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Preoperative Chlorhexidine Skin Preparation For Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery, Janine Lee-Anne Duquette
Preoperative Chlorhexidine Skin Preparation For Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery, Janine Lee-Anne Duquette
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In response to improving quality patient care, combined with the growing rates of surgical site infections (SSIs) in vascular patients, the need to explore current practice trends with current evidence has been identified. SSIs affect quality patient care and compromise patient safety. Empirical evidence has recommended the use of a chlorhexidine wash preoperatively to reduce SSIs. Despite this recommended practice, vascular patients were not receiving it in their routine plan of care within a hospital organization in southern Ontario. Guided by Lewin's theory of planned change, this project explored how the planning of a chlorhexidine preoperative surgical skin preparation protocol …
Decreasing Surgical Site Infections In Vascular Surgery Patients, Charlene Knight Little
Decreasing Surgical Site Infections In Vascular Surgery Patients, Charlene Knight Little
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Postoperative surgical site infections are common complications in the operating room. Infections prolong hospital stays, heighten costs, and increase morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this evidence-based quality improvement project was to develop policy, program, and practice guidelines to prevent surgical site infections in vascular surgery patients. Rosswurm and Larrabee's change model was used to develop materials using the best evidence for the recommended practice changes. The Plan, Do, Check, Act model was selected to guide quality improvement. The project goal was to decrease the surgical site infection rate to below the national average. Products of the project include policy, …