Lessons Learned from

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Lessons Learned from

• East Alabama Medical Center

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Surgical Infection Prevention Collaborative

• Getting Started
• Establishing a tracking system
• Educating staff
• Working with Physicians
• Using Rapid Cycle PDCA
• Where to Focus Efforts

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Getting Started

• Get everyone on the same page
• Standard definitions
• Data Collection Form
• Consistent Follow-Up Plan

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Lunch with a Purpose
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Working With Physicians

• Buy-in
• Persistance
• Evidence-Based
• Dont force change

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Report card
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Rapid Cycle
Integrate into System
DATA
Pyxis in Preop Holding
Circulator dispensing
CRNA dispensing
Satellite pharmacy in OR
Develop Approach
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Antibiotics with one hour
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Test cycle form
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Test Cycle Log
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Focusing Efforts for Impact

• Patient flow
• Documentation
• Include Staff in Decisions
• Communication

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Cardiac Surgery
Total Knee Replacement
Total Hip Replacement
Hysterectomy
C-section
IP
OP
The Surgery Center Admission
Telemetry Floor or ICU
Cardiac Observation
The Surgery Center Preop
Preop Holding Area
L D
The Surgery Center Operating Room
Operating Room
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Documentation
Data collection
Process analysis
Process change
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Its All About People!!