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Use of the ABC care bundle to standardize guideline implementation in a cardiac surgical population: a pilot study
Stephanie S Poe1, Patricia B Dawson, Christina Cafeo
1Department of Nursing Administration, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. spoe@jhmi.edu
Abstract:
A cardiac surgical progressive care unit implemented the ABC's of Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Care Bundle to determine whether the use of a packaged approach to medication prescription and lifestyle counseling would improve adherence to secondary risk-reduction guidelines in postcoronary artery bypass graft patients. A pilot study was carried out to assess changes in adherence to guideline recommendations post-Care Bundle implementation. Findings support using a systematic strategy to improve guideline adherence in this population.
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