Operating Room Attire Policy and Healthcare Cost: Favoring Evidence over Action for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections Adham Elmously, MD, Katherine D. Gray, MD, Fabrizio Michelassi, MD, FACS, Cheguevara Afaneh, MD, FACS, Michael D. Kluger, MD, FACS, Arash Salemi, MD, FACS, Anthony C. Watkins, MD, Alfons Pomp, MD, FACS Journal of the American College of Surgeons Volume 228, Issue 1, Pages 98-106 (January 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.06.010 Copyright © 2018 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Standardized difference plot. Differences before and after propensity score matching comparing covariates confounding surgical site infection for patients undergoing operations before and after the policy change. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 228, 98-106DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.06.010) Copyright © 2018 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Multivariable model for predictors of surgical site infection. Forest plot of multivariable logistic regression model for the association of patient and procedural factors with postoperative surgical site infection. ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; OR, operating room. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 228, 98-106DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.06.010) Copyright © 2018 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Microbiome of surgical site infection by attire policy. Pie charts represent the 3 most common microbiological isolates from positive wound cultures of patients with surgical site infection before and after the policy change. Streptococcus mitis was the third most common bacteria before the policy change vs Pseudomonas aeruginosa after the policy change; however, there was no difference in the proportion of Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 228, 98-106DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.06.010) Copyright © 2018 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Proportion of Staphylococcal species in clean and clean-contaminated procedures. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2019 228, 98-106DOI: (10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.06.010) Copyright © 2018 American College of Surgeons Terms and Conditions