Section: Evidence-Based Infection Prevention
In a surgical service, you can employ many different evidence-based infection prevention strategies to optimize patient safety and quality and reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and surgical site infection (SSI) rates. This page outlines several of those strategies, including hair removal, skin preparation prior to incision, normothermia, glycemic control, and supplemental oxygen as one-page documents specific to each topic.
Presentations
Presentation: Perioperative Infection Prevention Strategies
After reviewing the content of this presentation, viewers will be able to—
- Review current evidence and recommendations for—​
- Hair removal​
- Skin preparation prior to incision​
- Normothermia
- Glycemic control​
- Supplemental oxygen​
- Discuss how these factors influence SSIs​
- Apply the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) framework to enable adherence to evidence-based practices
Documents:
One-Pagers
One-Pager: Preoperative Hair Removal One-Pager (DOCX, 3 MB)
This one-page document reviews the recommendations for hair removal prior to surgery as it relates to MRSA and SSI prevention.
One-Pager: Skin Preparation Prior to Incision One-Pager (DOCX, 710 KB)
This one-page document reviews recommendations for skin preparation prior to incision as it relates to MRSA and SSI prevention.
One-Pager: Normothermia One-Pager (DOCX, 728 KB)
This one-page document reviews the recommendations to prevent hypothermia in the perioperative setting as it relates to MRSA and SSI prevention.
One-Pager: Glycemic Control One-Pager (DOCX, 2 MB)
This one-page document reviews the recommendations for glycemic control in the perioperative setting as it relates to MRSA and SSI prevention.
One-Pager: Supplemental Oxygen One-Pager (DOCX, 920 KB)
This one-page document reviews the recommendations for supplemental oxygen in the perioperative setting as it relates to MRSA and SSI prevention.
