Abstract

Surgical site infection (SSI) is the costliest healthcare-acquired infection that encompasses around three to ten billion dollars annually. The costs do not include the societal challenges and personal losses that patients endure when they have SSI. The evidence-based project revolves around decreasing SSI among colorectal surgical patients with a PICOT question: In patients having colorectal surgery, how does an educational project regarding double gloving for reducing SSIs, compared to no educational project, improve compliance rates for double gloving? The evidence recommends that double-gloving techniques among surgical members (surgeon, surgical assistant, and scrub techs/nurses) during surgery prevent SSI. The project utilized the models of JHEBP and PDSA to conceptualize and implement the project, respectively. After three months of implementation, the adherence rate for double gloving during surgery among surgical members increased by 19.93% among surgeons, 26.25% among scrub techs/nurses, and 19.48% among surgical assistants. The SSI rate during this time was decreased 40%. The double gloving was included in a bigger project, which is the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) to sustain the project and increase the positive outcomes and experience of patients undergoing colorectal surgeries.

Date of publication

Fall 5-3-2024

Document Type

DNP Scholarly Project

Language

english

Persistent identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4679

Committee members

CHERYL PARKER, PHD; GINA NICKELS-NELSON, DNP; LAURI JOHN, PHD

Degree

Doctor of Nursing Practice

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