Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low-resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study | Zendy

Jared A. Forrester | Zendy; Nichole Starr | Zendy; Tihiteegussie | Zendy; Diego Schaps | Zendy; Mohammed Ibrahim Adem | Zendy; Sisay Guta Alemu | Zendy; Demisew Amenu | Zendy; Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu | Zendy; Tadesse Habteyohannes | Zendy; Fekadu Jiru | Zendy; Adamu Tesfaye | Zendy; Ebisa Wayessa | Zendy; R Chen | Zendy; Amber W. Trickey | Zendy; Senait Bitew | Zendy; Abebe Bekele | Zendy; Thomas G. Weiser | Zendy

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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low-resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

Author(s) -

Jared A. Forrester,

Nichole Starr,

Tihiteegussie,

Diego Schaps,

Mohammed Ibrahim Adem,

Sisay Guta Alemu,

Demisew Amenu,

Natnael Atnafu Gebeyehu,

Tadesse Habteyohannes,

Fekadu Jiru,

Adamu Tesfaye,

Ebisa Wayessa,

R Chen,

Amber W. Trickey,

Senait Bitew,

Abebe Bekele,

Thomas G. Weiser

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

british journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1365-2168

pISSN - 0007-1323

DOI - 10.1002/bjs.11997

Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , infection control , quality management , surgical infections , emergency medicine , surgical site infection , relative risk , surgery , intensive care medicine , operations management , confidence interval , management system , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , antibiotics

Clean Cut is an adaptive, multimodal programme to identify improvement opportunities and safety changes in surgery by enhancing outcomes surveillance, closing gaps in surgical infection prevention standards, and strengthening underlying processes of care. Surgical-site infections (SSIs) are common in low-income countries, so this study assessed a simple intervention to improve perioperative infection prevention practices in one.

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