Surgery Patients Whose Preventative Antibiotic(s) Are Stopped within 24 Hours after Surgery

What Does This Measure?

Percentage of surgery patients whose preventative antibiotic(s) are stopped within 24 hours after their surgery ends.

Why Is This Important?

What Are We Doing to Improve Our Performance?

Duke has enacted several initiatives to improve our performance. These include:

• Evidence-based medicine
• Standardized order sets
• Computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
• Patient rounding
• Electronic medical records (EMR)
• Six Sigma and DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, and control process) methodologies
• Nursing and physician education
• Patient safety and clinical quality committees
• Patient advocacy and support groups
• Surgery-specific patient education and instructions
  
• Surgical Care Improvement Project Team

More Information

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