The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) is a set of quality measures designed to improve patient outcomes after surgery. The measures include administering prophylactic antibiotics within one hour before surgery, continuing antibiotics for the appropriate time period after surgery, keeping blood glucose under 180 for cardiac patients, restarting home medications like beta blockers by postoperative day two, and educating patients about preventing surgical site infections before discharge. Health care professionals are expected to complete these SCIP measures to help patients recover from surgical procedures.

1. Surgical Care Improvement
Project (SCIP)
NADINE NONOR
INTERNET IN EDUCATION

2. What is SCIP?
The Surgical Care Improvement Project are a
groups of measures that are expected be to
completed by health care professionals to improve
patient outcomes after surgery.

3. Emergency Room
Received Beta blocker
1. If home medication
2. Within 24 hours of surgery
3. Contraindication??? Must document

4. Admission/Surgical Procedure (24 HR)
1. Prophylactic Antibiotics
a. One hour before first incision (2 hours if giving
Vancomycin)
2. Beta Blocker (if home medication)
a. Day before surgery
b. Or day of surgery
c. Contraindicated??? Must document
3. Discontinue Antibiotic
a. Within 24 of anesthesia stop time
b. Or after 48 hours of anesthesia for cardiac surgery
c. Contraindication??? Must document
4. 4. Blood Glucose <180 mg/DL (cardiac patients)

5. Prior to the End of Day 2
1. Beta Blocker
a. If home medication; restart on Post operative day
(POD) 1 or POD 2
b. Contraindication??? Must document
2. 2. Foley
a. Discontinue foley catheter by POD 2
b. Contraindicated??? Must Document

6. During Hospitalization but Prior to Discharge
SURGICAL SITE INFECTION EDUCATION!!!