Abstract

Perioperative normothermia must be maintained to safeguard the colorectal patient from development of postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs). Colorectal patient hypothermia throughout the perioperative period was an organizational concern. A dashboard was built to pull specific indicators of SSIs, including temperature readings from each perioperative care area. The project purpose was standardization of thermal warming measures for colorectal patients, reduction of surgical site infections, and a decreased standard infection ratio. The PICOT question was: "In colorectal surgical patients with a wound classification score of II (clean/contaminated) or III (contaminated), how does utilization of a perioperative thermal warming package compared to no perioperative thermal warming package affect the temperature status upon admission into the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), the number of postoperative colorectal surgical site infections (SSIs), and the colorectal standard infection ratio (SIR) during a two month period?"

Description

Tool(s) Used: Lewin's Change Management Model

Author Details

Holly C. Taylor, DNP, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC, CNAMB

Sigma Membership

Omega Gamma, Omega Iota

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Perioperative, Normothermia, Surgical Site Infection

Advisor

Jill Schramm

Second Advisor

Catherine Fant

Third Advisor

Mary Elizabeth Teixeira

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Capella University

Degree Year

2021

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Self-submission

Date of Issue

2021-09-01

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