{"id":1544,"date":"2025-02-10T17:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T01:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nursingncal.kaiserpermanente.org\/annual-report\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2025-03-10T13:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:31:58","slug":"all-surgical-site-infection-prevention-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nursingncal.kaiserpermanente.org\/annual-report\/empirical-quality-outcomes\/all-surgical-site-infection-prevention-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"All Surgical Site Infection prevention strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023 All Surgical Site Infection (SSI) rates were at an odds ratio of 1.41, well above the targeted goal of 0.89. This was 40 SSIs. The Perioperative Services team identified the root causes contributing to the SSIs and implemented process changes that have been instrumental in the successful reduction of SSIs in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the changes included standardizing discharge wound to postoperative patients being discharged from both the inpatient and outpatient setting, improvement of bundle compliance and post-op calls focused on reviewing care of the surgical incision.<\/p>\n<p>With the implementation of these changes, there has been a significant decrease in number of SSIs from 40 cases in 2023 to 19 cases for 2024 currently.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nursingncal.kaiserpermanente.org\/annual-report\/ssi-reduction-image\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nursingncal.kaiserpermanente.org\/annual-report\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/SSI-reduction-image.jpg\" alt=\"SSI reduction graph\" width=\"736\" height=\"436\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1557\" 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