ArticlePatient safety in surgery2014
Current preventive measures for health-care associated surgical site infections: a review.
Article in Patient safety in surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Surgical Marking Pen Contamination: Writing a Postoperative Infection Into Your Preoperative Plan.Cureus · 2023Article
- The susceptibility of multidrug resistant and biofilm formingMalawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2021Article
- Time-dependent surgical instrument contamination begins earlier in the uncovered table than in the covered table.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020Article
- 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin DNanomedicine (London, England) · 2018Article
- Health care-associated infections - an overview.Infection and drug resistance · 2018Review
- Removal ofNPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2018Article
- A Simple Way to Eradicate Methicillin-ResistantComparative medicine · 2017Article
- A controlled antibiotic release system to prevent orthopedic-implant associated infections: An in vitro study.European journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V · 2015Article
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Abstract
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) continue to be a tremendous issue today. It is estimated 1.7 million HAIs occur per year, and cost the healthcare system up to $45 billion annually. Surgical site infections (SSIs) alone account for 290,000 of total HAIs and approximately 8,000 deaths. In today's rapidly changing world of medicine, it is ever important to remain cognizant of this matter and its impact both globally and on the individual lives of our patients. This review aims to impress upon the reader the unremitting significance of HAIs in the daily practice of medicine. Further, we discuss the etiology of HAIs and review successful preventive measures that have been demonstrated in the literature. In particular, we highlight preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative interventions to combat SSIs. Finally, we contend that current systems in place are often insufficient, and emphasize the benefits of institution-wide adoption of multiple preventive interventions. We hope this concise update and review can inspire additional dialogue for the continuing progress towards improving patient care and patient lives.
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