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. 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

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

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 February

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   • 6 February

4. 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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     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Discharge
     • Technology
     • Digital health
     • Sustainability

   By Patient Safety Learning, 3 February

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   • 3 February

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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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     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Risk assessment
     • Research

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 September, 2020

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   • 2 September, 2020

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

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 13 July, 2022

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   • 13 July, 2022

9. Have you ever contracted an infection during or after surgery? Share your experience

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

   By Patient Safety Learning, 27 June, 2022

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   • 27 June, 2022

10. 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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      • Surgery - General
      • Research
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    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 November, 2020

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    • 5 November, 2020

11. 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, 2021

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    • 27 August, 2021

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

    • Surgery - General
    • Patient safety / risk management leads
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      • Patient safety / risk management leads
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    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 July, 2021

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    • 14 July, 2021

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

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

    • Surgery - General
    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 June, 2021

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    • 26 June, 2021

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

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 June, 2021

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    • 26 June, 2021

19. 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

20. 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

21. These colour-changing sutures can catch infections

    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 25 June, 2021

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    • 25 June, 2021

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

    • Data
    • protocols and procedures
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      • protocols and procedures
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    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 June, 2021

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    • 24 June, 2021

23. 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

24. OneTogether: Surgical environment. Quality improvement resource

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    • Healthcare associated infection
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      • Healthcare associated infection
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    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2020

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    • 16 March, 2020

25. 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