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. 2023 May;44(5):695-720.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.67. Epub 2023 May 4.

Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update

Michael S Calderwood #  1 , Deverick J Anderson #  2 , Dale W Bratzler  3 , E Patchen Dellinger  4 , Sylvia Garcia-Houchins  5 , Lisa L Maragakis  6 , Ann-Christine Nyquist  7 , Kiran M Perkins  8 , Michael Anne Preas  9 , Lisa Saiman  10 , Joshua K Schaffzin  11 , Marin Schweizer  12 , Deborah S Yokoe  13 , Keith S Kaye  14
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Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update

Michael S Calderwood et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 May.

Abstract

The intent of this document is to highlight practical recommendations in a concise format designed to assist acute-care hospitals in implementing and prioritizing their surgical-site infection (SSI) prevention efforts. This document updates the Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals published in 2014. This expert guidance document is sponsored by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). It is the product of a collaborative effort led by SHEA, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and The Joint Commission, with major contributions from representatives of a number of organizations and societies with content expertise.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest. The following disclosures reflect what has been reported to SHEA. To provide thorough transparency, SHEA requires full disclosure of all relationships, regardless of relevancy to the topic. Such relationships as potential conflicts of interest are evaluated in a review process that includes assessment by the SHEA Conflict of Interest Committee and may include the Board of Trustees and Editor of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The assessment of disclosed relationships for possible conflicts of interest has been based on the relative weight of the financial relationship (i.e., monetary amount) and the relevance of the relationship (i.e., the degree to which an association might reasonably be interpreted by an independent observer as related to the topic or recommendation of consideration). D.J.A. is the owner of Infection Control Education for Major Sports, LLC, has grants from CDC and AHRQ and has received royalties for authorship on UpToDate. A.C.N. is the Chair DSMB, CAV-AVI Neonatal PK Study with Pfizer. All other authors report no conflicts of interest related to this article.

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CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) classification for surgical site infection. Modified from Horan TC, et al. CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992.
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