Keep Skin Clean and Safe
This page serves as a central hub for the tools and resources for Keep the Bugs Out! Preventing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs), provided by the Toolkit for MDRO Prevention in Long-Term Care. These resources will equip and empower healthcare teams with the knowledge and tools necessary to promote quality surgical site infection prevention practices.
Presentation: Keep the Bugs Out! Preventing Surgical Site Infections
This presentation will help viewers—
- Review how to care for surgical wounds.
- Review how to correctly assess and document surgical wounds.
- Review how to culture wounds.
- Discuss strategies for improving SSI prevention in long-term care facilities.
Keep the Bugs Out! Preventing Surgical Site Infections – Slides (PowerPoint, 6.8 MB)
Keep the Bugs Out! Preventing Surgical Site Infections – Facilitator Guide (Word, 6.5 MB)
Teachable Moments for Keep the Bugs Out! Preventing Surgical Site Infections
Access the links below for Teachable Moments related to Keep the Bugs Out! Preventing Surgical Site Infections.
Teachable Moments:
The Case of Insufficient Communication Between Care Teams (PDF, 10 MB)
Provides a case study of a resident who has a swollen wound.
The Case of the Wet Surgical Dressing (PDF, 11 MB)
Provides a case study of a resident who just had a hip replacement.
Supporting Materials:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Home Residents, Pocket Card (PDF, 177 KB)
This pocket card has information on skin and soft tissue infections in nursing home residents.
(PDF, 146 KB)
This handout demonstrates how to collect a wound culture.
