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. Image-based digital post-discharge surveillance in England: measuring patient enrolment, engagement, clinician response times, surgical site infection, and carbon footprint (12 January 2023)

   • Surgery - General
   • Healthcare associated infection
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     • Surgery - General
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Discharge
     • Technology
     • Digital health
     • Sustainability

   By Patient Safety Learning, 3 February

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   • 3 February

3. The effect of a surgical smoke evacuation system on surgical site infections of the spine (2018)

   • Healthcare associated infection
   • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
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     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Surgery - Trauma and orthopaedic
     • Research

   By Patient Safety Learning, 22 January, 2020

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   • 22 January, 2020

4. Surgical site infection rate and associated risk factors in elective general surgery at a public sector medical university in Pakistan (March 2008)

   • Surgery - General
   • Healthcare associated infection
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     • Surgery - General
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Risk assessment
     • Research

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 September, 2020

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   • 2 September, 2020

5. Mapping national surveillance of surgical site infections in England: needs and priorities (12 June 2018)

   • Healthcare associated infection
   • Surgery - General

   By Patient Safety Learning, 8 February, 2020

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   • 8 February, 2020

6. A benchmark too far: findings from a national survey of surgical site infection surveillance (17 January 2013)

   • Healthcare associated infection
   • Surgery - General
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     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Surgery - General
     • Research
     • Survey

   By Patient Safety Learning, 5 November, 2020

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   • 5 November, 2020

7. 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, 2021

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   • 1 July, 2021

8. These colour-changing sutures can catch infections

   • Infection control

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 25 June, 2021

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   • 25 June, 2021

9. 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, 2021

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   • 26 June, 2021

10. Establishing a Surgical Site Infections Prevention Day: A blog by Lilian Chiwera

    • Surgery - General
    • Standards
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      • Surgery - General
      • Standards
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Infection control
      • Global health
      • Collaboration

    By Lilian Chiwera, 9 February

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    • 9 February

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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, 2021

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    • 15 January, 2021

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

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: 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