Tag Archive for ‘ACS NSQIP best practices’
UC Davis implements a clinical practice guideline for postoperative management of pediatric appendicitis
The results—and lessons learned—of a clinical practice guideline developed for postoperative management of pediatric appendicitis is the focus of this month’s column.
Quality improvement in imaging strategies for pediatric appendicitis
This column describes Children’s Hospital of Alabama’s efforts to improve the imaging strategies for pediatric appendicitis by evaluating the rates of different imaging modalities.
Preoperative smoking cessation: Every patient, every operation
Summarizes the challenges and benefits of launching a preoperative smoking cessation program.
Practice changes lower rates of transfusion, superficial SSI, and morbidity
Researchers at Golisano Children’s Hospital (GCH), University of Rochester, NY, conducted a quality improvement project to determine best practices for reducing pediatric general and pediatric orthopaedic morbidity and mortality due to transfusion and surgical site infection-related complications.
Practice changes for reducing UTIs in colon and rectal surgery patients
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, sought to investigate whether standardized management of indwelling urinary catheterization placement and duration could reduce the incident of UTIs after colon and rectal surgery.
Impact of SSI reduction strategy after colorectal resection
A nurse at Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island, NY, describes how that institution reduced surgical site infection for colorectal surgery by taking precautions at all phases of care, from prehospital to postoperative.
