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Standardization of a Surgical Site Precleansing Technique for Vascular Patients
Author(s) -
Grelle Kelli,
Linker Laura,
Maninang Jennifer,
Bruce Susan,
Vish Nancy,
Sample Shirley
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2008.03.006
Subject(s) - medicine , groin , axilla , surgical site infection , chlorhexidine gluconate , credentialing , specialty , surgery , complication , clinical practice , vascular surgery , chlorhexidine , general surgery , physical therapy , nursing , cardiac surgery , dentistry , pathology , cancer , breast cancer
SURGICAL SITE INFECTION (SSI) is a serious complication that can increase hospital costs and length of stay and may be life threatening. THE PREOPERATIVE CHLORHEXIDINE shower is widely recommended to decrease SSI risk, although standardized guidelines for this practice and supporting clinical evidence are lacking. BECAUSE VASCULAR PATIENTS often have comorbidities that hinder preoperative showering, OR nurses at a specialty hospital in Dallas, Texas, developed and implemented an intraoperative surgical site precleansing technique as standard practice for patients undergoing procedures involving the axilla or groin. AORN J 88 (August 2008) 261–265. © AORN, Inc, 2008.