A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery
SSI rates decreased below the goal of 1 per 100 surgical cases. Standardized wound dressings, improving hygiene compliance including bath compliance from 80% to 96.1%, multidisciplinary collaboration, bedside rounds, and postdischarge procedures contributed to lowering and sustaining low SSI rates.
Authors
- Subhadra Shashidharan
- Charlotta Eriksson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9066-8893)
- Michelle E. Gleason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5889-2676)
- Nikhil K. Chanani
- Christina Calamaro
- Joshua Rosenblum
- Mary Lukacs
- Kathy Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1898-352X)
- Michael P. Fundora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3204-1176)
- Patricia Dunaway
- Mohua Basu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0335-6948)
- L. Newberry
- Cassidy Golden
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Quality and Safety
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pq9.0000000000000785
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01