Five changes reduce infections in CABG surgeries.
Five changes in procedures for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries have made a big impact on post-operative infection rates at the Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fl. The hospital has gone from being above the benchmark rate for surgical infections to well below, and has apparently eliminated chest cavity would infection.
D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies