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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     • Healthcare associated infection
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   By Patient Safety Learning, 19 January, 2021

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   • 19 January, 2021

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

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   • Infection control
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   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 27 August, 2021

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   • 27 August, 2021

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

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   By Patient Safety Learning, 27 June, 2022

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   • 27 June, 2022

4. OneTogether: Surgical skin preparation. Quality improvement resource

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   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2020

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   • 16 March, 2020

5. OneTogether Electronic Assessment Toolkit

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   • Healthcare associated infection
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   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2021

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   • 16 March, 2021

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

   • Infection control
   • Surgery - General
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   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 26 June, 2021

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   • 26 June, 2021

7. These colour-changing sutures can catch infections

   • Infection control

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 25 June, 2021

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   • 25 June, 2021

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

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   By Patient Safety Learning, 5 November, 2020

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   • 5 November, 2020

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

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   By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January, 2021

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   • 15 January, 2021

10. 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

11. 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

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

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    By Lilian Chiwera, 9 February

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    • 9 February

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

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    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 July, 2021

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    • 1 July, 2021

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

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      • Pre-op period
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      • Leadership
      • Implementation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 January, 2021

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    • 20 January, 2021

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

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    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 January, 2021

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    • 15 January, 2021

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

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    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 1 July, 2021

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    • 1 July, 2021

17. OneTogether: Surgical environment. Quality improvement resource

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    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2020

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    • 16 March, 2020

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

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. Patient narratives of surgical site infection: implications for practice

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    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 July, 2021

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    • 14 July, 2021

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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