Resources
Additional resources that ambulatory surgery centers can use for surgical site infection prevention and safety culture improvement are provided below.
Infection Prevention Tools
- Hand Hygiene Webinar
- Infection Prevention Infographic Poster
- Endoscopy Infographic Poster
- Endoscope Reprocessing Webinars
Patient and Family Engagement Tools
- Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery
An informational brochure for patients undergoing surgery in an ambulatory surgery center.
Safe Surgery Checklist Tools
Quality Improvement Study Framework
These documents were created to assist the completion of a quality improvement study for the purposes of an accreditation survey.
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture
To measure the effectiveness of safety culture in ambulatory surgery centers, AHRQ developed the Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture. This resource is available on the AHRQ site.
Tools
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture – English (PDF, 245.3 KB)
This survey is designed specifically for ambulatory surgery center staff and asks for their opinions about the culture of patient safety in their facility.
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture – Spanish (PDF, 87.3 KB)
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items – English (PDF, 248.4 KB)
In this document, the items in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture are grouped together according to the safety culture composites they are intended to measure.
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: Composites and Items – Spanish (PDF, 164 KB)
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture: User’s Guide (PDF, 654 KB)
The User’s Guide includes information on getting started, selecting a sample, determining data collection methods, establishing data collection protocols, conducting a Web-based survey, preparing and analyzing data, and producing reports.
Improving Patient Safety in Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture (PDF, 405 KB)
This document contains references to Web sites that provide practical resources ambulatory surgery centers can use to implement changes to improve patient safety culture and patient safety.
