Best Practices for Improving Surgical Outcomes in Cardiothoracic Surgery: The Patient Journey


This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience.

Join us for a unique opportunity to learn about strategies for reducing Surgical Site Infections, complications, and cost. During this one-hour program, gain best practices for setting up your patient for successful discharge and view case studies with tips and pearls to applying advanced modalities of treatment in challenging clinical scenarios.

Objectives:

  • Describe the clinical and economic burden of surgical site complications and surgical site infections

  • Review the importance of pre-, intra-, and postoperative management strategies & best practices to reduce the risk of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs).

  • Explain unintended perioperative hypothermia, and illustrate why prewarming is beneficial in helping to prevent unintended perioperative hypothermia

  • Examine the role of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPT) for Incision Management to reduce the incidence of Surgical Site Infections, surgical site complications, hospital readmissions & post-op follow-up appointments

  • Demonstrate ciNPT efficacy via case & outcome reviews; share best practices & technique tips to manage the surgical site and enhance post-operative recovery

 

Presenters:

V Seenu Reddy - Emma Goodman

V. Seenu Reddy, MD, MBA, FACS, FACC

Director of Cardiac Surgery, Tristar Centennial Medical Center

Cassie Gabriel - Emma Goodman

Cassie L. Gabriel, M.D.

Anesthesiology, PeaceHealth