The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons clinical practice guidelines for preventing surgical site infection. Dis Colon Rectum. Published online July 31, 2024. doi:10.1097/DCR ...

1. CDC developed a surgical site infection toolkit that includes a background overview of this type of healthcare-associated infections, core and supplemental prevention strategies, process and ...

Surgical site infections have been shown to compose up to 20% of all healthcare-associated infections. At least 5% of patients undergoing a surgical procedure develop a surgical site infection. A ...

1 Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, 4 Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland 2 Infectious Diseases Service, University of ...

A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that happens where you had surgery. SSIs happen in 2% to 4% of people who have surgery while in the hospital, says the Agency for Healthcare ...

How Banner Health's comprehensive surgical site infection prevention bundle led to a 32.8% decline in infection rates for some procedures.

A surgical site infection prevention bundle may reduce rates of deep incisional or organ space S. aureus after total joint arthroplasty. A prevention bundle may not reduce S. aureus rates after ...

Surgical site infections (SSIs) ... According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), patient-related risk factors include advanced age, obesity, diabetes, ...

LOUIS, MO / ACCESS Newswire / May 16, 2025 / Prevent-Plus, a progressive leader in the management and prevention of surgical site infections, highlights Preventogen's key scientific and clinical ...

This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on methods ...