Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics

Contact

  • Academic
    kchen90@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Health Policy Position: Graduate
    University - Scholar Department: School of Medicine Position: Postdoctoral Scholar
    University - Staff Department: Peds/Hospital Medicine Position: Clinical Instructor
  • Clinical (Primary)  Center for Academic Medicine 453 Quarry Road Office 454H Mail Code 5733 Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 736-6690 (fax)

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All Publications

  • A Postoperative Care Bundle Reduces Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgeries. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety Caruso, T. J., Wang, E. Y., Schwenk, H. n., Marquez, J. L., Cahn, J. n., Loh, L. n., Schaffer, J. n., Chen, K. n., Wood, M. n., Sharek, P. J. 2018

    Abstract

    Pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgeries are at an increased surgical site infection (SSI) risk, given prolonged cardiopulmonary bypasses and delayed sternal closures. At one institution, the majority of cardiac patients developed SSIs during prolonged recoveries in the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU). Although guidelines have been published to reduce SSIs in the perioperative period, there have been few guidelines to reduce the risk during prolonged hospital recoveries. The aim of this project was to study a postoperative SSI reduction care bundle, with a goal of reducing cardiac SSIs by 50%, from 3.4 to 1.7 per 100 procedures.This project was conducted at a quaternary, pediatric academic center with a 20-bed CVICU. Historical control data were recorded from January 2013 through May 2015 and intervention/sustainment data from June 2015 through March 2017. A multidisciplinary SSI reduction team developed five key drivers that led to implementation of 11 postoperative SSI reduction care elements. Statistical process control charts were used to measure process compliance, and Pearson's chi-square test was used to determine differences in SSI rates.Prior to implementation, there were 27 SSIs in 799 pediatric cardiac surgeries (3.4 SSIs per 100 surgeries). After the intervention, SSIs significantly decreased to 5 in 570 procedures (0.9 SSIs per 100 surgeries; p = 0.0045).This project describes five key drivers and 11 elements that were dedicated to reducing the risk of SSI during prolonged CVICU recoveries from pediatric cardiac surgery, with demonstrated sustainability.

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.05.009

    View details for PubMedID 30170753

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