title: Adoption of the ASPAN clinical guideline for the prevention of unplanned perioperative hypothermia: a data collection tool.
abstract: Perioperative hypothermia remains a common occurrence despite the development and dissemination of a clinical practice guideline for the prevention of unplanned perioperative hypothermia by ASPAN. Unfortunately, a process for measuring compliance with and adoption of this guideline has yet to be developed. The purpose of this article is to describe a medical record abstraction method for determining the degree of adoption of the ASPAN Clinical Guideline for the Prevention of Unplanned Perioperative Hypothermia in the perianesthesia setting. Use of the instrument for future research is also explored.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, 10 Park Place Circle, Augusta, GA 30909, USA. valhoop@knology.net
authors.forename: Vallire D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Hooper
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000379:methods*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D016528:Postanesthesia Nursing / Q000592:standards; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States