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Scaling up infection prevention and control programs and the safe surgery checklist is necessary to avoid uncontrollable increases in surgical site infections and antimicrobial resistance.
Scaling up surgical volumes in low- and middle-income countries must be accompanied by robust infection prevention and control programs to prevent uncontrollable increases in surgical site infections and antimicrobial resistance.
Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common but preventable complication after surgery and is a major cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality in low-and middle-income countries. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates are also high in the setting. To scale up access to surgical care toward achieving the goals of universal health coverage, several countries in the setting have created surgical plans. These plans aim to significantly increase surgical volumes. These countries must scale up infection prevention and control programs at the same pace to avoid uncontrollable increases in SSI and AMR rates. Implementation of the safe surgery checklist needs to be scaled up to support SSI prevention and control programs.
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Ameh et al. (2022) conducted an editorial in Surgical site infection. Infection prevention and control programs and safe surgery checklist was evaluated. Scaling up infection prevention and control programs and the safe surgery checklist is necessary to avoid uncontrollable increases in surgical site infections and antimicrobial resistance.
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