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were concerned enough to bring this to our attention is a testament to their com-
mitment to safe patient care.) We also observed more and more breaches in prop-
er prepping technique in our 8 ORs. Here's how we shored up the weaknesses in
our prepping process.
Patience for
our patients
A prepping vendor rep
confirmed through an
audit what we'd suspect-
ed: We were below the
national average in prep
time and dry time. You
could broadly classify the
culprits as a lack of educa-
tion and pressure to go
faster. We set out to edu-
cate our nurses to per-
form the surgical prep in
the appropriate manner
according to the manu-
facturer's recommenda-
tion and decrease the
amount of observed inap-
propriate prepping.
Our reps conducted
several on-site education-
al sessions on proper
prepping technique and
appropriate coverage
REFERENCE: 1. Magill, S. et al. Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of
Health Care-Associated Infections. The New England Journal of Medicine 2014; 370:1198-208.
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