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'Shockingly High' Rates - CE477
'Shockingly High' Rates
Surgical Site Infections Remain a Constant Threat
by Connie C. Chettle, RN, MS, MPH, COHN-S and Barbara Barzoloski-O'Connor, RN, MSN, CIC
CE477 l 1.00 contact hrs

Price: $ 10.00

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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 10/25/2013

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