Partners in Care: Patient Education for Preventing Surgical Site Infections

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The patient plays a vital role in preventing surgical site infections! Help your facility reduce SSIs by educating the patient on infection prevention strategies that they can practice both before and after surgery. This important program explains the rationale behind these strategies in a clear, concise manner as well as provides step-by-step demonstrations.

Program Highlights

Identify Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA as potentially dangerous organisms

Steps for preparing the skin pre-operatively with an antiseptic cleanser

Steps for applying antiseptic nasal ointment

Infection prevention practices to follow in the home

Infection prevention practices performed at the facility

Signs and symptoms of post-operative infection

Learning Objective

To educate patients on the organisms that commonly cause surgical site infections, and outline pre- and post-operative practices in which the patient can participate to help reduce the chance of a surgical site infection

Program Includes

7min Visual presentation (DVD)
1 Free site license upon request

Bonus Resource CD
Patient Handout

From The Series

Partners in Care: Patient Education Series

Clinical Advisors

Samir Awad, MD

Vicki L. Brinsko, RN, BA, BSN, CIC

Patricia Byers, RM, M(ASCP), CIC

Shellie J. Tingle, MBA, BSN, RN, CRMST

April Tracy, RN, BSN, IP

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