Publications by authors named "Cindi Bedinghaus"
Background: In March 2020, Ohio strongly recommended temperature and health screening for coronavirus disease 2019 symptoms in all businesses to reduce the spread of infection.
Methods: We used multiple plan-do-study-act cycles and workplace efficiency techniques iteratively to develop 12 intervention components required to effectively screen employees and visitors across all locations. We used run and control charts to summarize our performance over time.
Article Synopsis
- The project aimed to reduce lost operating room (OR) time caused by last-minute surgery cancellations, which can be costly and distressing for families.
- Key strategies included improving communication with families, ensuring adherence to fasting rules, and making decisions regarding patient health ahead of the surgery day.
- After implementing effective preoperative instructions and reminders, the average time lost due to cancellations significantly decreased from 5.7 to 3.6 hours and overall from 6.6 to 5.5 hours per day across all surgical services.
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain a substantial cause of morbidity, mortality, increased length of stay, and increased hospital costs. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) used reliability science to dramatically reduce the rate of surgical site infections.
Methods: Key activities included the development and implementation of strategies to enhance the proportion of patients who receive timely antibiotic administration, a pediatric surgical site infection-prevention bundle, and procedure-specific pediatric surgical site infection-prevention bundles.