Abstract
Background: Postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs) are a major source of morbidity and costs. Perioperative normothermia has been shown to decrease SSIs in patients (pts) undergoing colorectal surgery (CRS). As part of SCIP, CMS requests that hospitals report compliance rates with various process measures shown to reduce SSIs, including immediate postoperative normothermia (IPN, defined as T>36C) after CRS. A recent review by our hospital revealed that our compliance rate with this process measure was suboptimal.
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