Effects of a management team training intervention on the compliance with a surgical site infection bundle: a before-after study in operating theatres in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the effects of a quality improvement (QI) team training intervention, by measuring the intervention fidelity and the compliance with a surgical site infection (SSI) bundle in the operating theatre (OT).

Design

Multicentre before-after study.

Setting

This study was performed in four Dutch hospitals.

Intervention

The QI team training intervention consisted of four sessions per hospital and stimulated participants to set culture norms and targets, identify barriers, and formulate management activities to improve compliance with four standard operating procedures (SOPs) of a SSI bundle in the OT. Participants were executive board members, top-level managers, leading clinicians and support staff. The four SOPs were: (1) reducing door movements;

SUBMITTER: van Dijk MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10124304 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature