Surgical Care Improvement Project

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Partners involved in the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) which is a national quality partnership of organizations that are interested in improving surgical care by reducing surgical complications have noted that "postoperative infection is a major cause of patient injury, mortality, and health care cost" (Stulberg et al., 2010, p.2480) and an estimated "2.6 percent of nearly 30 million operations are complicated by surgical site infections each year" (Stulberg et al., 2010, p.2480) Infection rates of up to 20 percent are reported for certain types of operations. Each infection is "estimated to increase a hospital stay by an average of seven days and add over $3,000 in charges" (Stulberg et al., 2010, p.2480). Appropriate administration of "prophylactic" (Stulberg et al., 2010, p.2480) antibiotics is stated to be an effective method of preventing postoperative infections.

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