Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017.

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The human and financial costs of treating surgical site infections (SSIs) are increasing. The number of surgical procedures performed in the United States continues to rise, and surgical patients are initially seen with increasingly complex comorbidities. It is estimated that approximately half of SSIs are deemed preventable using evidence-based strategies.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JAMA Surg

Title: JAMA surgery

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Electronic): 2168-6262

ISSN (Print): 2168-6254

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 01 2017

Volume: 152

Issue: 8

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[1 ] Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

[2 ] Center for Evidence-Based Practice, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia.

[3 ] College of Public Health, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City.

[4 ] Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, North Carolina.

[5 ] Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.

[6 ] Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri.

[7 ] American College of Surgeons Representative, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.

[8 ] Surgical Infection Society Representative, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston University and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

[9 ] Musculoskeletal Infection Society Representative, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.

[10 ] American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Representative, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.

[11 ] American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Representative, Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[12 ] Quality Department, Littleton Adventist Hospital, Denver, Colorado.

[13 ] Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses Representative, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn.

[14 ] Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, the Netherlands.

[15 ] Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

[16 ] Department of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco.

Article

Publisher Item ID: 2623725

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0904

PubMed ID: 28467526

SO-VID: 9f11b717-6957-4806-9c2a-45f381be4619

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