The number of unresolved issues in this guideline reveals substantial gaps that warrant future research.” (page E6)
Best practices in avoiding surgical site infections were studied by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the assistance of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. This guideline is based on the full text review of nearly 900 journal articles and studies. The guideline is organized according to specific surgical practices – for example the efficacy of wearing a space suit during orthopedic surgery – and assigns each practice a rating on a continuum as to whether the practice is highly recommended, unresolved, or somewhere in between. The rating on the space suits, for instance, is that it is unresolved.
Source: Berrios-Torres, S.I., and others. (2017, May 3). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline for the prevention of surgical site infection 2017. JAMA Surgery. Click here: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2623725 Posted by AHA Resource Center (312) 422-2050, rc@aha.org
Filed under: Benchmarking, Best practices, Patient safety, Posted by Kim Garber, Surgery, Surgical suite | Tagged: CDC, health care acquired infections, Hospital-acquired infections, surgical site infection prevention, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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