Executive Summary of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Infection Society Surgical Site Infection Guidelines-2016 Update

Kristen A Ban^{1

2}, Joseph P Minei³, Christine Laronga⁴, Brian G Harbrecht⁵, Eric H Jensen⁶, Donald E Fry⁷, Kamal M F Itani⁸, E Patchen Dellinger⁹, Clifford Y Ko^{1

10}, Therese M Duane¹¹

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¹ 1 American College of Surgeons , Chicago, Illinois.
² 2 Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center , Maywood, Illinois.
³ 3 University of Texas Southwestern , Dallas, Texas.
⁴ 4 Moffitt Cancer Center , Tampa, Florida.
⁵ 5 University of Louisville , Louisville, Kentucky.
⁶ 6 University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁷ 7 Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University , Chicago, Illinois.
⁸ 8 Department of Surgery, Boston Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Boston University , Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ 9 Department of Surgery, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.
¹⁰ 10 Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
¹¹ 11 Department of Surgery, John Peter Smith Health Network , Fort Worth, Texas.

PMID: 28541808
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2016.214

Executive Summary of the American College of Surgeons/Surgical Infection Society Surgical Site Infection Guidelines-2016 Update

Kristen A Ban et al. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 May/Jun.

. 2017 May/Jun;18(4):379-382.

doi: 10.1089/sur.2016.214.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ 1 American College of Surgeons , Chicago, Illinois.
² 2 Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center , Maywood, Illinois.
³ 3 University of Texas Southwestern , Dallas, Texas.
⁴ 4 Moffitt Cancer Center , Tampa, Florida.
⁵ 5 University of Louisville , Louisville, Kentucky.
⁶ 6 University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁷ 7 Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University , Chicago, Illinois.
⁸ 8 Department of Surgery, Boston Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Boston University , Boston, Massachusetts.
⁹ 9 Department of Surgery, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington.
¹⁰ 10 Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles, California.
¹¹ 11 Department of Surgery, John Peter Smith Health Network , Fort Worth, Texas.

PMID: 28541808
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2016.214

Abstract

Guidelines regarding the prevention, detection, and management of surgical site infections (SSIs) have been published previously by a variety of organizations. The American College of Surgeons (ACS)/Surgical Infection Society (SIS) Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Guidelines 2016 Update is intended to update these guidelines based on the current literature and to provide a concise summary of relevant topics.

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