Surgical site infections

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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. These colour-changing sutures can catch infections

   • Infection control

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 25 June, 2021

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   • 25 June, 2021

5. 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

6. 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

7. Patient Safety Movement: 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Study shows effectiveness of ChloraPrep in SSI prevention (7 January 2010)

    • Surgery - General
    • Healthcare associated infection
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      • Surgery - General
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Infection control
      • Pre-op period

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 May, 2020

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    • 23 May, 2020

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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