Cats aren’t the only animal that can help safe lives. Beagles can as well. After the HealthServices Advisory Group created a “CATS Decrease Surgical Site Infections” poster to remind and educate about ...

View Poster Objectives: Screening and decolonization for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is routinely performed prior to surgery in many centers, however limited data describe the ...

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 ...

American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 Update. Journal of the American College of Surgeons , 2017; 224 (1): 59 DOI: 10.1016/j ...

Bloodstream infection was the greatest driver of mortality, at 24.7%, followed by hospital-acquired pneumonia, at 16.7%, and surgical-site infection, at 10.9%.

Often, evolving infection may present with post-surgical erythema that progresses to surgical site infection. This may have worsening redness with swelling, ...

Cite this: Hospitals Cut Colorectal Surgical-Site Infections by a Third - Medscape - Nov 28, 2012. Authors and Disclosures. Authors and Disclosures Journalist Robert Lowes.

The poster includes the headline “CATS Decrease Surgical Site Infections,” along with an explanation of the acronym and an image of a cat. Sign up for our FREE E-Weekly for more coverage like this ...

Objectives: Screening and decolonization for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is routinely performed prior to surgery in many centers, however limited data describe the contribution ...