Postoperative wound care protocol prevents surgical site infection after craniotomy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postoperative wound care after craniotomy is not standardized.

Objective

Evaluate the impact of a standardized post-craniotomy wound care protocol on surgical site infection (SSI).

Design and setting

Prospective quasi-experimental single-center intervention cohort study involving adult patients undergoing craniotomy at a 461-bed academic medical center in Orange County, California from January 2019-March 2023 (intervention) compared to January 2017-December 2018 (baseline).

Methods

A postoperative neurosurgical wound care protocol was developed involving chlorhexidine cloths to remove incisional clots and to clean the surgical incision and adjacent hair after craniotomy surgery. Protocol adherence was monitored by routine inpatient surveillance of wo

SUBMITTER: Kovryga Kornick M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11663463 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature