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Improving surgical wound classification accuracy through education and audit processes

Precise wound classification is essential for surgical site infection risk stratification and appropriate hospital reimbursement. We instituted a multifaceted approach to improve institutional wound class identification including an education and awareness bundle, as well as a formal audit process....

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Autores principales: Fullington, Hannah, Block, Morgan, Jose, Nisha, Peschka, Stephanie, Brooks, Jessica, Price, Steven, Monroe, David, Dirisala, Karunakara, Street, Austin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10660414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37967995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002325
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author Fullington, Hannah
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description Precise wound classification is essential for surgical site infection risk stratification and appropriate hospital reimbursement. We instituted a multifaceted approach to improve institutional wound class identification including an education and awareness bundle, as well as a formal audit process. Overall, we saw significant improvements in wound class accuracy, interprofessional collaboration and provider compliance.
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spelling pubmed-106604142023-11-15 Improving surgical wound classification accuracy through education and audit processes Fullington, Hannah Block, Morgan Jose, Nisha Peschka, Stephanie Brooks, Jessica Price, Steven Monroe, David Dirisala, Karunakara Street, Austin BMJ Open Qual Short Report Precise wound classification is essential for surgical site infection risk stratification and appropriate hospital reimbursement. We instituted a multifaceted approach to improve institutional wound class identification including an education and awareness bundle, as well as a formal audit process. Overall, we saw significant improvements in wound class accuracy, interprofessional collaboration and provider compliance. BMJ Publishing Group 2023-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10660414/ /pubmed/37967995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002325 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
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