Guideline for prevention of surgical wound infections, 1985
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This article is published in American Journal of Infection Control.The article was published on 1986-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 183 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Guideline.read more
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Surgical wound infection rates by wound class, operative procedure, and patient risk index
David H. Culver,Teresa C. Horan,Robert P. Gaynes,William J. Martone,William R. Jarvis,T.Grace Emori,Shailen N. Banerjee,Jonathan R. Edwards,James S. Tolson,Tonya S. Henderson,James M. Hughes +10 more
TL;DR: A risk index was developed to predict a surgical patient's risk of acquiring an SWI as mentioned in this paper, ranging from 0 to 3, is the number of risk factors present among the following: a patient with an American Society of Anesthesiologists preoperative assessment score of 3, 4, or 5, an operation classified as contaminated or dirty-infected, and an operation lasting over T hours, where T depends upon the operative procedure being performed.
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APIC guidelines for handwashing and hand antisepsis in health care settings
TL;DR: The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC) Board of Directors and Guidelines Committee are pleased to present the ‘‘APIC’’ Guideline for Hand Washing and Hand Antisepsis in Health Care Settings.
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Bacterial Contamination of the Hands of Hospital Staff During Routine Patient Care
TL;DR: Bacterial contamination increased linearly with time on ungloved hands during patient care, and because hand antisepsis was superior to hand washing, intervention trials should explore the role of systematic handantisepsis as a cornerstone of infection control to reduce cross-transmission in hospitals.
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Postoperative infections traced to contamination of an intravenous anesthetic, propofol
S N Bennett,Michael M. McNeil,Lee A. Bland,Matthew J. Arduino,M E Villarino,D M Perrotta,D R Burwen,S F Welbel,D A Pegues,L Stroud +9 more
TL;DR: Only exposure to propofol, a lipid-based anesthetic agent, was significantly associated with the postoperative complications at all seven hospitals, and strict aseptic techniques are essential during the handling of these agents to prevent extrinsic contamination and dangerous infectious complications.
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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Rates in the United States, 1992–1998: The National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System Basic SSI Risk Index
Robert P. Gaynes,David H. Culver,Teresa C. Horan,Jonathan R. Edwards,Chesley L. Richards,James S. Tolson +5 more
TL;DR: Overall, for 34 of the 44 NNIS procedure categories, SSI rates increased significantly (P< .05) with the number of risk factors present, and with regard to cholecystectomy and colon surgery, the SSI rate was significantly lower when the procedure was done laparoscopically within each risk index category.
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The efficacy of infection surveillance and control programs in preventing nosocomial infections in US hospitals.
Robert W. Haley,David H. Culver,John W. White,W. Meade Morgan,T.Grace Emori,Van P. Munn,Thomas M. Hooton +6 more
TL;DR: It is found that the establishment of intensive infection surveillance and control programs was strongly associated with reductions in rates of nosocomial urinary tract infection, surgical wound infection, pneumonia, and bacteremia between 1970 and 1975-1976, after controlling for other characteristics of the hospitals and their patients.
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The Epidemiology of Wound Infection: A 10-Year Prospective Study of 62,939 Wounds
Peter J. E. Cruse,Rosemary Foord +1 more
TL;DR: The authors consider the effects of the following factors on the rate of infection: length of preoperative stay, preparation of the patient for surgery, identification of patients at risk, surgical technique and choice of procedure, and acquainting staff with statistics of wound infection rates.
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Identifying patients at high risk of surgical wound infection a simple multivariate index of patient susceptibility and wound contamination
Robert W. Haley,David H. Culver,W. Meade Morgan,John W. White,T.Grace Emori,Thomas M. Hooton +5 more
TL;DR: The authors used information collected on 58,498 patients undergoing operations in 1970 to develop a simple multivariate risk index and found that a subgroup, consisting of half the surgical patients, can be identified in whom 90% of the surgical wound infections will develop.
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Effect of ultraclean air in operating rooms on deep sepsis in the joint after total hip or knee replacement: a randomised study.
TL;DR: In this article, a multicentre study of sepsis after total hip or knee replacement the operations performed by each surgeon were allocated at random between control and ultraclean-air operating rooms.
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