Surgical Site Infection Prevention : The Role of the Infection Control Nurse

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  • SHINKAI Noriko
    Department of Infection Control, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
  • SHIMOZONO Takahiro
    Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Unit, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital

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  • 手術部位感染予防における感染管理看護師の役割

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  Surgical site infections (SSI) accounts for 20% of all health care-associated infections and are a serious post-operative complication, so preventing them is important. The surgical staff plays a critical role to this end, as bacterial contamination during surgery could lead to SSI. Pre-operative and post-operative care are also needed to reduce the risks of SSI. This requires a multi-disciplinary approach in which physicians, nurses, medical technicians, laboratory technologists, and pharmacists work collectively for the prevention, early detection, and treatment of SSI.<br>  An infection control nurse (ICN) coordinates the cross-departmental efforts by implementing the PDCA cycle to identify problems with surveillance, enlist various health care professionals to execute preventive strategies throughout the perioperative processes, evaluate their effectiveness, and introduce new interventions.

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