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Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

2006-2009
Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PI: Lillian Kao

Surgical site infections (SSIs) increase morbidity and costs, yet compliance with preventive guidelines as outlined by the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is suboptimal. The objectives of this study are three-fold:

  1. To assess compliance and factors contributing to compliance with the SCIP infection prevention guidelines at 2 teaching hospitals with a shared administration
  2. To develop and implement a package of targeted interventions to increase compliance with these guidelines in laparotomy patients
  3. To rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention package using a staggered cohort design

 

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