The Breast Surgery Dept of the PICO Implementation Hub
Back at home- not back in hospital
The PICO Implementation Hub contains everything you need to know about PICO sNPWT.
- Evidence that supports its use, with insights and recommendations from an international panel
- Tools to help build a business case for wider use of PICO sNPWT in your setting
- Instructional posters, checklists, pathways and protocols to share quickly and easily with colleagues
You can tailor your experience at every step, reading, watching and sharing content in the order and at a pace which suits you.
This is the breast surgery programme
- Specifically: Oncological breast surgery and reconstruction
- Specifically: Aesthetic breast reduction surgery
Surgical site infections: What is the scale of the problem in breast surgery?
Recognition of which patients are at risk of surgical site complications, and to what extent, is essential in managing that risk and guide appropriate use of interventions.
You should be able to know realistically your own SSI or SSC rate.
Here we describe the data from the best epidemiological studies to detail the SSI prevalence in general and in this surgical indication.
Learning Objectives
- Discover key insights into surveillance for SSI
- Understand the scale of the problem of SSI
- Recall the SSI prevalence in this surgical indication from epidemiological studies
The Breast Surgery Dept of the Virtual Centre of Excellence
Back at home- not back in hospital
To support the successful implementation of incisional NPWT into your surgical care pathway we have developed an online preceptorship – the Virtual Centre of Excellence.
The Virtual Centre of Excellence comprises five surgical departments, each providing dedicated insight and information intended to help support you in surgical site complication (SSC) prevention with PICO◊ sNPWT.
To better understand how to effectively implement PICO sNPWT as part of SSC prevention a consensus publication was developed by an internationally recognised expert panel experienced in establishing and embedding the prophylactic use of PICO sNPWT as the standard post-operative management for the prevention of SSCs.
This is the breast surgery programme
Specifically - Oncological breast surgery and reconstruction
+ Aesthetic breast reduction surgery
Learning Objectives
- How to establish a case for changing to incisional NPWT prophylaxis using PICO sNPWT with benchmark auditing of SSC outcomes and business case development.
- Help to optimise outcomes by accurate identification of the most appropriate patient group at risk of developing SSCs based upon pre-operative risk assessment.
- Best practice sharing to enable successful implementation of bespoke closed surgical incision management pathways and protocols using PICO sNPWT within the surgical care pathway including practical tools, pragmatic tactics and compliance support.
- How to help drive consistency and reduce variation in the delivery of closed surgical incision management pathways using PICO sNPWT through protocol expansion into multiple surgical specialities and care settings.