A quality improvement program to reduce surgical site infections after cardiac surgery: A 10-year cohort study
This study suggests that considerable time may be required to achieve a substantial SSI risk reduction. We assume this may be attributed to the time required to achieve appropriate adherence with IP&C protocols.
Authors
- Stijn Blot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2145-0345)
- Diana Huis in ‘t Veld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5806-4352)
- Giuseppe Enea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-7434)
- Giuseppe Maria Raffa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7141-2561)
- Alessandra Mularoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8612-5581)
- Mieke Deschepper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6797-3147)
- Alessandro Mattina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3458-0894)
- Elena Conoscenti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-9308)
- Maria Campanella
- Barbara Ragonesi
Institutions
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie ad Alta Specializzazione (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103926
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.72
Funders
- Ministero della Salute