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Improvement of Surgical Prophylactic Antibiotic Timing
At the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers (Ann Arbor, Michigan USA) we established the Anesthesiology-SIP workgroup to increase to 90 percent the rate of surgical patients receiving prophylactic antibiotics within 60 minutes prior to incision through focused and specific personal and electronic feedback.
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Decreasing Mortality/Morbidity in Hyperglycemic CV Surgery Patient
Sequoia Hospital (Redwood City, California, USA) has reduced mortality and infections among all cardiac surgery patients, significantly reducing mortality in the hyperglycemic patient, and postoperative infections.
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OSF Surgical Safety Success Story
Learn how OSH Healthcare (Bloomington, Illinois, USA) made great strides in their prevention of surgical site infections, through their work in an IHI Collaborative on Reducing Surgical Site Infections.
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Guideline Writers Issue Advisory Statement
The authors of all current North American surgical infection prevention guidelines, along with professional organizations that are involved in surgical care, released a joint advisory statement on infection prevention. This advisory statement provides an overview of other issues related to antimicrobial prophylaxis, including specific suggestions regarding antimicrobial selection.
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Alaska Hospital Demonstrates How to Cut Surgical Infections
As one hospital that pioneered new approaches to reducing surgical infections in the National Surgical Infection Prevention (SIP) Collaborative, Providence Alaska Medical Center (Anchorage, Alaska, USA) has proven that determination, focus, and motivation make a difference when it comes to improving health care quality.
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Reducing Surgical Site Infections: Mercy Health Center
Mercy Health Center (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA) reduced post-surgery infections by 78 percent in one year by redesigning systems of care using rapid cycle improvement.
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Improvement Report: Improving Infection Prevention in Adult Surgical Inpatients
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) has implemented processes that increase the quality of care for adult surgical inpatients while reducing the costs of care by reducing the number of surgical infections.
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Improvement Report: Promoting Quality Through Prevention of Infection
Baystate Medical Center (Springfield, Massachusetts, USA) focused on decreasing morbidity and mortality associated with postoperative infection in the surgical patient population.
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Improvement Report: Surgical Infection Prevention
Genesis Medical Center (Davenport, Iowa, USA) designed a system to decrease surgical wound infections, enhanced the care of patients, and promoted a culture of patient safety throughout the organization.
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