Introduction Surgical site infection (SSI) is a potential complication of surgical ... cross-sectional studies, case–control studies and cohort studies, published in English, will be searched in the ...

Infection rates decreased by up to 57% at a Virginia health system when it increased the size of its infection prevention ...

Hospital care has made incredible strides in the past century. Advances in technology, training, and infrastructure have ...

Doctor Barie: Let's talk about some of the complexities of surgical site infection (SSI) clinical trials. There are problems of definition. There are problems with long-term observation.

Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands mDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands ...

The risk of development of an SSI depends on host factors, perioperative wound hygiene, and the duration of the surgical ... role in the prevention of infection. Continued education and ...

Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Medical Center, Korea University College of Medicine, Ansan Hospital, Ansan-si, South Korea A retrospective analysis was performed on all patients who ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCWs) raised issues around shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), inadequate occupational infection prevention and control (IPC) ...