The crucial part of the anaesthesists and their teams in the surgical patient pathway is undisputable.
Since anaesthesia is usually an invasive procedure requiring close contact with the patient, infection prevention is of considerable relevance.
For this reason, we have presented here the measures that are specifically relevant for you.
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Area clothing, masks, hair-coverings, protective goggles – the protection in the operating theatre has high priority and includes a number of measures…
Should systemic body warming be used to prevent SSI in surgical patient or not?
A significant influence of a perioperative parenteral antibiotic prophylaxis is particularly detectable for e.g.:1
Protecting you and the patient
during the surgical procedure
begins before entering the
operating room, e.g. with
removing jewellery and covering
hair.
See what your SSI prevention should start with...
The specifications for hand hygiene include HOW (e.g. skin care, technique, fluids), but also WHEN (e.g. 5 moments) and HOW OFTEN, which are relevant for your working environment, too.
Prevention of SSI includes not only hygiene measures but also therapeutic steps, structural conditions, and corresponding measures.
HARTMANN provides comprehensive information on the recommendations of international institutions like the WHO – even if they go beyond hygienic measures – to create a source for you to find everything in one place.
For the prevention of SSI, it has proven effective to combine particularly important measures into a bundle of measures, to train on the bundle, and to monitor compliance with the bundle in the form of self-monitoring.1
Find new ideas here to combine measures and more…
Depending on the upcoming procedure and the patient's colonisation, a patient preparation checklist includes…
… a manageable list of fixed and variable items.
Do you have a standardized practice to prepare for surgical procedures?
Even apparent and self-evident facts in the prevention of SSI should be regularly refreshed and communicated.
References:
1. KRINKO (2018) Prävention postoperativer Wundinfektionen. Empfehlungen der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention (KRINKO) beim Robert Koch-Institut. Bundesgesundheitsbl 61: 448–473.
Surgical site infection prevention is a task in which different sections are involved. Find here all relevant measures and information per perspective to create your individual infection prevention bundle!
For an easier daily routine with infection prevention.
