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Overview
Introduction
The Cardiothoracic Surgery Dept of the Virtual Centre of Excellence
Combat the repercussions
To support the successful implementation of incisional NPWT into your surgical care pathway we have developed an online preceptorship – the Virtual Centre of Excellence.
The Virtual Centre of Excellence comprises five surgical departments, each providing dedicated insight and information intended to help support you in surgical site complication (SSC) prevention with PICO◊ sNPWT.
To better understand how to effectively implement PICO sNPWT as part of SSC prevention a consensus publication was developed by an internationally recognised expert panel experienced in establishing and embedding the prophylactic use of PICO sNPWT as the standard post-operative management for the prevention of SSCs.
This is the cardiothoracic surgery programme
- Specifically - cardiothoracic surgery via median sternotomy
- e.g. cardiothorarcic surgery for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
What you will learn
- Illustrate how to establish a case for changing to closed surgical incision management pathway using PICO sNPWT including benchmark auditing of SSC outcomes and business case development.
- Apply accurate identification of the most appropriate patient group at risk of developing SSCs based upon pre-operative risk assessment.
- Use the best practice sharing files to enable successful implementation of bespoke closed surgical incision management pathways and protocols using PICO sNPWT within the surgical care pathway which include practical tools, pragmatic tactics and ensuring compliance to the bundle.
- Drive consistency and reduce variation in the delivery of closed surgical incision management pathways using PICO sNPWT through protocol expansion into multiple surgical specialities and care settings.
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