SSI Surveillance Webinar Recap
How to do a lot with a little: Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)

Health Services Advisory Group’s (HSAG's) Knock Out Infections—ASC Infection Prevention Initiative hosted a webinar on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Angela Vassallo, MPH, MS, CIC, FAPIC, Clinical Improvement Advisor in Infection Prevention for HSAG, led a discussion on how to conduct SSI surveillance in ASCs. The webinar featured two representatives from Reagan Street Surgery Center located in Los Alamitos, California. They shared Reagan Street’s SSI Surveillance process, as well as some great ideas for performance improvement projects. If you missed it, don’t worry! We have the slides, recording, and questions available.
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The Joint Commission—2018 National Patient Safety Goals for ASCs
The Joint Commission released its 2018 National Patient Safety Goals for ASCs.

The four goals are:
1. Identifying patients correctly
2. Use medicines safely
3. Prevent infections
4. Prevent mistakes in surgery

CDC Guidelines for the Prevention of SSIs, August 2017
Human and financial costs of treating SSIs are increasing. Learn more about the guidelines to prevent SSIs. Read more.
This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for California, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. Publication No. CA-11SOW-ASC-03232018-01