Changing gloves and switching instruments to decrease surgical site infection in abdominal surgery

Affiliations

¹ Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA. Electronic address: hkaafarani@mgh.harvard.edu.

Comment

May F Abiad et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Nov 19;400(10365):1742-1743.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01998-5. Epub 2022 Oct 31.

¹ Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA. Electronic address: hkaafarani@mgh.harvard.edu.

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Routine sterile glove and instrument change at the time of abdominal wound closure to prevent surgical site infection (ChEETAh): a pragmatic, cluster-randomised trial in seven low-income and middle-income countries.
NIHR Global Research Health Unit on Global Surgery. NIHR Global Research Health Unit on Global Surgery. Lancet. 2022 Nov 19;400(10365):1767-1776. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01884-0. Epub 2022 Oct 31. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 36328045 Clinical Trial.