Surgical site infection reduction bundle: Implementation and challenges at ventura county medical center

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Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) are a significant cause of morbidity and increased cost in the postoperative patient occurring in 2-5 per cent of those undergoing inpatient surgery. Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC) initiated an SSI reduction bundle in 2013, to try to reduce the incidence of SSI. The bundle is a series of best practices including preoperative, perioperative, intraoperative, and postoperative components, as well as items focused on the staff and electronicmedical record. VCMC started with a 6.1 per cent SSI rate in 2013. A consistent reduction in SSI rate followed each quarter after that for a rate of less than 2.0per cent in early 2016. The most critical aspect of this processwas the necessary collaboration between disparate departments and the ongoing investment of the staff to this challenging process; the people at the heart of the collaborative process were the key to its success.

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Losh, J. M., Gough, A., Rutherford, R., Romero, J., Diaz, G., & Schweitzer, J. (2017). Surgical site infection reduction bundle: Implementation and challenges at ventura county medical center. American Surgeon, 83(10), 1147–1151. https://doi.org/10.1177/000313481708301027

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