Publications by authors named "Kathryn R Hays"

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.

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