For the study, 211 patients either received a combination of five interventions or the standard practice before elective colorectal surgery. The five-intervention bundle included omission of mechanical bowel preparation; preoperative and intraoperative warming; supplemental oxygen during and immediately after surgery; intraoperative intravenous fluid restriction; and use of a surgical wound protector.
There was a 45 percent rate of surgical site infections for the bundled intervention groups, compared to 24 percent in the standard group. Further, most of the infections in the bundled intervention group were superficial incisional surgical site infections.
Read the abstract about bundled interventions for surgical site infections.
Read other coverage about surgical site infections:
– ASC Quality Collaboration Releases Infection Prevention Toolkits for Surgery Centers
– Use of Sterile C-Arm Drape Decreases Risk of Surgical Site Infections
