Surgical site infections
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AGENCIES
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection, 2nd ed. (2018)
- WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery 2009 – Safe Surgery Saves Lives (2009)
EU/EEA COUNTRIES
Cyprus
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Prevention of surgical site infections (Ministry of Health, 2013)
Πρόληψη λοιμώξεων χειρουργικής θέσης
Germany
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Prevention of postoperative surgical site infections (Robert Koch Institute, 2007)
Prävention postoperativer Infektionen im Operationsgebiet
Ireland
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Preventing surgical site infections - Key recommendations for practice (Joint Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland / Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Working Group on Prevention of Surgical Site Infections, 2012)
Preventing surgical site infections - Key recommendations for practice
Netherlands
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Prevention of postoperative wound infections (Infection Prevention Working Party - WIP, updated 2011)
Preventie van postoperatieve wondinfecties
Sweden
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Postoperative wound infections – prevention measures (Sveriges kommuner och landsting, 2011)
Postoperativa sårinfektioner - åtgärder för att förebygga
COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA
United Kingdom
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Surgical site infections. NICE Quality standard [QS49] (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2013)
Surgical site infections