Relationship Between Operating Room Nursing Staff Expertise and Patient Outcomes. Issue 3 (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bathish, Melissa; McLaughlin, Margaret; Talsma, AkkeNeel
• Is Part Of: Journal of nursing care quality. Volume 30:Issue 3(2015:Jul./Sep.)
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: nursing expertise -- operating room -- patient outcomes -- perioperative nursing -- surgical site infections; Nursing -- Standards -- Periodicals; Nursing audit -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Safety measures -- Periodicals; Nurse administrators -- Periodicals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000092
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1057-3631

Abstract

Abstract : This secondary analysis evaluated the association of operating room scrub staff expertise, based on frequency of working on a specific surgical procedure, with the development of surgical site infections. The odds of developing surgical site infections decreased by 5.7% (odds ratio = 0.943; 95% confidence interval, 0.834-1.067) with increased expertise, although a statistically significant association was not established ( P = .354). The relationship between operating room scrub staff expertise and patient outcomes is important to understand. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text.