Advancing ASC Quality

To support the ASC industry’s focus on high quality care, the ASC Quality Collaboration has assembled ASC Tools for Improving Performance, or ASC TIPs. Our goal is to make these resources readily accessible to ASCs by bringing them together in one location.

The following ASC TIPs are now available:

• Hand Hygiene Toolkit

• Safe Injection Practices Toolkit

• Point of Care Devices Toolkit

• Environmental Infection Prevention Toolkit

• Single-Use Device Reprocessing Toolkit

• Endoscope Reprocessing Toolkit

• Sterilization and High-Level Disinfection Toolkit

• Prevention of Patient Falls Toolkit

The resources in these toolkits may only be used for internal improvement and education efforts. They may not be used for commercial purposes.

Please refer also to the CDC's guide, Guide to Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care and the accompanying checklist Infection Prevention Checklist for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care.

Additional resources on these topics may be available for a fee from organizations such as AORN and APIC.

Comments and other feedback may be directed to Kathy Wilson, Executive Director, ASC Quality Collaboration, kathy.wilson@ascquality.org.