Implementation of patient warming to prevent SSI - How hard can it be? With Prof. Judith Tanner

In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr Judith Tanner, Professor of Adult Nursing at the University of Nottingham, UK about a paper in which a mixed methods approach to examining potential and actual barriers to implementation of patient warming were examined. Papers discussed during the session include:

 

1. Tanner J, et al. Using a comprehensive audit to identify local context prior to care bundle design and implementation for inadvertent perioperative hypothermia in colorectal surgery. BMJ Open Qual. 2021;10(1).   doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001132  https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/10/1/e001132
2. Melling AC, et al. Effects of preoperative warming on the incidence of wound infection after clean surgery: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2001;358(9285):876-880.  doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06071-8
3. Tanner J, et al. Effectiveness of a care bundle to reduce surgical site infections in patients having open colorectal surgery. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2016;98(4):270-274.  doi:10.1308/rcsann.2016.0072
4. Tanner J, et al. Do surgical care bundles reduce the risk of surgical site infections in patients undergoing colorectal surgery? A systematic review and cohort meta-analysis of 8,515 patients. Surgery. 2015;158(1):66-77.  doi:10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.009