Surgical Site Infection
Prevention
Shelby J
University of Texas at
In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N4455 Nursing Leader
Man
Susan Norman, MS, RN
April
,Change Theory for Surgical Site Infection Preve
• Surgical site infections end
patient’s lives!
• Increases hospital stay
• & high cost to hospital
• Cause: non-compliance of
preventative measures
• Problem is 100% preventa
• Implement Kotter’s change
theory to improve SSI prev
compliance
, SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Thre
• Reduction in • Non-compliance • Improve • Exten
SSIs of staff patient safety hosp
• Improved • Increase in time
• Increase profit stay
patient spent on SSI
outcomes prevention tasks • Improved • Incre
• Improve • Need for more employee cost
patient training training • Incre
satisfaction • Improved SSIs
reputation • Patie
death
Prevention
Shelby J
University of Texas at
In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N4455 Nursing Leader
Man
Susan Norman, MS, RN
April
,Change Theory for Surgical Site Infection Preve
• Surgical site infections end
patient’s lives!
• Increases hospital stay
• & high cost to hospital
• Cause: non-compliance of
preventative measures
• Problem is 100% preventa
• Implement Kotter’s change
theory to improve SSI prev
compliance
, SWOT Analysis
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Thre
• Reduction in • Non-compliance • Improve • Exten
SSIs of staff patient safety hosp
• Improved • Increase in time
• Increase profit stay
patient spent on SSI
outcomes prevention tasks • Improved • Incre
• Improve • Need for more employee cost
patient training training • Incre
satisfaction • Improved SSIs
reputation • Patie
death
