Reduction in Surgical Site Infections for Heart Operations With Surgical Safety Programs

Surgical site infections, a common postoperative complication after open heart operations, has been reduced by 77 percent at a Canadian hospital through its participation in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP (Regd) ), reveals a new case study presented at the 2014 ACS NSQIP National Conference. Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, reportedly reduced its rate of cardiac surgical site infections ...

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