Methods for managing infection risk incident to surgical procedures in health care provider environments
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1. A method for managing the occurrence or risk of surgical site infection incident to a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
- (a) identifying a plurality of stages of operative care, including at least a preoperative stage, an intraoperative stage, and a postoperative stage;
(b) identifying one or more points of care within each identified stage of operative care;
(c) for each point-of-care, identifying one or a plurality of sources of measurable risk of surgical site infection;
(d) for identified surgical site infection risks, identifying at least one practice for either or both managing or reducing the risks, either individually for each risk or collectively for more than one risk; and
(e) aligning the identified practice or practices within each point-of-care to provide a set of sequential practices throughout each of the stages of operative care in a manner that provides a desired management of the overall occurrence or risk of surgical site infection.
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Abstract
The invention provides methods and systems designed generally to managing the risk or occurrence of surgical site infection incident to a surgical procedure. The methods and systems employ perioperative process mapping tools that align, monitor and/or manage the operation of a plurality of health care delivery practices and thereby provide a desired level of infection risk management.
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1. A method for managing the occurrence or risk of surgical site infection incident to a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of stages of operative care, including at least a preoperative stage, an intraoperative stage, and a postoperative stage;
(b) identifying one or more points of care within each identified stage of operative care;
(c) for each point-of-care, identifying one or a plurality of sources of measurable risk of surgical site infection;
(d) for identified surgical site infection risks, identifying at least one practice for either or both managing or reducing the risks, either individually for each risk or collectively for more than one risk; and
(e) aligning the identified practice or practices within each point-of-care to provide a set of sequential practices throughout each of the stages of operative care in a manner that provides a desired management of the overall occurrence or risk of surgical site infection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for managing the risk or occurrence of surgical site infection incident to a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of health care delivery practices appurtenant to a surgical procedure that contribute to or pose a risk of surgical site infection;
(b) grouping one or more of the identified practices into a plurality of points-of-care;
(c) aligning, monitoring and managing the operation of the points-of-care to provide a desired management of the overall occurrence or risk of surgical site infection. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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12. A system for managing the risk or occurrence of surgical site infection incident to a surgical procedure, the system comprising:
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(a) identifying a plurality of stages of operative care, including at least a preoperative stage, an intraoperative stage and a postoperative stage;
(b) identifying one or more points-of-care within each identified stage of operative care;
(c) for each point-of-care, identifying one or a plurality of health care delivery practices that pose a source of measurable risk of surgical site infection;
(d) identifying one or more compliance indicators for one or a plurality of health care practices within each point-of-care whereby there is provided the ability to monitor the compliance indicators;
(e) aligning the health care delivery practices with the compliance to provide a perioperative process map of delivery practices spanning the plurality of stages of operative care.
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13. A system for managing the risk or occurrence of surgical site infection incident to a surgical procedure, the system comprising:
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(a) a perioperative process map of practices for the delivery of the surgical procedure, the map comprising a plurality of health care delivery practices and one or more indicators of compliance with the one or more health care practices; and
(b) means for monitoring the compliance indicators to achieve a desired level of management of the risk of surgical site infection for the surgical procedure.
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