Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry)

This study portrays a ranked structure on different risk factors including patient, surgery and hospital related risk factors and allied unfavorable outcomes concerning an orthopedic hospital. The paper suggests a methodical surgical site infection (SSI) risk assessment method for assessing level of...

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Main Authors: Bhalaji, R. K. A., Bathrinath, S., Ponnambalam, S. G., Saravanasankar, S.
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spelling ump-265972019-11-26T02:54:03Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/26597/ Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry) Bhalaji, R. K. A. Bathrinath, S. Ponnambalam, S. G. Saravanasankar, S. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This study portrays a ranked structure on different risk factors including patient, surgery and hospital related risk factors and allied unfavorable outcomes concerning an orthopedic hospital. The paper suggests a methodical surgical site infection (SSI) risk assessment method for assessing level of risk factors using three vital quantifying elements; outcome, time and likelihood of exposure. To transform the linguistic data into numeric risk scores, an enhanced decision making technique using fuzzy set theory has been endeavored in this paper. The notion of ‘centre of area’ technique for widespread TFNs has been discovered to measure the ‘extent of risk’ with regard to crisp scores. Lastly, a reasonable structure for classifying risk factors into various risk levels has been built based on differentiated ranges of assessed crisp risk scores. Then, an activity necessity plan has been proposed, which could give direction to the officials for effectively controlling risk factors in the circumstance of orthopedic hospital. Penerbit UMP 2019 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/26597/1/Analysis%20of%20risk%20factors%20for%20surgical%20site.pdf Bhalaji, R. K. A. and Bathrinath, S. and Ponnambalam, S. G. and Saravanasankar, S. (2019) Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry). Journal of Modern Manufacturing Systems and Technology (JMMST), 3. pp. 98-113. ISSN 2636-9575 http://journal.ump.edu.my/jmmst/article/view/2777 https://doi.org/10.15282/jmmst.v2i2.2777
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Bhalaji, R. K. A.
Bathrinath, S.
Ponnambalam, S. G.
Saravanasankar, S.
Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry)
description This study portrays a ranked structure on different risk factors including patient, surgery and hospital related risk factors and allied unfavorable outcomes concerning an orthopedic hospital. The paper suggests a methodical surgical site infection (SSI) risk assessment method for assessing level of risk factors using three vital quantifying elements; outcome, time and likelihood of exposure. To transform the linguistic data into numeric risk scores, an enhanced decision making technique using fuzzy set theory has been endeavored in this paper. The notion of ‘centre of area’ technique for widespread TFNs has been discovered to measure the ‘extent of risk’ with regard to crisp scores. Lastly, a reasonable structure for classifying risk factors into various risk levels has been built based on differentiated ranges of assessed crisp risk scores. Then, an activity necessity plan has been proposed, which could give direction to the officials for effectively controlling risk factors in the circumstance of orthopedic hospital.
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author Bhalaji, R. K. A.
Bathrinath, S.
Ponnambalam, S. G.
Saravanasankar, S.
author_facet Bhalaji, R. K. A.
Bathrinath, S.
Ponnambalam, S. G.
Saravanasankar, S.
author_sort Bhalaji, R. K. A.
title Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry)
title_short Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry)
title_full Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry)
title_fullStr Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry)
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: A case research in an Orthopedic Hospital (Healthcare Industry)
title_sort analysis of risk factors for surgical site infection: a case research in an orthopedic hospital (healthcare industry)
publisher Penerbit UMP
publishDate 2019
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/26597/
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