Patient skin preparation for surgery.
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%.
El Sayed
Iman A
IA
General Organization of Teaching Hospitals & Institutes, Cairo, Egypt. ehssanbaghagho@yahoo.com.
Hashem
Samar A
SA
El Sayed
Abdallah S
AS
Gadoua
Iman M
IM
Kamel
Ahlam E
AE
Perse
Olivia K
OK
Baghagho
Ehssan A
EA
Terzaki
Soraya R
SR