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Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2021
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the most common and most costly health care-associated infections, leading to adverse patient outcomes and death. Wound contamination occurs with each incision, but proven strategies exist to decrease the risk of SSI. In particular, improved adherence to evidence-based preventive measures related to appropriate
Jessica, Seidelman, Deverick J, Anderson
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Surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the most common and most costly health care-associated infections, leading to adverse patient outcomes and death. Wound contamination occurs with each incision, but proven strategies exist to decrease the risk of SSI. In particular, improved adherence to evidence-based preventive measures related to appropriate
Jessica, Seidelman, Deverick J, Anderson
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Dexamethasone and Surgical-Site Infection
New England Journal of Medicine, 2021The glucocorticoid dexamethasone prevents nausea and vomiting after surgery, but there is concern that it may increase the risk of surgical-site infection.In this pragmatic, international, noninferiority trial, we randomly assigned 8880 adult patients who were undergoing nonurgent, noncardiac surgery of at least 2 hours' duration, with a skin incision ...
Tomás B. Corcoran +12 more
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Nursing Standard, 2013
ABSTRACT The incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) depends upon the patient risk-factors, surgical procedure, and practices observed by the operating team. This review aims at examining existing guidelines upon prevention of SSI. Various recommendations pertaining to pre-operative, operative and postoperative phase were evaluated ...
Namita Jaggi +5 more
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ABSTRACT The incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) depends upon the patient risk-factors, surgical procedure, and practices observed by the operating team. This review aims at examining existing guidelines upon prevention of SSI. Various recommendations pertaining to pre-operative, operative and postoperative phase were evaluated ...
Namita Jaggi +5 more
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Surgical Clinics of North America, 2005
This article examines the epidemiology and risk factors for the development of surgical site infections (SSIs), the importance of appropriate administration of prophylactic antibiotics, nonpharmacologic strategies, and the role of new "active" devices in reducing SSIs.
Philip S, Barie, Soumitra R, Eachempati
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This article examines the epidemiology and risk factors for the development of surgical site infections (SSIs), the importance of appropriate administration of prophylactic antibiotics, nonpharmacologic strategies, and the role of new "active" devices in reducing SSIs.
Philip S, Barie, Soumitra R, Eachempati
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Management of Surgical Site Infections
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2020The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has developed Appropriate Use Criteria for the Management of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) (website: http://www.orthoguidelines.org/go/auc/default.cfm?auc_id=225018&actionxm=Terms). Evidence-based information, in conjunction with the clinical expertise of physicians, was used to develop the criteria to
Antonia F. Chen, Gregory A. Brown
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