Eyuel Behailu*, Abera Biadgo, Abebe Assaye, Teketay Siraj, Daniel Atinaf
Background: Tibebe Ghion specialized hospital is one of the teaching hospitals found in Amhara regional state capital, BahirDar, North West Ethiopia started functioning since October 2018 G.C. It gives full range of clinical service of specialty and sub specialty cares. It has 10 OR tables, 126 and above outpatient rooms, 459 inpatient beds, with 2 dedicated intensive care units. SSI threatens the lives of millions of patients each year and also contributes to the spread of antibiotic resistance. Surgical site infections are commonest nosocomial infections and responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality as well as increased hospitalizations and treatment cost related to surgical operations. The aim of this QI project is to decrease the rate of SSIs. Methods: Facility level QI project underwent using ‘model for improvement method’ aiming to decrease the rate of SSIs. Baseline data’s collected, fish bone analysis used for identification of the root causes and checklists are prepared and registered as clinical bundle indicators using Microsoft Excel. Interpretations are made through run charts, association of the outcome with the change ideas are assessed using scatter plot. Result: Rate of SSIs was 25% at the beginning, which has shown a significant decrement to 10% by the end of the study period (August 2021 G.C). This was achieved by setting change ideas, running it through PDSA cycles (4 cycles). Initially, it was 40% and it became 80% by the end of the study. Conclusion: This study demonstrated effective ways of decreasing SSIs by a comprehensive well designed QI project.
Published Date: 2025-03-31; Received Date: 2024-03-11
