SURGICAL SITE INFECTION PREVENTION NATALIE ALLEN BROWN, RN UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON (Complete And Verified Study material) (17pages) LEARNEXAMS

WHAT IS A SURGICAL SITE INFECTION This is an infection occurring at the site of surgery within 30days of an operation or withing one year of an operation if a foreign body is implanted as part of the surgery CHANGE THEORY FOR SURGICAL SITE INFECTION. Surgical site infection endanger patient’ s lives and they can be a significant burden. It increase hospital stay and are high cost to the hospital This happens because of non compliance with the prevention measures This problem can be 100 % preventable