This hour-long session on preventing SSIs to augment safety for surgical patients will discuss introducing a 7 S Bundle approach to your existing quality and safety program. The webinar instructor will define key areas that need to be monitored and risk factors that need to be eliminated to intensify healthcare safety.
These measures require a multidisciplinary team approach at all levels from healthcare administrators and surgeons to postoperative care personnel and infection control professionals. This webinar will outline specific steps a team can implement in the inpatient and outpatient surgical setting to prevent SSIs.
The session will focus individually on supporting topics like safety in the OR, screening for risk factors and the employment of quality improvement tools. Participants will join the instructor in discussing best practices for using a 7 S Bundle approach to prevent SSIs.
Why Should You Attend:
Guidelines and recommendations for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) are published by the CDC, Joint Commission, Society for Hospital Epidemiologist of America (SHEA), American College of Surgeons, Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses and other regulatory agencies. There are systematic bundled strategies that can be implemented in healthcare settings where surgery is performed to reduce the risk of SSI.These measures require a multidisciplinary team approach at all levels from healthcare administrators and surgeons to postoperative care personnel and infection control professionals. This webinar will outline specific steps a team can implement in the inpatient and outpatient surgical setting to prevent SSIs.
The session will focus individually on supporting topics like safety in the OR, screening for risk factors and the employment of quality improvement tools. Participants will join the instructor in discussing best practices for using a 7 S Bundle approach to prevent SSIs.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe common risk factors for surgical site infections.
- Identify organizations and associations that offer recommendation and guidelines for the prevention of SSIs.
- Describe a 7 S Bundle approach towards the prevention of SSIs.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- Safety in the OR: Infection prevention measures in surgical suites, surgical attire, traffic control, instrument sterilization, disinfection of the environment, surgical technique, safe medication handling procedures, and monitoring of the air handling system.
- Screening for risk factors and the most common microorganisms that cause SSI - MRSA and Staph aureus colonization.
- Shower with antiseptic soap prior to the surgery.
- Surgical skin prep with alcohol based antiseptics.
- Surgical irrigation with chlorhexidine to prevent exogenous contamination in tissues.
- Innovative sutures with antimicrobial action to prevent stick abscesses and local infection.
- Innovative postoperative skin closure to prevent postoperative contamination in incisions.
- Using quality improvement tools and teamwork to implement the Joint Commission NPSG 07.05.01.
Who Will Benefit:
This webinar will provide valuable assistance to:- Healthcare administrators
- Surgeons and anesthesiologists
- OR and perioperative nurses
- Postoperative inpatient and clinic nurses
- Infection control professionals
- Healthcare epidemiologists
- Personnel directly responsible for the prevention of SSIs
Course Provider
Maureen Spencer,
