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A Retrospective Study of the Accuracy of Surgical Care Improvement Project Metrics for Documenting Normothermia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

John M. Boyce ,
Linda Sullivan ,
Douglas Vaughn ,
Jessica Nuzzo  and
Kimberly A. Davis
John M. Boyce*
Affiliation:
Department of Quality Improvement Support Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Linda Sullivan
Affiliation:
Department of Quality Improvement Support Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Douglas Vaughn
Affiliation:
Department of Perioperative Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Jessica Nuzzo
Affiliation:
Department of Quality Improvement Support Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Kimberly A. Davis
Affiliation:
Department of Quality Improvement Support Services, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

A retrospective study of a systematic sample of 150 patients who underwent abdominal surgery revealed that 53 (35.3%) had all intraoperative temperatures in the hypothermic range (<36.0°C). Fifty-two (98.1%) of the 53 patients met 1 or both surgical care improvement project criteria for normothermia. Improved metrics are needed to assure normothermia.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(11):1408–1410

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 11 , November 2014 , pp. 1408 - 1410
Copyright
© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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