Implementation of a surgical site infection prevention bundle: Patient adherence and experience

Stacey Hockett Sherlock; Daniel Suh; Eli Perencevich; Heather Schacht Reisinger; Judy Streit; Amy Frank; Gosia Clore; Madeline Ohl; Dina Speicher; Loreen Herwaldt; Marin L Schweizer

doi:10.1017/ash.2021.214

Implementation of a surgical site infection prevention bundle: Patient adherence and experience

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2021 Dec 10;1(1):e63. doi: 10.1017/ash.2021.214. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Stacey Hockett Sherlock^{1

2}, Daniel Suh¹, Eli Perencevich^{1

2}, Heather Schacht Reisinger^{1

2}, Judy Streit¹, Amy Frank¹, Gosia Clore^{1

2}, Madeline Ohl¹, Dina Speicher¹, Loreen Herwaldt^{1

3}, Marin L Schweizer^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa.
² Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.
³ Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa.

Abstract

We evaluated barriers and facilitators to patient adherence with a bundled intervention including chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) bathing and decolonizing Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers in a real-world setting. Survey data identified 85.5% adherence with home use of CHG as directed and 52.9% adherence with home use of mupirocin as directed.