Prepared by IPRO
Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 1.7 million adults in America develop sepsis each year. Nearly 270,000 Americans die as a result of sepsis.
The IPRO QIN-QIO developed the following materials for patients, both in English and Spanish, along with provider-facing resources and training materials.
Prepared by AIR for IPRO HQIC
Hospitals leaders and staff who are either providing information for, or completing the PFE Assessment, can use this guide to determine if they are implementing the five PFE Best Practices, and understand how best to choose survey responses about the five PFE Best Practices.
Updated 5/11/22.
Prepared by IPRO HQIC
Learn about the Circle of Safety, an integrated approach using quality and patient safety best practices to improve care and prevent adverse events.
(AHRQ) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This tool will help your safety program team understand lapses in infection prevention processes that may have contributed to the surgical site infection case. It can help your team identify practice patterns and inconsistencies in practice, so you can more easily pinpoint opportunities for intervention
World Health Organization
The 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) are evidence-based and unique in that they are the first global guidelines of this sort, are based on systematic reviews and present additional information in support of actions to improve practice. They were developed by international experts adhering to WHO’s Guideline Development Process and overall aim to achieve standardization.
AORN
The AORN Comprehensive Surgical Checklist can be downloaded and customized to meet a facility’s needs. The checklist includes key safety checks as outlined in the World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist and The Joint Commission Universal Protocol. It is designed for use in all types of facilities (eg, hospital ORs, ambulatory surgery settings, physician offices)
Prepared by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
This toolkit will provide hospital infection prevention programs with instructions for implementing targeted decolonization in adult patients with medical devices in hospital units outside of intensive care (i.e., non-ICUs).
Adapted from HSAG by IPRO QIN-QIO HQIC, Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Improvement and Innovation Group
This document provides a step-by-step roadmap for organizational commitment to health equity.
Prepared by IPRO HQIC Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Improvement & Innovation Group
Health Equity Organizational Assessment (HEOA) Frequently Asked Questions
Prepared by IPRO QIN-QIO, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Improvement & Innovation Group
Executive Audience: How the HEOA can lower your financial risk and help achieve the Triple AIM
Prepared by IPRO Hospital Quality Improvement Contractors (HQIC), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Improvement & Innovation Group
This Resource Guide provides examples on how best to collect race, ethnicity, and language data and ensure that it is being collected consistently.
Prepared by IPRO HQIC
This resource provides rationale and talking points related to the importance of the HQIC health equity metrics.
