Reducing OR Traffic Using Education, Policy Development, and Communication Technology.

Abstract:

:A bundled approach to surgical site infection (SSI) prevention strategies includes reducing OR traffic. A nurse-led quality improvement (QI) team sought to reduce OR traffic through education and a process change that included wireless communication technology and policy development. The team measured OR traffic by counting the frequency of door openings per hour in seven surgical suites during 305 surgical procedures conducted during similar 22-week periods before and after the QI project intervention. Door openings decreased significantly (P < 0.05) from an average of 37.8 per hour to 32.8 per hour after the QI project intervention. This suggests that our multifaceted approach reduces OR traffic. The next steps of this project include analyzing automatically captured video to understand OR traffic patterns and expanding education to departments and external personnel frequently present in our surgical suites. Future research evaluating the effectiveness of this OR traffic initiative on SSI incidence is recommended.

journal_name

AORN J

journal_title

AORN journal

authors

Esser J,Shrinski K,Cady R,Belew J

doi

10.1016/j.aorn.2015.10.022

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-01-01 00:00:00

pages

82-8

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1

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0001-2092

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1878-0369

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S0001-2092(15)00993-X

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103

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