Question

1. You are the lead cardiac surgeon in a large group. The hospital’s chief medical officer informs you that the outcome data for coronary artery bypass surgery are going to be made public on a state website. You obtain data for wound infection rates and discover that your group’s rate is double the state average. What steps would you take to correct this problem?

Answer 1

1. Assess the data of wound infections among Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery  patients in the hospital

2. Assess the causes of the infection such as the causative organism, the care provided by the multidisciplinary team, proper surgical preperation, whether it is the recommended care, the surroundings of the patient, the hospital policies, health condition of the patient(any associated risk factors) the diet pattern of the client, prophylactic antibiotics provided to the patient, asepsis performed during the medical procedures, cross infection from other clients.

3. Identify the primary cause of the infection and whether there are any secondary factors which are leading to infection.

4. plan the the care based on the assessment done and provide comprehensive health care by improving the standard of care. provide care based on the problems identified.

5. Implement the care based on the planned care, provide health education to the client explaining the causes of wound infection and methods to prevent them.

6. evaluate the patient care based on the set standards, and reassess the data to check for the improvement obtained.