title: Patient skin preparation for surgery.
abstract: Skin preparation of the patient begins before arriving to the operating room; its purpose is to reduce the risk of post operative wound infection. The objective of this study was to assess the skin preparation for surgical procedures in 3 different hospitals of the General Organization for Teaching Hospitals & Institutes (GOTHI) and to determine their conformity to the existing protocol and make comparisons between them in their performance. A prospective study using the audit was done for 1 month, nearly for the same period in each of the 3 hospitals (A,B,C) to observe the skin preparation practices considering showering, hair removal and the 5 steps of patient skin preparation on table in the operating room. The global results revealed that the compliance rate in the three hospitals together as regards performing the 5 steps of skin preparation in the operating room was 36.2%. It was 50.6% in hospital A, 43.3% in hospital B and 18.7% in hospital C. As regards showering before surgery, it was 55%, removing hair appropriately (clipping) was 23.7% and removing hair by means was 44.6%.
authors.affiliation: General Organization of Teaching Hospitals & Institutes, Cairo, Egypt. ehssanbaghagho@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Iman A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: El Sayed
authors.forename: Samar A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hashem
authors.forename: Abdallah S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: El Sayed
authors.forename: Iman M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Gadoua
authors.forename: Ahlam E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Kamel
authors.forename: Olivia K
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Perse
authors.forename: Ehssan A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Baghagho
authors.forename: Soraya R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Terzaki