Surgical site infections

AGENCIES

World Health Organization (WHO)

• Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection (2016)

• WHO guidelines for safe surgery 2009 - safe surgery saves lives

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection (2017)

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Surgical site infection: prevention and treatment of surgical site infection (reaffirmed 2011)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) / Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) / American Hospital Association (AHA) / Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) / The Joint Commission

• Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update

EU/EEA COUNTRIES

Cyprus

• Prevention of surgical site infections (Ministry of Health, 2013)
  Πρόληψη λοιμώξεων χειρουργικής θέσης

Denmark

• National infection control guidelines – For the pre-, per- and post-operative area (Statens Serum Institut, updated 2015)
  Nationale infektionshygiejniske retningslinjer – For det præ-, per- og – postoperative område

France

• Preoperative management of infection risk (Société Française d’Hygiène Hospitalière, 2013)
  Gestion préopératoire du risque infectieux

Germany

• Prevention of postoperative surgical site infections (Robert Koch Institute, 2007)
  Prävention postoperativer Infektionen im Operationsgebiet

Ireland

• 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

• Prevention of postoperative wound infections (Infection Prevention Working Party - WIP, updated 2011)
  Preventie van postoperatieve wondinfecties

Spain

• Clinical practice guidelines for the patient safety at surgery settings (Ministry of Health, Social Policy, and Equality, 2010)
  Clinical practice guideline for the patient safety at surgery settings

Sweden

• Postoperative wound infections – prevention measures (Sveriges kommuner och landsting, 2011)
  Postoperativa sårinfektioner - åtgärder för att förebygga

COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE EU/EEA

United Kingdom

• Surgical site infections. NICE Quality standard [QS49] (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2013)
  Surgical site infections

• Targeted literature review: What are the key infection prevention and control recommendations to inform a surgical site infection (SSI) prevention quality improvement tool? (Health Protection Scotland, 2015)
  Targeted literature review