Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines

Intraoperative surgical site infection control and prevention: a position paper and future addendum to WSES intra-abdominal infections guidelines

Abstract Background Surgical site infections (SSI) represent a considerable burden for healthcare systems. They are largely preventable and multiple interventions have been proposed over past years in an attempt to prevent SSI. We aim to provide a position paper on Operative Room (OR) prevention of...

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Main Authors: Belinda De Simone, Massimo Sartelli, Federico Coccolini, Chad G. Ball, Pietro Brambillasca, Massimo Chiarugi, Fabio Cesare Campanile, Gabriela Nita, Davide Corbella, Ari Leppaniemi, Elena Boschini, Ernest E. Moore, Walter Biffl, Andrew Peitzmann, Yoram Kluger, Michael Sugrue, Gustavo Fraga, Salomone Di Saverio, Dieter Weber, Boris Sakakushev, Osvaldo Chiara, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Richard ten Broek, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Imtiaz Wani, Raul Coimbra, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Micheal D. Kelly, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Subjects:
Emergency
Surgical site infection
Prevention
Intra-abdominal infection
Operating room
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-0288-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-0288-4

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