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Surgical Care Improvement Project

Surgical Care Improvement Project is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Surgical Care Improvement Project rather than just read about it. In short: The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) partnership is an American multi-year national campaign to substantially reduce surgical mortality and morbidity through collaborative efforts between healthcare organizations. The campaign began in August 2005 with the original goal of reducing the national incidence of surgical complications by 25% by the year 2010.

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Reference excerpt

The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) partnership is an American multi-year national campaign to substantially reduce surgical mortality and morbidity through collaborative efforts between healthcare organizations. The campaign began in August 2005 with the original goal of reducing the national incidence of surgical complications by 25% by the year 2010.

A Partnership for Better Surgical Care The SCIP is a national partnership of organizations committed to improving the safety of surgical care through the reduction of postoperative complications. These complications can take a toll on patients' health and safety and can extend postoperative hospital stays or care (such as therapy). Initiated in 2003 by CMS and the CDC, the SCIP partnership is coordinated through a steering committee of 10 national organizations. More than 20 organizations provide expertise to the steering committee through a technical expert panel. The project's steering committee is composed of members from the following national organizations:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality American College of Surgeons American Hospital Association American Society of Anesthesiologists Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Veterans Affairs Institute for Healthcare Improvement Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Process measures SCIP measures have been added and subtracted since the creation of the project. As the Joint Commission has implemented Oryx Performance Measures, all of the SCIP measures were retired by December 31, 2015.

Infection SCIP-INF-1: Prophylactic antibiotic prophylaxis received within 1 h prior to surgical incision SCIP-INF-2: Prophylactic antibiotic selection for surgical patients (added 2007) SCIP-INF-3: Prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 h after surgery end time (48 h for cardiac patients) SCIP-INF-4: Cardiac surgery patients with controlled 6 A.M. postoperative serum glucose management (≤200 mg/dL) (added 2008) SCIP-INF-5: Postoperative surgical site infection diagnosed during index hospitalization SCIP-INF-6: Surgery patients with appropriate hair removal (added in 2008, retired in 2011) SCIP-INF-7: Colorectal surgery patients with immediate postoperative normothermia (added 2009) SCIP-INF-8: Short half-life prophylactic administered preoperatively re-dosed within 4 h after preoperative dose (proposed 2010) SCIP-INF-9: Urinary catheter removed on postoperative day 1 (POD 1) or postoperative day 2 (POD 2) with day of surgery being day zero (added 2011) SCIP-INF-10: Surgery patients with perioperative temperature management (added 2011)

Cardiac SCIP-Card-1: Non-cardiac vascular surgery patients with evidence of coronary artery disease who received beta-blockers during the perioperative period SCIP-Card-2: Surgery patients on beta-blocker therapy prior to arrival who received a beta-blocker during the perioperative period

SCIP-Card-3: Intraoperative or postoperative acute myocardial infarction (AMI) diagnosed during index hospitalization or within 30 days of surgery

Venous thromboembolism SCIP-VTE-1: Surgery patients with recommended venous thromboembolism prophylaxis ordered SCIP-VTE-2: Surgery patients who received appropriate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis within 24 hours prior to surgery to 24 hours after surgery SCIP-VTE-3: Inoperative or postoperative pulmonary embolism (PE) diagnosed during index hospitalization or within 30 days of surgery SCIP-VTE-4: Inoperative or postoperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) diagnosed during index hospitalization or within 30 days of surgery

Global SCIP-Global-1: Death within 30 days of surgery SCIP-Global-2: Readmission within 30 days of surgery

Vascular SCIP-VA-1: Proportion of permanent hospital ESRD vascular access procedures that are autogenous AV fistulas (from administrative claims data)

Respiratory SCIP-Resp-1: Number of days ventilated surgery patients had documentation of the head of the bed (HOB) being elevated from recovery end date (day zero) through postoperative day seven SCIP-Resp-2: Patients diagnosed with postoperative ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) during index hospitalization SCIP-Resp-3: Number of days ventilated surgery patients had documentation of stress ulcer disease (SUD) prophylaxis from recovery end date (day zero) through postoperative day seven SCIP-Resp-4: Surgery patients whose medical record contained an order for a ventilator weaning program (protocol or clinical pathway)

See also [1] Source of info on specifications of SCIP and other core measures Patient safety Perioperative mortality ASA physical status classification system or preoperative physical fitness

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Surgical Care Improvement Project

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Surgical Care Improvement Project claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Surgical Care Improvement Project before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Surgical Care Improvement Project ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Surgical Care Improvement Project

In research: Surgical Care Improvement Project appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Surgical Care Improvement Project in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Surgical Care Improvement Project is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Health care quality, Surgery, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Surgical Care Improvement Project outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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