Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Oct 17, 2024
Open Peer Review Period: Oct 22, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
Date Accepted: Dec 26, 2024
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Interdisciplinary strategies to reduce surgical infectious risk in the operating theatre: A scoping review protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the most common and serious complications following surgery, prolonging hospital stays and delaying patient recovery. Recent international consensus recommendations have identified evidence-based practices to reduce SSIs, but not how to apply them efficiently and in an interdisciplinary manner in the operating theatre. Therefore, further efforts are needed to identify and study the best interdisciplinary organisation to prevent SSIs.
Objective:
To map the extent, diversity and nature of research on interdisciplinary strategies to reduce SSIs and to analyse the impact of interdisciplinarity on the effectiveness of preventive interventions
Methods:
Using the JBI methodology for scoping reviews, the databases Embase (including MEDLINE and PubMed-not-MEDLINE), Cochrane Library will be searched, with manual searches of references cited in the included articles. Studies published in English or French only will be included. Inclusion criteria: Based on the Participants, Concept, and Context (PCC) framework, the eligible population will include surgical teams. The concept of interest is interdisciplinary strategies to prevent the risk of infection. The context will be that of adult surgery in the operating room during turnover. Studies with experimental, quasi-experimental, pre-experimental, observational, case-control and cross-sectional designs will be considered.
Results:
Of the 1,679 articles identified, 45 were selected for in-depth analysis by four reviewers. The reading of the articles included will be completed by the end of October.
Conclusions:
Emerging interdisciplinary strategies show promising potential to prevent surgical site infections. This approach is part of a global project aimed at co-constructing a standard procedure during preoperative preparation in the operating room to reduce SSI. This literature review will be followed by a qualitative survey and a pre/post quasi-experimental quantitative study to assess its integration into current practice. Clinical Trial: The review protocol will be registered in Open Science Framework (OSF) on 2024.
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