2023
DOI: 10.1002/aorn.13999
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Implementing a Bundle to Improve Surgical Site Infection Rates for Patients Undergoing Nonvaginal‐Approach Hysterectomy at a Midwestern Teaching Hospital

Sean J. Balagna,
Craig Boyd,
Donald E. Arnold
et al.

Abstract: Accrediting organizations, third‐party payers, and patients review the surgical site infection (SSI) rates of health care organizations. Infection preventionists collaborate with perioperative personnel to decrease SSI rates; they also monitor and report SSI information to national organizations. The standard infection ratio is a comparison of the observed number of SSIs to the predicted number of SSIs based on national benchmark data. Leaders of a midwestern teaching hospital convened an interdisciplinary tea… Show more

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