New York—A bundle of preventive measures implemented at a hospital in New York state slashed colorectal surgical site infections by nearly 50%, according to a recent study.
The rate of such infections at Southside Hospital, in Bay Shore, decreased from 14.9% in the year preceding the introduction of the bundle to 7.1% in the year the intervention was implemented.
The bundle involved seven prehospital and pre-, intra- and postoperative measures, including specific ways