Surgical Site Infection

I routinely see prescribers avoid prescribing cephalosporin antibiotics for patients with a penicillin allergy.

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting revealed 40 international Delphi consensus statements on wound closure and dressing management in total hip and knee arthroplasty.

Published results showed corticosteroid injections within 2 weeks of knee arthroscopy may be associated with an increased risk of postoperative septic knee infection or surgical site infection at 90 days.

SAN ANTONIO — We caught up with Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual meeting to talk about the potential benefits of universal nasal decolonization.

SAN ANTONIO — Rates of surgical site infections drastically improved after implementing a comprehensive prevention bundle, researchers reported at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual meeting.

A dual-ring plastic wound protecter reduced the risk for surgical site infection by 46.81% compared with conventional surgical gauze during open abdominal gastrointestinal surgery, according to study results.

According to published results, prophylactic intraoperative incisional wound irrigation with an antiseptic solution was associated with reduced surgical site infections compared with use of either an antibiotic solution or no irrigation.

SAN FRANCISCO — Povidone-iodine and saline irrigation may have equivalent efficacy for the reduction of surgical site infection following total knee or total hip arthroplasty, according to results presented here.

In this video, Gerard P. Slobogean, MD, MPH, discussed the use of iodine povacrylex in alcohol as a preoperative skin antisepsis to prevent surgical site infection for patients undergoing closed fracture surgery.

Surgical site infections, or SSIs, are among the most prevalent and pesky health care-associated infections. Roughly 1% to 3% of patients will develop an infection near or at the incisional site following surgery.