Perioperative/Temperature Management | Center for Healing Solutions

Implementing ERAS protocols throughout Patient Peri-Op Journey: Reductions in Complications

Kari M. Cole, Ed.D, Hans D. de Boer, MD, Luis G. Fernández, MD, Janel Myers, MSN, and V.

Perioperative Components for SSI Reduction: A Team Approach to Implementing Protocols for Improved Surgical Care

Cathleen Ferguson RN, BScN, RNFA, CPN(C), Duncan Rozario, MD, FRCSC, FACS, and Andrew M. Suess, MD, FRCPC review enhanced recovery after surgery and/or NSQIP preoperative components, review and identify components of a surgical site infection bundle, review how to implement an SSI reduction program and selecting your team, explore the importance for maintaining normothermia perioperatively to optimize patient outcomes, and differentiate formulations of skin antiseptics & application methods for successful decolonization.

Supported by

3M Health Care, Medical Solutions Division

Faculty Contributors

Vedra Augenstein, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Atrium Health
Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, North Carolina

H. John Cooper, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Division of Hip & Knee Reconstruction
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York

Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CWS, CWOCN-AP, DAPWCA
Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Specialist
Tower Health
Reading, Pennsylvania

Allen Gabriel, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California
Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center
Vancouver, Washington

Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Director
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Marc Matthews, MD, FASC, FASGS
The Arizona Burn Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Creighton University, University of Arizona, Midwestern University, AT Still University School of Medicine
Phoenix, Arizona

David Shapiro, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida
Tallahassee, Florida

Devinder Singh, MD
Chief & Program Director, Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Miami and Jackson Health Systems
Clinical Professor of Surgery (interim)
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
Wound/Education Consultant
Clinician; Saratoga Hospital Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine
Saratoga Springs, New York

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