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Journal of Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | Volume 2
Nursing role in ambulatory surgical care
Caroline Bilen
The Compass Health Consultancy, UAE
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urses play a critical role in patient safety. They provide
high-quality, evidence-based care across the lifetime to
enhance safety and reduce adverse events. The primary goal
of nursing care in ambulatory surgical procedure is to prevent
surgical site infection (SSI) and other surgical complications,
improve patient safety, experience and satisfaction.
Many factors can contribute to the risk of SSIs and their
prevention is complex but achievable. It requires specific
measures such as patient preparation before, during and
after surgery, appropriate hand hygiene, sterility of the
instruments, etc…
Clinical evidence demonstrated that operating room (OR)
activities related to asepsis and aseptic practices have the
highest direct impact on the surgical team in helping to reduce
the patient's risk to surgical site infection. Having policies and
procedures in OR does not mean compliance is guaranteed.
The efficacy of these policies depends on the knowledge skills
of the team and how well the surgical team adheres to them.
Besides, team communication and collaboration are very
critical to achieve excellence in ambulatory surgical care.
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cbilen@thecompasshc.comJ Intensive Crit Care Nurs | Volume 2