کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2641408 1137749 2016 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Reducing OR Traffic Using Education, Policy Development, and Communication Technology
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پرستاری و مشاغل بهداشتی پرستاری
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Reducing OR Traffic Using Education, Policy Development, and Communication Technology
چکیده انگلیسی
A bundled approach to surgical site infection (SSI) prevention strategies includes reducing OR traffic. A nurse-led quality improvement (QI) team sought to reduce OR traffic through education and a process change that included wireless communication technology and policy development. The team measured OR traffic by counting the frequency of door openings per hour in seven surgical suites during 305 surgical procedures conducted during similar 22-week periods before and after the QI project intervention. Door openings decreased significantly (P < 0.05) from an average of 37.8 per hour to 32.8 per hour after the QI project intervention. This suggests that our multifaceted approach reduces OR traffic. The next steps of this project include analyzing automatically captured video to understand OR traffic patterns and expanding education to departments and external personnel frequently present in our surgical suites. Future research evaluating the effectiveness of this OR traffic initiative on SSI incidence is recommended.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: AORN Journal - Volume 103, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 82-88
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