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, 2021

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   • 19 January, 2021

2. Surgical skin prep decision tool (Association for Perioperative Practice, NHS England and BD)

   • Surgery - General
   • Decision making
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     • Surgery - General
     • Decision making
     • Surgeon
     • Anaesthetist

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 November, 2022

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   • 17 November, 2022

3. Surgical Site Infections Quality Improvement Programme (Mölnlycke, June 2022)

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 13 July, 2022

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   • 13 July, 2022

4. 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, 2021

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   • 16 March, 2021

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

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January, 2021

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   • 15 January, 2021

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

   • Surgery - General
   • Healthcare associated infection

   By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January, 2021

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   • 15 January, 2021

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January, 2021

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   • 15 January, 2021

8. 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, 2021

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   • 14 July, 2021

9. 6 recent stories, studies on surgical site infections

   • Infection control
   • Patient safety / risk management leads

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 July, 2021

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   • 1 July, 2021

10. These colour-changing sutures can catch infections

    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 25 June, 2021

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    • 25 June, 2021

11. 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, 2021

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    • 24 June, 2021

12. 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

13. Tackling the burden of surgical site infection (2 February 2023)

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection
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      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Patient harmed
      • Infection control

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 February

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    • 6 February

14. 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, 2021

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    • 1 July, 2021

15. 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

16. OneTogether: Standards and guidance reducing the risk of surgical site infection (poster, updated 2019)

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2020

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    • 16 March, 2020

17. 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, 2021

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    • 26 June, 2021

18. Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients (last updated 19 August 2021)

    • Infection control
    • Surgery - General

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 12 July, 2021

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    • 12 July, 2021

19. 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, 2021

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    • 20 January, 2021

20. Consultation on the 'Rituals and behaviours in the operating theatre' joint guidelines (Healthcare Infection Society and the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)

    • Operating theatre / recovery
    • Surgery - General
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      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Behaviour
      • Staff factors

    By Sam, 24 January

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    • 24 January

21. 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

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

    • Surgery - General
    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 June, 2021

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    • 26 June, 2021

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

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Surgery - General

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 January, 2021

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    • 16 January, 2021

24. 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

25. 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