 01/13)
Correct patient, correct procedure and correct procedural site/side policy
All surgical sites involving laterality, level, and.or multiples will be marked by the surgeon by placing his or her initials on the operative site such that the mark is visible after the patient is prepped and drapped so that it can be reverified during the Surgical Time Out process. If it is not possible to mark the surgical site then the surgeon will mark the site on an anatomical diagram and anesthesia providers who are performing a procedure that involves laterality will mark the appropriate site with a “A” that is circled.
- Provider role in surgical site marking (loaded 10/11)
- Correct patient, correct procedure and correct procedural site/side policy #12705 (loaded 07/12)
Safe surgery policy
Standardizes safe practices to ensure correct patient, correct procedure, and the correct procedural site/side for procedures performed in the operating room. This includes appropriate marking by surgeon’s initials at surgical site if procedure involves laterality or multiples, a formal briefing in the OR prior to starting the case with all members of the surgical team in the room, a formal Time Out lead by the surgeon and involving all members of the team (an orange Time Out towel is used as a memory trigger), a formal counting process, and formal debriefing process at the end of the case led by the surgeon.
- Provider role in safe surgery process (loaded 10/11)
- Safe surgery policy #9542 (loaded 07/12)
Counts: Sponge, sharp and instrument policy
- Counts: Sponge, sharp and instrument policy #12688 (loaded 07/12)
Clinical policy: Safe procedure policy – medical imaging and endoscopy
Clinical Practice: Central Line Management and Prevention of Vascular Catheter Associated Infections (VCAI)
Establishes protocols for insertion and needs assessment for central lines including central line infection outcome (infection rate), insertion protocols (central line bundle compliance rate), timeliness of central line necessity check (daily check rate), and formalized process for event investigation and documentation. Central line insertion bundle includes hand hygiene, maximal barrier precautions upone insertion (gloves, hat, mask, gown, draps), chlorhexidine skin antisepsis, optimal catheter site selection (avoidance of femoral vein for access), and daily review of line necessity.
- Clinical Practice: Central Line Management and Prevention of Vascular Catheter Associated Infections (VCAI) (loaded 02/12)
Clinical practice: Anesthesia administration
This clinical practice applies to all inpatients and outpatients in any setting for any purpose, by any route that receive anesthesia (including the use of short acting anesthetic agents for procedural sedation) in Banner Health facilities. All inpatients and outpatients within the Banner Health facilities receiving anesthesia will be administered anesthesia by appropriately credentialed providers based on evidenced based practice, or in its absence will practice within consensus guidelines to best serve the safety of Banner Health patients.
- Clinical Practice: Anesthesia Administration (loaded 02/12)
Clinical practice: Preventing postoperative pulmonary complications (ADULT)
Adult surgical patients will be screened to identify risk for developing post-operative pulmonary complications (PPCs). Patient specific interventions to reduce PPC risk will be applied. These include pre-operative pulmonary optimization, intraoperative surgical and anesthetic modalities, post-operative pulmonary intervention through the use of pain control, patient mobilization and lung expansion maneuvers.
