The role of team engagement and a defined bundle approach in the reduction of surgical site infections associated with lower segment caesarean section

摘要

This presentation describes our response to an 80% increase inthe monthly rate of LSCS associated surgical site infections (SSI) in a 500 bedtertiary referral hospital in NSW. The service undertakes almost 650 LSCSannually with a monthly SSI rate of 1.7% (January 2012 to July 2014). InAugust 2014 the SSI rate was 12.3% (nZ7).