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Review
. 2020 Feb 18;15(1):13.
doi: 10.1186/s13017-020-00295-3.

A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway

Massimo Sartelli  1 , Leonardo Pagani  2 , Stefania Iannazzo  3 , Maria Luisa Moro  4 , Pierluigi Viale  5 , Angelo Pan  6 , Luca Ansaloni  7 , Federico Coccolini  8 , Marcello Mario D'Errico  9 , Iris Agreiter  10 , Giorgio Amadio Nespola  11 , Francesco Barchiesi  12 , Valeria Benigni  13 , Raffaella Binazzi  2 , Stefano Cappanera  14 , Alessandro Chiodera  15 , Valentina Cola  16 , Daniela Corsi  17 , Francesco Cortese  18 , Massimo Crapis  19 , Francesco Cristini  20 , Alessandro D'Arpino  21 , Belinda De Simone  22 , Stefano Di Bella  23 , Francesco Di Marzo  24 , Abele Donati  25 , Daniele Elisei  26 , Massimo Fantoni  27 , Anna Ferrari  28 , Domitilla Foghetti  29 , Daniela Francisci  30 , Gianni Gattuso  31 , Andrea Giacometti  32 , Guido Cesare Gesuelli  33 , Cristina Marmorale  34 , Enrica Martini  35 , Marcello Meledandri  36 , Rita Murri  27 , Daniela Padrini  37 , Dalia Palmieri  38 , Paola Pauri  39 , Carla Rebagliati  40 , Enrico Ricchizzi  4 , Vittorio Sambri  41   42 , Anna Maria Schimizzi  43 , Walter Siquini  33 , Loredana Scoccia  44 , Giancarlo Scoppettuolo  45 , Gabriele Sganga  46 , Nadia Storti  47 , Marcello Tavio  48 , Giulio Toccafondi  49 , Fabio Tumietto  5 , Bruno Viaggi  50 , Marco Vivarelli  51 , Cristian Tranà  33 , Melina Raso  52 , Francesco Maria Labricciosa  53 , Sameer Dhingra  54 , Fausto Catena  55
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Review

A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway

Massimo Sartelli et al. World J Emerg Surg. .

Abstract

Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices in infection prevention and management, many healthcare workers fail to implement them and evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway should always focus on collaboration among all healthcare workers sharing knowledge of best practices. To clarify key issues in the prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway, a multidisciplinary task force of experts convened in Ancona, Italy, on May 31, 2019, for a national meeting. This document represents the executive summary of the final statements approved by the expert panel.

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial stewardship; Healthcare-associated infections; Infection control; Multidrug-resistant organisms; Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis; Surgical site infections.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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