Course Description
Clean closure is vital to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs) in the perioperative setting and is necessary for safe patient care.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to:
- Define clean closure and its components.
- Discuss proper patient preparation for clean closure.
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Review key strategies to increase perioperative staff compliance.
Intended Audience
This educational activity was developed for healthcare professionals.
Course Information
This is a microlearning course. Microlearning is an approach to learning new information in small segments of 3-15 minutes in length. This course is mobile-friendly!
There is no CE associated with this course. A certificate of completion is awarded, but no contact hours are awarded.
Course Authors
This course was written by Arlene Andrews, MSN, RN, CNOR, and edited by Brenda Kozak, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE.
Arlene is a certified operating room nurse with 30 years of clinical experience in nursing. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing with a focus on Informatics.
Brenda