Key result
Adherence to the 1999 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines is recommended to reduce the incidence of surgical site infections.
Why the study?
Does adherence to 1999 CDC guidelines reduce the incidence of infection in surgical patients?
Does adherence to 1999 CDC guidelines reduce the incidence of infection in surgical patients?
Adherence to established CDC guidelines is emphasized to reduce the incidence of surgical site infections.
Supports adherence to 1999 CDC guidelines for surgical site infection prevention; leaves open need for updated prospective validation.
Wound site infections are a major source of postoperative illness, accounting for approximately a quarter of all nosocomial infections. National studies have defined the patients at highest risk for infection in general and in many specific operative procedures. Advances in risk assessment comparison may involve use of the standardized infection ratio, procedure-specific risk factor collection, and logistic regression models. Adherence to recommendations in the 1999 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines should reduce the incidence of infection in surgical patients.
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Ronald Lee Nichols (2001) conducted a review in Surgical site infections. Adherence to 1999 CDC guidelines was evaluated. Adherence to the 1999 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines is recommended to reduce the incidence of surgical site infections.
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