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Say Yes to Total Hips - March 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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7 5 M A R C H 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 L ike most surgical facilities, we take infection prevention seriously and we pride ourselves on our low SSI rates. We know the risk of infection accompanies any surgery, and that the risk with orthopedic procedures, many of which require implants, is even higher. So we're proud of the fact that for 2013 and prior years, our infection rate has averaged 0.2%, compared with the national average of 1.43%, the figure cited by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. I N F E C T I O N P R E V E N T I O N Make Orthopedic SSIs All But Disappear Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN We're zeroing in on zero, using these 9 steps. Gabrielle White, RN, CASC | Newport Beach, Calif. OSE_1403_part2_Layout 1 3/5/14 10:52 AM Page 75

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