Surgical site infections

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1. Time to act: A state of the nation report on surgical site infections in the UK (December 2020)

   • Surgery - General
   • Healthcare associated infection
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     • Surgery - General
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Recommendations

   By Patient Safety Learning, 19 January

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   • 19 January

2. Have you ever contracted an infection after surgery? Share your experience and help reduce risk for others.

   • Surgery - General
   • Infection control
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     • Surgery - General
     • Infection control
     • Patient harmed
     • Patient engagement

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 27 August

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   • 27 August

3. Patient narratives of surgical site infection: implications for practice

   • Surgery - General
   • Patient safety / risk management leads
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     • Surgery - General
     • Patient safety / risk management leads
     • Recommendations

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 July

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   • 14 July

4. Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients

   • Infection control
   • Surgery - General

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 12 July

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   • 12 July

5. Patient’s guide to surgical site infections (2008)

   • Patient engagement
   • Surgery - General
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     • Patient engagement
     • Surgery - General
     • Infection control

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 11 July

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   • 11 July

6. Patients' experiences of acquiring a deep surgical site infection: an interview study

   • Infection control
   • Research
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     • Infection control
     • Research
     • Data
     • Patient safety / risk management leads

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 July

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   • 1 July

7. One is too Many: Viewing infection data from the patient's perspective

   • Infection control
   • Surgery - General
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     • Infection control
     • Surgery - General
     • Patient safety / risk management leads

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 July

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   • 1 July

8. 6 recent stories, studies on surgical site infections

   • Infection control
   • Patient safety / risk management leads

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 July

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   • 1 July

9. Association of postoperative infection with risk of long-term infection and mortality (January 2020)

   • Surgery - General
   • Infection control

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 June

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   • 26 June

10. SEPSIS: Information about post-operative sepsis for patients and relatives (updated 2016)

    • Infection control
    • Surgery - General
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      • Infection control
      • Surgery - General
      • Sepsis

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 June

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    • 26 June

11. Post-cesarean wound infection: prevalence, impact, prevention, and management challenges (February, 2017)

    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • Infection control
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      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Infection control
      • Surgery - General

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 June

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    • 26 June

12. WHO recommends 29 ways to stop surgical infections and avoid superbugs

    • Surgery - General
    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 June

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    • 26 June

13. These colour-changing sutures can catch infections

    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 25 June

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    • 25 June

14. Protocol for the Surveillance of Surgical Site Infection: Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service

    • Data
    • protocols and procedures
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      • Data
      • protocols and procedures
      • Reports / results

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 June

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    • 24 June

15. OneTogether Electronic Assessment Toolkit

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection
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      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Safety management

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March

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    • 16 March

16. Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS): Surgical site infections (2020)

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection
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      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Pre-op period
      • Post-op period
      • Leadership
      • Implementation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 January

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    • 20 January

17. APSS: Surgical site infections (SSI) (2020)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Surgery - General

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 January

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    • 16 January

18. WHO Guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infections: presentation

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January

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    • 15 January

19. WHO: Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection (3 November 2016)

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection
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      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Recommendations

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January

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    • 15 January

20. Public Health England: Surveillance of surgical site infections in NHS hospitals in England (April 2019 to March 2020)

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection
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      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Data

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January

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    • 15 January

21. Can surgical smoke evacuation reduce SSIs? (12 May 2016)

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 October, 2020

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    • 10 October, 2020

22. OneTogether: Surgical skin preparation. Quality improvement resource

    • Surgery - General
    • Pre-op period
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      • Surgery - General
      • Pre-op period
      • Post-op period
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Quality improvement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2020

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    • 16 March, 2020

23. OneTogether: Surgical environment. Quality improvement resource

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection
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      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Quality improvement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2020

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    • 16 March, 2020

24. OneTogether: Surgical skin preparation. Decision guide poster

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2020

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    • 16 March, 2020

25. OneTogether: Maintaining asepsis. Quality improvement resource

    • Surgery - General
    • Checklists
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      • Surgery - General
      • Checklists
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Assessment
      • Quality improvement

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2020

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    • 16 March, 2020