A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway
Abstract Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices in infection prevention and management, many healthcare workers fail to implement them and evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway s...
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Massimo Sartelli Leonardo Pagani Stefania Iannazzo Maria Luisa Moro Pierluigi Viale Angelo Pan Luca Ansaloni Federico Coccolini Marcello Mario D’Errico Iris Agreiter Giorgio Amadio Nespola Francesco Barchiesi Valeria Benigni Raffaella Binazzi Stefano Cappanera Alessandro Chiodera Valentina Cola Daniela Corsi Francesco Cortese Massimo Crapis Francesco Cristini Alessandro D’Arpino Belinda De Simone Stefano Di Bella Francesco Di Marzo Abele Donati Daniele Elisei Massimo Fantoni Anna Ferrari Domitilla Foghetti Daniela Francisci Gianni Gattuso Andrea Giacometti Guido Cesare Gesuelli Cristina Marmorale Enrica Martini Marcello Meledandri Rita Murri Daniela Padrini Dalia Palmieri Paola Pauri Carla Rebagliati Enrico Ricchizzi Vittorio Sambri Anna Maria Schimizzi Walter Siquini Loredana Scoccia Giancarlo Scoppettuolo Gabriele Sganga Nadia Storti Marcello Tavio Giulio Toccafondi Fabio Tumietto Bruno Viaggi Marco Vivarelli Cristian Tranà Melina Raso Francesco Maria Labricciosa Sameer Dhingra Fausto Catena |
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Massimo Sartelli Leonardo Pagani Stefania Iannazzo Maria Luisa Moro Pierluigi Viale Angelo Pan Luca Ansaloni Federico Coccolini Marcello Mario D’Errico Iris Agreiter Giorgio Amadio Nespola Francesco Barchiesi Valeria Benigni Raffaella Binazzi Stefano Cappanera Alessandro Chiodera Valentina Cola Daniela Corsi Francesco Cortese Massimo Crapis Francesco Cristini Alessandro D’Arpino Belinda De Simone Stefano Di Bella Francesco Di Marzo Abele Donati Daniele Elisei Massimo Fantoni Anna Ferrari Domitilla Foghetti Daniela Francisci Gianni Gattuso Andrea Giacometti Guido Cesare Gesuelli Cristina Marmorale Enrica Martini Marcello Meledandri Rita Murri Daniela Padrini Dalia Palmieri Paola Pauri Carla Rebagliati Enrico Ricchizzi Vittorio Sambri Anna Maria Schimizzi Walter Siquini Loredana Scoccia Giancarlo Scoppettuolo Gabriele Sganga Nadia Storti Marcello Tavio Giulio Toccafondi Fabio Tumietto Bruno Viaggi Marco Vivarelli Cristian Tranà Melina Raso Francesco Maria Labricciosa Sameer Dhingra Fausto Catena A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway World Journal of Emergency Surgery Antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial stewardship Healthcare-associated infections Infection control Multidrug-resistant organisms Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis |
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Massimo Sartelli Leonardo Pagani Stefania Iannazzo Maria Luisa Moro Pierluigi Viale Angelo Pan Luca Ansaloni Federico Coccolini Marcello Mario D’Errico Iris Agreiter Giorgio Amadio Nespola Francesco Barchiesi Valeria Benigni Raffaella Binazzi Stefano Cappanera Alessandro Chiodera Valentina Cola Daniela Corsi Francesco Cortese Massimo Crapis Francesco Cristini Alessandro D’Arpino Belinda De Simone Stefano Di Bella Francesco Di Marzo Abele Donati Daniele Elisei Massimo Fantoni Anna Ferrari Domitilla Foghetti Daniela Francisci Gianni Gattuso Andrea Giacometti Guido Cesare Gesuelli Cristina Marmorale Enrica Martini Marcello Meledandri Rita Murri Daniela Padrini Dalia Palmieri Paola Pauri Carla Rebagliati Enrico Ricchizzi Vittorio Sambri Anna Maria Schimizzi Walter Siquini Loredana Scoccia Giancarlo Scoppettuolo Gabriele Sganga Nadia Storti Marcello Tavio Giulio Toccafondi Fabio Tumietto Bruno Viaggi Marco Vivarelli Cristian Tranà Melina Raso Francesco Maria Labricciosa Sameer Dhingra Fausto Catena |
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Massimo Sartelli |
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A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway |
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A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway |
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A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway |
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A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway |
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A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway |
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proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway |
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BMC |
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
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1749-7922 |
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2020-02-01 |
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Abstract Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices in infection prevention and management, many healthcare workers fail to implement them and evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway should always focus on collaboration among all healthcare workers sharing knowledge of best practices. To clarify key issues in the prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway, a multidisciplinary task force of experts convened in Ancona, Italy, on May 31, 2019, for a national meeting. This document represents the executive summary of the final statements approved by the expert panel. |
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Antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial stewardship Healthcare-associated infections Infection control Multidrug-resistant organisms Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis |
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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-020-00295-3 |
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doaj-5f52a5265a954fe79443800eff00968c2020-11-25T00:33:37ZengBMCWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery1749-79222020-02-0115112610.1186/s13017-020-00295-3A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathwayMassimo Sartelli0Leonardo Pagani1Stefania Iannazzo2Maria Luisa Moro3Pierluigi Viale4Angelo Pan5Luca Ansaloni6Federico Coccolini7Marcello Mario D’Errico8Iris Agreiter9Giorgio Amadio Nespola10Francesco Barchiesi11Valeria Benigni12Raffaella Binazzi13Stefano Cappanera14Alessandro Chiodera15Valentina Cola16Daniela Corsi17Francesco Cortese18Massimo Crapis19Francesco Cristini20Alessandro D’Arpino21Belinda De Simone22Stefano Di Bella23Francesco Di Marzo24Abele Donati25Daniele Elisei26Massimo Fantoni27Anna Ferrari28Domitilla Foghetti29Daniela Francisci30Gianni Gattuso31Andrea Giacometti32Guido Cesare Gesuelli33Cristina Marmorale34Enrica Martini35Marcello Meledandri36Rita Murri37Daniela Padrini38Dalia Palmieri39Paola Pauri40Carla Rebagliati41Enrico Ricchizzi42Vittorio Sambri43Anna Maria Schimizzi44Walter Siquini45Loredana Scoccia46Giancarlo Scoppettuolo47Gabriele Sganga48Nadia Storti49Marcello Tavio50Giulio Toccafondi51Fabio Tumietto52Bruno Viaggi53Marco Vivarelli54Cristian Tranà55Melina Raso56Francesco Maria Labricciosa57Sameer Dhingra58Fausto Catena59Department of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, ASUR MarcheInfectious Diseases Unit, Bolzano Central HospitalMinistry of HealthRegional Agency for Health and Social Care, Emilia-Romagna Region–ASSRDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Clinics of Infectious Diseases, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, “Alma Mater Studiorum”-University of BolognaInfectious Diseases, ASST di CremonaGeneral, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini HospitalEmergency Surgery Unit, New Santa Chiara Hospital, University of PisaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Marche Polytechnic UniversityBone Marrow Transplant Unit, Denis Burkitt, St. James’s HospitalInfectious Diseases Unit, Fermo Hospital, ASUR MarcheInfectious Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche NordClinical Administration, Senigallia Hospital, ASUR MarcheInfectious Diseases Unit, Bolzano Central HospitalInfectious Diseases Clinic, Department of Medicine, “S. Maria” Hospital, Terni, University of PerugiaInfectious Diseases Unit, Macerata Hospital, ASUR MarcheDepartment of Hospital Pharmacy, Ospedali Riuniti di AnconaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Civitanova Marche Hospital, ASUR MarcheEmergency Surgery and Trauma Care Unit, San Filippo Neri HospitalInfectious Diseases Unit, Pordenone HospitalInfectious Diseases Unit, Rimini HospitalHospital Pharmacy Unit, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera di PerugiaOperative Unit of General Surgery, Azienda USL IRCCS Reggio EmiliaInfectious Diseases Department, Trieste University HospitalDepartment of Surgery, Versilia HospitalDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Università Politecnica delle MarcheDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Macerata Hospital, ASUR MarcheDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, Università Cattolica S. CuoreDepartment of Critical Care Medicine Unit, San Filippo Neri HospitalDepartment of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Marche NordInfectious Diseases Clinic, University of PerugiaInfectious Diseases Unit, Carlo Poma HospitalInfectious Diseases Clinic, Department of Biological Sciences and Public Health, Marche Polytechnic UniversityDepartment of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, ASUR MarcheDepartment of Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University of Marche RegionHospital Hygiene Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Ospedali RiunitiUnit of Microbiology and Virology, San Filippo Neri HospitalDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, Università Cattolica S. CuoreClinical Administration Santa Maria Annunziata Hospital, USL Toscana CentroEpidemiology Office, AUSL PescaraUnit of Microbiology and Virology, Senigallia HospitalSurgical Unit, Savona HospitalRegional Agency for Health and Social Care, Emilia-Romagna Region–ASSRDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of BolognaDepartment of Internal MedicineDepartment of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, ASUR MarcheUnit of Hospital Pharmacy, Macerata Hospital, ASUR MarcheInfectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCSDivision of Emergency Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreGeneral Directory, ASUR MarcheInfectious Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali RiunitiClinical Risk Management and Patient Safety CenterDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Clinics of Infectious Diseases, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, “Alma Mater Studiorum”-University of BolognaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Neuro Intensive Care Unit, Florence Careggi University HospitalUnit of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Transplant Surgery, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of MarcheDepartment of Surgery, Macerata Hospital, ASUR MarcheHealth First EuropeGlobal Alliance for Infections in SurgeryFaculty of Medical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of the West IndiesEmergency Surgery Department, Parma University HospitalAbstract Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices in infection prevention and management, many healthcare workers fail to implement them and evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway should always focus on collaboration among all healthcare workers sharing knowledge of best practices. To clarify key issues in the prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway, a multidisciplinary task force of experts convened in Ancona, Italy, on May 31, 2019, for a national meeting. This document represents the executive summary of the final statements approved by the expert panel.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-020-00295-3Antimicrobial resistanceAntimicrobial stewardshipHealthcare-associated infectionsInfection controlMultidrug-resistant organismsPreoperative antibiotic prophylaxis |