英文摘要 |
This project aims to reduce the length of stays in the hospital, readmission rates, and patients' mortality by providing multidisciplinary care to prevent surgical site infection following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The incidence of postoperative infections in the surgical cardiac unit was 6.56% in the first season of 2016, higher than the standard 3.8% of the surgical department. The project team identified several potential causes: the quality of nurse-performed preoperative skin preparation was inconsistent; the dosage of prophylactic antibiotics was not adjusted based on the patient's weight; the order for the surgical wound dressing varied between doctors; the members among the care team had different understandings to optimal glucose control. By standardizing the protocol and created a checklist for preoperative skin preparation, establishing orders package with an individualized dosage of prophylaxis antibiotics and a personalized plan of glucose control, and standardizing postoperative wound dressing, the project effectively improved the quality of care and reduced the wound infection rate following CABG to 3.36% through the multidisciplinary collaboration. |