Preventing Surgical Site Infections by Utilizing CHG Wipes for Preoperative Skin Preparation

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The Clinical Nurse Leader project took place at a 106-bed community hospital in Washington. The microsystem has five operating rooms where they provide outpatient, and inpatient surgical procedures. The goal of this project is to reduce and sustain a near zero number of surgical site infections by implementing the use of a no rinse 2% CHG cloth in the surgical patient. The specific aim of the project is to reduce the rate of SSIs by 80% by December 31^st, 2015. Due to a lack of a standardized care, specifically designed for the prevention of SSIs, the microsystem is experiencing a higher rate of SSIs than desired. Methods utilized in this project were data of the current SSI rates for fiscal year 2015, and unit assessment. The data revealed that the microsystem had incurred a total of 12 SSIs, which cost a total of $249,420 to treat. The cost of implementation of the 2% CHG cloth annually is $12,168. The pre-intervention results found variations in preoperative skin preparation, and a lack of compliance. Interventions included the standardization of preoperative skin process, developing education for staff and patients, and determining how product would be dispersed to patients. The specific aim goals will not be actualized until data analysis is completed on December 31^st, 2015.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Paek, Jini K

Contributors dc:contributor

• Elena Capella

• Surgical Site Infections
• Preoperative Skin Preparation
• 2% CHG Wipes
• Perioperative, Operating Room and Surgical Nursing

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/154

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1159