Managing Surgical Site Infections
Nursing CEUs / Surgical Site
In this course, you will learn about surgical site infections, which have the highest mortality rate of all healthcare-associated infections. You will learn how and why these infections come about, as well as patient risk factors for developing them. By the end of this course, you will be able to describe infection prevention practices and surgical environment practices for prevention of surgical site infections.
1.5 Contact Hours
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections
- Infection Prevention Strategies
- Surgical Environment for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
- Conclusion
- References
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