As the number of primary hip and knee joint replacements are performed increases and postoperative care moves to the outpatient setting, it is vital that protocols are implemented to protect the surgeon’s work.
This video from 2 orthopaedic surgeons will focus on postoperative incision management techniques aimed at reducing surgical site complications. Best-practice strategies for protocol implementation will be covered highlighting the human and economic impact of reduced complications.
Contributors:
- Dr Ravi Bashyal, United States of America
- Dr Ronald Singer, United States of America
Surgical site infections: What is the scale of the problem in orthopaedic 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 realistically know 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
PICO◊ 7 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) product application demonstrations for closed surgical incisions
Short videos to support how to use PICO 7 sNPWT in closed surgical incision
- Hip
- Knee
- Multisite dressing
- Removal
The Orthopaedics Dept of the Virtual Centre of Excellence
Control your risks,
control your outcomes
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 orthopaedic surgery programme
- Specifically - arthroplasty surgery
- e.g. total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty (primary + revision)
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.