Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Much has been done to identify measures and modify risk factors to decrease the rate of surgical site infection (SSI). Development of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Core recommendations for the prevention of SSI revealed evidence gaps in six areas: Parenteral antimicrobial prophylaxis, glycemic control, normothermia, oxygenation, antiseptic prophylaxis, and non-parenteral antimicrobial prophylaxis. Using a modified Delphi process, seven SSI content experts identified nutritional status, smoking, obesity, surgical technique, and anemia as additional areas for SSI prevention research. Post-modified Delphi process Staphylococcus aureus colonization and SSI definition and surveillance were also deemed important topic areas for inclusion. For each topic, research questions were developed, and 10 were selected as the final SSI research questions.
Source: Surgical Infections
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2017.060
Institutions: Boston University, Harvard University, VA Boston Healthcare System, University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Cincinnati, State University of New York, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2618197983