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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Infection Control - May 2018

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8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • M A y 2 0 1 8 L ook at your patients' skin. Look closer. You can't see them, but they're there. Millions of microorganisms that have the potential to cause infection if they flake off into surgical incisions. That's not unlikely to happen, either, considering that skin sheds approximately 10 million particles each day. Skin antisepsis is therefore the critical first step of Brittany Harvey, MSN, MBA, RN, CNOR | Morgantown, W.Va. 5 Ways to Standardize Skin Prepping Practices Applying preps the same way every time eliminates the variables that increase infection risk. Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN, CNOR • LESS IS MORE Stocking a variety of skin prepping agents leaves too much room for error.

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