Plan-Do-Check-Action Circulation Combined with Accelerated Rehabilitation Nursing under Computed Tomography in Prevention and Control of Hospital Infection in Elderly Patients Undergoing Elective Orthopedic Surgery

To explore the adoption of plan-do-check-action (PDCA) circulation combined with accelerated rehabilitation nursing based on gemstone spectral imaging computed tomography (GSICT) in the prevention and control of hospital infection in the elderly patients undergoing the elective orthopedic surgery, 80 elderly patients who underwent the elective orthopedic surgery in the hospital were selected. Then, according to the randomized controlled principle, these 80 patients were divided into control group (40 cases) with conventional nursing and observation group (40 cases) with accelerated rehabilitation surgical nursing combined with PDCA circulation. All the patients underwent the GSICT examination without any contraindicators. Compared with the conventional CT scan, metal artifacts in GSICT were considerably reduced. In the images processed by GSI and metal artifacts reduction system (MARS), metal artifacts were basically eliminated and the positions, forms, and edges of metal artifacts in the human body were clearly presented. Hospital infection occurred in 1 (2.5%) patient in the observation group and 5 (12.5%) patients in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). In terms of temperature increase, patients in control group (37.5%) had a remarkably higher value than that of observation group (7.5%). The increase rate of white blood cell (WBC) count in control group (12.5%) was obviously higher than that in observation group (2.5%). Besides, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). After PDCA circulation combined with accelerated rehabilitation nursing mode was applied, the hospitalization time of observation group (5.3 ± 2.4 days) was markedly lower than that of control group (9.7 ± 3.8 days). Moreover, the total hospitalization cost of observation group (791.44 yuan) was notably lower than that of control group (4068.96 yuan), with significant differences (P < 0.05). Nursing satisfaction in observation group (92.5%) was higher than that in control group (77.5%), and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). In short, GSICT could effectively reduce beam hardening artifacts and metal implant artifacts and improve image quality. Furthermore, accelerated rehabilitation nursing combined with PDCA circulation could effectively reduce the incidence of hospital infection and improve nursing satisfaction.