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Baseline Measure of Alcohol-Based Skin Preparation Agents before 2011 National Quality Forum Recommendation in a General Surgery Population

Part of: BARRY FARR AWARD RECIPIENTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

AkkeNeel Talsma ,
Andrzej Galecki ,
Carol E. Chenoweth ,
HyoGeun Geun  and
Darrell A. Campbell
AkkeNeel Talsma*
Affiliation:
University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Andrzej Galecki
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Carol E. Chenoweth
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
HyoGeun Geun
Affiliation:
University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan, South Korea
Darrell A. Campbell
Affiliation:
University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
School of Medicine, University of Michigan, 2800 Plymouth Road, Building 14, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (antalsma@umich.edu)
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Abstract

The National Quality Forum (2011) recommends the use of alcohol-based skin preparation agents before surgery to help prevent infections. This multihospital study (n = 3,794) evaluates its use in a general surgery patient population before the National Quality Forum recommendation. Forty-seven percent of cases received an alcohol-based skin preparation agent.

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Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 11 , November 2013 , pp. 1211 - 1214
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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