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CE Home > Perioperative Nursing > 'Shockingly High' Rates

'Shockingly High' Rates    
Surgical Site Infections Remain a Constant Threat
by Connie C. Chettle, RN, MS, MPH, CIC, COHN-S
CE477 l 1.00 hr

'Shockingly High' Rates - CE477  


        Price  ( $ 10.00 )
Objectives:

The goal of this program is to provide nurses with information on preventing surgical site infections (SSIs). After studying the information presented here, you will be able to —

  • Explain why prophylactic antibiotics should be given 30 to 60 minutes before incision and discontinued within 24 hours after surgery.
  • Discuss why giving antibiotics after wound closure does not prevent infections.
  • Discuss why hypothermia and hyperglycemia are included in Joint Commission core measures for preventing SSIs.

This course will be updated or discontinued on or before 4/18/2011


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