SSI – Final April 2012

Category / Title / Source / Description
Core / “How-to Guide: Prevent Surgical Site Infection” (Institute for Healthcare Improvement [IHI]) / / This how-to guide describes key evidence-based care components for preventing surgical site infections, describes how to implement these interventions, and recommends measures to gauge improvement.
Core / “Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999” (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]) / / The “Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999” presents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s recommendations for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSI).
Core / “Frequently Asked Questions about Surgical Site Infections” (CDC) / / This site includes FAQs about surgical site infections.
Core / Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Toolkit (CDC) / / This CDC Toolkit is organized as a PowerPoint document and includes SSI prevention strategies.
Core / “National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)” (CDC) / / The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a secure, internet-based surveillance system that integrates and expands legacy patient and healthcare personnel safety surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at CDC. NHSN also includes a new component for hospitals to monitor adverse reactions and incidents associated with receipt of blood and blood products. Enrollment is open to all types of healthcare facilities in the United States, including acute care hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient dialysis centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and long term care facilities.
Core / “Changes to PreventSurgical Site Infection” (IHI) / / This site includes a number of changes facilities can implement to prevent SSI.
Core / “Prevent Surgical Site Infection” (IHI) / / This site includes a number of tools from IHI to aid a facility in SSI prevention.
Core / Surgical Site Infection Prevention Bundle(Health Protection Scotland) / / Procedures and checklists created by Health Protection Scotland to help prevent SSI.
Core - Pedi / “How-to Guide: Prevent Surgical Site Infection — Pediatric Supplement” (IHI) / / How-to guide tailored specifically for pediatricians describes key evidence-based care components for preventing surgical site infections, describes how to implement these interventions, and recommends measures to gauge improvement.
Core to Enhanced / “Preventing Surgical Site Infections” (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, HealthCare.gov) / / Site includes a list of resources, peer reviewed research, and successful efforts to reduce SSIs.
Core to HPH / “Why Not The Best? Quality Improvement Resources for Healthcare Professionals” (The Commonwealth Fund) / / This site presents case studies that enable hospitals to learn from other hospitals about successful strategies to create safe, reliable health care processes. Hospitals can browse case studies by topic.
Enhanced / “World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist and Getting Started Kit” (IHI) / / The aim of this checklist is to reinforce accepted safety practices and foster better communication and teamwork between clinical disciplines. The checklist is intended as a tool for use by clinicians interested in improving the safety of their operations and reducing unnecessary surgical deaths and complications.
Enhanced / “Infection Prevention: Surgical Site Infection” (IHI) / / This site includes a table that allows facilities the ability to quickly find a mentor in the area of SSI prevention with similar demographics.
Enhanced / Prevent Surgical Site Infections: Getting Started Kit(Safer Healthcare Now!) / / Safer Healthcare Now! is a national program supporting Canadian healthcare organizations to improve safety through the use of quality improvement methods and the integration of evidence in practice.This “Getting Started Kit” has been written to help engage your interprofessional/interdisciplinary teams in a dynamic approach for improving quality and safety while providing a basis for getting started in SSI Prevention.
Enhanced / “Attacking MRSA Through Positive Deviance” (Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence [HPOE]) / / Case study from Albert Einstein Medical Center that discusses how the organization tackled MRSA using a concept known as“positive deviance.”
Enhanced / “DICON to Reduce MRSA” (HPOE) / / Case study from DICON that describes how Community Memorial Healthcenter (South Hill, VA) reduced MRSA rates.
Enhanced / Guide to the Elimination of Orthopedic Surgical Site Infections(APIC) / / Guide from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). The purpose of this guide is to provide practical tools, strategies, and resources for infection preventionists,care providers, surgical staff, and quality improvement teams to use in their efforts to eliminate surgical site infections in orthopedic surgery.
Enhanced to HPH / “Collaboration to Prevent Infections” (HPOE) / / Case study from Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, MI) that describes how the Keystone Center for Patient Safety and Quality partnered with the Michigan Health and Hospital Association and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to decrease HAI throughout Michigan.
HPH / “Reducing Surgical Site Infections: Mercy Health Center” (IHI) / / Case study that describes how Mercy Health Center (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) reduced post-surgery infections by 78% in one year by redesigning systems of care using rapid cycle improvement.
HPH / “Reducing Healthcare-Associated MRSA Infections on a Surgical Unit” (IHI) / / Case study that describes how St. John's Regional Center (Springfield, Missouri) reduced hospital-acquired infections through their work in an IHI Learning and Innovation Community on Reducing Hospital-Acquired Infections.
HPH / Guide for the Prevention of Mediastinitis Surgical Site Infections Following Cardiac Surgery(Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), / / Guide from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).The purpose of this guide is to help the infection preventionistto implement evidence-based strategies that minimize the risk of postoperative mediastinitis following cardiac surgery procedures in the inpatient hospital setting.
Supporting / “Having Surgery? What You Should Know Before You Go” (CDC) / / A guide created by the CDC to protect yourself and your loved ones from infections related to surgery.

Supporting

/

“Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals” (University of Chicago Press, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology)

/ / The article highlights practical recommendations in a concise format to assist acute care hospitals to implement and prioritize their surgical site infection (SSI) prevention efforts. This journal is available for purchase.

1