Surgical site infection prevention utilizing patient screening and decolonization: the PA-HEN SSI prevention collaboration

Surgical site infection prevention utilizing patient screening and decolonization: the PA-HEN SSI prevention collaboration

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
Author(s):
Davis, James, author
Catanzaro, Mary, author
Edelmayer, Clare, author
Martin, Lynda, author
Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, author.
Contributor(s):
Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body.
ECRI (Organization), issuing body.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
Publication:
[Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, September 2014
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hospitals
Infection Control -- methods
Patient Participation
Preoperative Care -- methods
Surgical Wound Infection -- epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection -- prevention & control
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Infection prevention interventions rarely engage the patient in the infection prevention process. Through the Partnership for Patients, the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) and the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority developed the initial surgical site infection (SSI) prevention project design, then HAP collaborated successfully with 40 participating hospitals to empower patients for the prevention of SSIs. The intervention included systematic screening and decolonization of surgical patients prior to the day of surgery. Baseline standardized infection ratio (SIR) aggregates in 2010 and 2011 were 1.274 and 1.167, respectively, while the SIR aggregates postintervention in 2012 and 2013 were 0.797 and 0.735, respectively. This work adds to the body of knowledge related to successful reduction of SSIs through screening and decolonization and also adds important information about the impact of empowering patients and institutional partners to augment prevention protocols to fit institutional culture and the needs of the patient.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 131-135))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101641582 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101641582