High Value Approach to Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Improving Surgeons’ Compliance

Authors

Chizoba Ugwummadu, MD, MS-HQSM, FACP, Kettering Health
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

4-14-2022

Comments

Presentation: 56:42

Speakers:

Chizoba Ugwummadu, MD, MS-HQSM, FACP

Hospitalist

Kettering Health

Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD

Associate Professor

Program Director, Healthcare Quality & Safety, and Operational Excellence

Jefferson College of Population Health

Abstract

Decreasing surgical-site infections (SSI) at lower costs is important to every hospital. Join us to hear about a pilot project at Kettering Health that promoted the use of low-cost povidone-iodone nasal swabs and resulted in a 70% decrease in the SSI rate over the course of the study. This project helped Jefferson win a business innovation award!

Recommended Citation

Ugwummadu, MD, MS-HQSM, FACP, Chizoba and Cooper, MD, JD, Mary Reich, "High Value Approach to Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Improving Surgeons’ Compliance" (2022). Population Health Leadership Series: PopTalk Webinars. Paper 42.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/phlspoptalk/42

Language

English