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Surgical Site Infections
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Pennsylvania National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (PA- NSQIP) initiated a collaborative project in December 2010 to reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) among the PA-NSQIP member hospitals and to transfer successful strategies and lessons learned to other Pennsylvania hospitals.
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Multifaceted Differences in Implementation of Practices for Prevention of Colorectal and Bariatric Surgical Site Infections
A collaborative improvement project to reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) in bariatric and colorectal surgical cases was initiated in December 2010 with the Pennsylvania National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. On-site interviews and assessments indicate that standardization and safety culture play significant roles in preventing SSIs.
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