Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections

Course Code: REL-ACU-0-RRSSI

Hours: 0.5

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025

Learning Objectives:
List three risk factors for surgical site infections
Describe three ways perioperative professionals can help prevent surgical site infections
Identify surgical site infections by primary vs. secondary and superficial vs. deep

Outline:

Section 1: Introduction

About This Course

Learning Objectives

Section 2: What is an SSI?

Physiologic Wound Healing

Defining SSI

Section 3: Risk Factors for SSI

Patient-Related Risk Factors

Procedural Techniques

Environment

Risk Assessment

Section 4: Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Core Measure Set

SCIP — Infection 1: Prophylactic antibiotic received within one hour before surgical incision

SCIP — Infection 2: Prophylactic antibiotic selection for surgical patients

SCIP — Infection 3: Prophylactic antibiotics discontinued within 24 hours after the end of surgery

SCIP — Infection 4: Controlled postoperative serum glucose

SCIP — Infection 6: Surgery patients with appropriate hair removal

SCIP — Infection 10: Surgery patients with perioperative temperature management

Section 5: Clinical Vignette

Bev and Mr. Walters

Section 6: Conclusion

Course Summary

Course Contributor(s)

References

Instructor: Ashley M. Coffey, RN

Ashley Coffey, RN, BSN, BA is a SME nurse writer for Relias with a focus in Acute Care. She holds three bachelor's degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill: in English Literature, Linguistics, and Nursing. With over ten years of nursing experience in critical care, post-surgical care, and post-anesthesia care units in university and community hospitals across the United States, she fosters a particular passion for balancing time constraints with necessary, engaging education for nurses.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; Surgical Technologists; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.