Health systems are navigating a rapidly evolving healthcare environment where patient safety is shaped by both longstanding challenges and emerging risks. From the accelerated adoption of artificial ...

If you're getting your ovaries removed, here's a rundown of how the surgery works, plus its benefits and risks, according to ...

Non-elective vs elective THA. Which has a higher infection risk? You get three guesses, and the first two don’t count. New ...

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The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine) has updated its recommendations for the control of surgical site infections (SSIs) in the context of surgical ...

SHIELD II (Surgical site Hospital acquired Infection prEvention with Local D-PLEX) is a prospective, multinational, randomized, double blind phase 3 trial designed to assess the efficacy and safety of ...

Surgical site infections (SSIs) — which by some estimates occur 500,000 times annually in the United States— increase hospital costs by more than $20,000 per admission and extend stays by ...

The guideline recommends cleansing the surgical site with a chlorhexidine alcohol–based preparation in patients undergoing colorectal operation (strong based on moderate-quality evidence). Some ...

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) has issued a clinical practice guideline (CPG) on preventing surgical site infections (SSI). The new guidance was published in Diseases of the ...

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 ...

The guideline recommends cleansing the surgical site with a chlorhexidine alcohol–based preparation in patients undergoing colorectal operation (strong based on moderate-quality evidence). Some ...