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3 9 A U G U S T 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E INFECTION PREVENTION products for pre-operative patient bathing." A team of physicians, RNs and infec- tion preventionists should standardize your facility's instructions. To get your patients to comply with your instruc- tions, you may want to con- sider partnering with sur- geons' offices to promote the practice to patients early in the process, as well as washing patients while they're in pre-op. "Then you know they're clean," says Ms. Wood. Pre-op baths and showers frequently take place out- side the perioperative envi- ronment, so ensuring patient compliance with your instructions is key to getting good results. Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee think that electronic inter- vention may help. For a study published in • Shower/bathe with CHG scrub the night before surgery and the morning of surgery. 40% • Shower/bathe with CHG scrub once a day for 2 or more days prior to surgery. 11% • Wipe surgical site with antiseptic cloth the night before surgery and the morning of surgery. 11% • Wipe surgical site with antiseptic cloth once a day for 2 or more days prior to surgery. 2% • We don't give patients pre-op bathing instructions. 36% SOURCE: Outpatient Surgery InstaPoll, July 2014, n=190 INSTAPOLL What Are Your Pre-Op Bathing Instructions to Patients?

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