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1. Full Text Mechanical bowel preparation for elective colorectal surgery
by Guenaga, Katia K F G and Matos, Delcio and Wille-Jørgensen, Peer
Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), ISSN 1469-493X, 2011, Volume 9, Issue 1, p. CD001544
Background The presence of bowel contents during colorectal surgery has been related to anastomotic leakage, but the belief that mechanical bowel preparation... 
RECTAL-CANCER SURGERY | Surgical Procedures, Elective [adverse effects] | MULTICENTER | Humans | RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL | Preoperative Care [methods] | DEFUNCTIONING COLOSTOMY | Surgical Wound Infection [epidemiology; prevention & control] | Digestive System Surgical Procedures [adverse effects] | Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic | Fecal Incontinence [etiology; prevention & control] | ANASTOMOSIS | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | COLON SURGERY | LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION | NO PREPARATION | COMPLICATIONS | POLYETHYLENE-GLYCOL | Surgical Wound Dehiscence [epidemiology; prevention & control] | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Elective Surgical Procedures - adverse effects | Fecal Incontinence - prevention & control | Surgical Wound Dehiscence - prevention & control | Digestive System Surgical Procedures - adverse effects | Fecal Incontinence - etiology | Surgical Wound Dehiscence - epidemiology | Preoperative Care - methods
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2. Full Text Surgical hand antisepsis to reduce surgical site infection
by Tanner, Judith and Tanner, Judith and Dumville, Jo C and Dumville, Jo C and Norman, Gill and Norman, Gill and Fortnam, Mathew and Fortnam, Mathew
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, ISSN 1469-493X, 01/2016, Volume 2016, Issue 1, p. CD004288
Background Medical professionals routinely carry out surgical hand antisepsis before undertaking invasive procedures to destroy transient microorganisms and... 
BACTERIAL-CONTAMINATION | Humans | CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE | RANDOMIZED-TRIAL | Colony Count, Microbial | Surgical Wound Infection [epidemiology; prevention & control] | RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS | General Surgery | Hand [microbiology] | Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic | PREOPERATIVE SKIN PREPARATION | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | Anti-Infective Agents, Local [administration & dosage] | ISOPROPYL-ALCOHOL | PARALLEL EXPERIMENTS | Antisepsis [methods] | POVIDONE-IODINE | ALCOHOLIC SOLUTIONS | HYGIENE REGIMENS | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Anti-Infective Agents, Local - administration & dosage | Antisepsis - methods | Hand - microbiology | Hand Disinfection - methods
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3. Full Text Mechanical bowel preparation for elective colorectal surgery
by Guenaga, Katia K.F.G and Matos, Delcio and Wille-Jørgensen, Peer
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, ISSN 1469-493X, 2009, Issue 1
Background The presence of bowel contents during surgery has been related to anastomotic leakage, but the belief that mechanical bowel preparation (MBP) is an... 
Surgical procedures, elective [adverse effects] | Digestive system surgical procedures [adverse effects] | Randomized controlled trials as topic | Humans | Preoperative care [methods] | Surgical wound infection [epidemiology; prevention & control] | Fecal incontinence [etiology; prevention & control] | Surgical wound dehiscence [epidemiology; prevention & control] | ANASTOMOSIS | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | RECTAL SURGERY | MULTICENTER | OPERATIONS | LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION | RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL | DEFUNCTIONING COLOSTOMY | COLONIC RESECTION | NO PREPARATION | POLYETHYLENE-GLYCOL
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4. Full Text Early versus delayed post-operative bathing or showering to prevent wound complications
by Toon, Clare D and Toon, Clare D and Sinha, Sidhartha and Sinha, Sidhartha and Davidson, Brian R and Davidson, Brian R and Gurusamy, Kurinchi Selvan and Gurusamy, Kurinchi S.elvan
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, ISSN 1469-493X, 2015, Volume 2015, Issue 7, p. CD010075
Background Many people undergo surgical operations during their life-time, which result in surgical wounds. After an operation the incision is closed using... 
INFECTIONS | QUALITY | METAANALYSIS | Humans | BIAS | RISK | Wound Healing | RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIALS | Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic | Minor Surgical Procedures | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | Quality Improvement | Time Factors | Quality of Life | Sutures | EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE | Surgical Wound Infection [complications; epidemiology; prevention & control] | Baths [adverse effects; methods] | Minor Surgical Procedures - adverse effects | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Bandages | Postoperative Care - adverse effects | Postoperative Care - methods | Baths - adverse effects | Baths - methods | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Surgical Wound Infection - complications
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5. Full Text Nonpharmacological Prevention of Surgical Wound Infections
by Daniel I. Sessler and Ozan Akça
Clinical Infectious Diseases, ISSN 1058-4838, 12/2002, Volume 35, Issue 11, pp. 1397 - 1404
Postoperative wound infection is a common and serious complication of surgery. This review will focus on 2 factors known to modulate perioperative immunity:... 
Postoperative nausea | Oxygen | Body temperature | Healthcare Epidemiology | Oxygen partial pressure | Infections | Shivering | Surgical wound infections | Anesthesiology | Blood | Hypothermia | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | SHIVERING THRESHOLDS | SUPPLEMENTAL INTRAOPERATIVE OXYGEN | BLOOD-LOSS | TISSUE OXYGEN-TENSION | RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL | MILD PERIOPERATIVE HYPOTHERMIA | MICROBIOLOGY | IMMUNOLOGY | POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA | TOTAL HIP-ARTHROPLASTY | NONLINEAR DECREASES | ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES | Perioperative Care | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Hypothermia - prevention & control | Nausea - etiology | Humans | Postoperative Complications - prevention & control | Vomiting - etiology | Respiratory Function Tests | Body Temperature | Pulmonary Atelectasis - etiology | Oxygen - metabolism | Prevention | Usage | Oxygen therapy
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6. Full Text Postoperative infections and antibiotic prophylaxis for hysterectomy in Sweden: a study by the Swedish National Register for Gynecologic Surgery
by Löfgren, Mats and Poromaa, Inger Sundström and Stjerndahl, Jan Henrik and Renström, Birgitta and Medicinska fakulteten and Institutionen för klinisk vetenskap and Obstetrik och gynekologi and Umeå universitet
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, ISSN 0001-6349, 2004, Volume 83, Issue 12, pp. 1202 - 1207
Aim. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the current use of antibiotic prophylaxis, the rate of postoperative infections, and risk factors for... 
antibiotic prophylaxis | national register | ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY | METAANALYSIS | postoperative infections | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | Body Mass Index | Smoking - adverse effects | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Age Factors | Antibiotic Prophylaxis - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Urinary Tract Infections - prevention & control | Sweden - epidemiology | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use | Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology | Hysterectomy, Vaginal - statistics & numerical data | Adult | Female | Registries | Surveys and Questionnaires | Hysterectomy - statistics & numerical data | Hysterectomy; Vaginal/statistics & numerical data | Antibiotic Prophylaxis/statistics & numerical data | Urinary Tract Infections/epidemiology/prevention & control | Smoking/adverse effects | Surgical Wound Infection/epidemiology/prevention & control | Questionnaires | Hysterectomy/statistics & numerical data | Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use | Sweden/epidemiology
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7. Important that the care providers participate in national point prevalence measurements
by Tammelin, Ann and Melander, Eva and Qvarfordt, Ingemar
Läkartidningen, ISSN 0023-7205, 2009, Volume 106, Issue 15-16, pp. 1108 - 1109
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8. Full Text Estimating the Proportion of Healthcare-Associated Infections That Are Reasonably Preventable and the Related Mortality and Costs
by Craig A. Umscheid and Matthew D. Mitchell and Jalpa A. Doshi and Rajender Agarwal and Kendal Williams and Patrick J. Brennan
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, ISSN 0899-823X, 02/2011, Volume 32, Issue 2, pp. 101 - 114
Objective. To estimate the proportion of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in US hospitals that are “reasonably preventable,” along with their related... 
Labor costs | Health care costs | Intensive care units | Hospital costs | Cost estimates | Original Article | Average total cost | Infections | Economic costs | Cost analysis | Cost control | URINARY-TRACT-INFECTION | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | UNIT PATIENTS | VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA | SURGICAL-SITE INFECTIONS | EDUCATION-PROGRAM | HOSPITALS | MEDICAL-CENTER | BLOOD-STREAM INFECTIONS | NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS | ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY | United States - epidemiology | Sepsis - etiology | Sepsis - prevention & control | Cross Infection - economics | Humans | Cross Infection - mortality | Equipment Contamination - economics | Urinary Tract Infections - economics | Urinary Tract Infections - prevention & control | Infection Control - methods | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - economics | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology | Catheter-Related Infections - prevention & control | Catheters - adverse effects | Catheter-Related Infections - epidemiology | Cross Infection - epidemiology | Equipment Contamination - prevention & control | Sepsis - economics | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Catheter-Related Infections - economics | Costs and Cost Analysis | Risk Assessment | Cross Infection - prevention & control | Surgical Wound Infection - economics | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - prevention & control | Surgical Wound Infection - etiology | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Regression Analysis | Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology | Catheters - microbiology | Urinary Tract Infections - etiology | Health Care Surveys
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9. Full Text Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated with Healthcare-Associated Infections: Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009–2010
by Dawn M. Sievert and Philip Ricks and Jonathan R. Edwards and Amy Schneider and Jean Patel and Arjun Srinivasan and Alex Kallen and Brandi Limbago and Scott Fridkin and for the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Team and Participating NHSN Facilities and Participating NHSN Facilities and Natl Healthcare Safety Network and National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Team and Participating NHSN Facilities
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, ISSN 0899-823X, 01/2013, Volume 34, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 14
Objective. To describe antimicrobial resistance patterns for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)... 
Fluoroquinolones | Pathogens | Phenotypes | Cephalosporins | Antimicrobials | Critical care | Aminoglycosides | Infections | NHSN Update | Carbapenems | Surgical specialties | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | BLOOD | United States - epidemiology | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Prevalence | Drug Resistance, Multiple | Humans | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology | Bacteremia - microbiology | Drug Resistance, Microbial | Gram-Negative Bacteria - drug effects | Regression Analysis | Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology | Phenotype | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - microbiology | Catheter-Related Infections - microbiology | Cross Infection - microbiology | Bacteremia - epidemiology | Urinary Tract Infections - microbiology | Enterococcus - drug effects | Candida - drug effects | Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology | Catheter-Related Infections - epidemiology | Catheterization, Central Venous - adverse effects | Cross Infection - epidemiology
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10. Full Text Surgical site infections: epidemiology, microbiology and prevention
by Owens, C.D and Stoessel, K
Journal of Hospital Infection, ISSN 0195-6701, 2008, Volume 70, Issue 2, pp. 3 - 10
Summary Surgical site infections (SSIs) are defined as infections occurring up to 30 days after surgery (or up to one year after surgery in patients receiving... 
Infectious Disease | Sealant | Surgical site infections | Skin asepsis | Epidemiology | Wound contamination | Guidelines | MORTALITY | SURGERY | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | MANAGEMENT | NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS | HOSPITALIZATION | EXCESS LENGTH | CONTROL PROGRAM | COST | IMPACT | Guidelines as Topic | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Gram-Negative Bacteria | Humans | Risk Factors | Antibiotic Prophylaxis | Infection Control - methods | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology | Incidence | Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - microbiology | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology | Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - epidemiology | Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections - prevention & control | Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - prevention & control | Gram-Positive Cocci | Microbiology | Health aspects | Surgery | Water quality
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11. Full Text Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated with Healthcare-Associated Infections: Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011-2014
by Weiner, Lindsey M and Webb, Amy K and Limbago, Brandi and Dudeck, Margaret A and Patel, Jean and Kallen, Alexander J and Edwards, Jonathan R and Sievert, Dawn M
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, ISSN 0899-823X, 11/2016, Volume 37, Issue 11, pp. 1288 - 1301
OBJECTIVE. To describe antimicrobial resistance patterns for healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) that occurred in 2011-2014 and were reported to the... 
INFECTIOUS DISEASES | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | United States - epidemiology | Gram-Positive Bacteria - drug effects | Central Venous Catheters - microbiology | Humans | Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods - drug effects | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - epidemiology | Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial | Urinary Tract Infections - microbiology | Catheter-Related Infections - epidemiology | Cross Infection - epidemiology | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - drug therapy | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci - drug effects | Central Venous Catheters - adverse effects | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) | Cross Infection - drug therapy | Urinary Tract Infections - drug therapy | Catheter-Related Infections - drug therapy | Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology | Hospitals | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated - microbiology | Catheter-Related Infections - microbiology | Cross Infection - microbiology | Urinary Tract Infections - etiology | Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
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12. Full Text Surgical site infection prevention: Time to move beyond the surgical care improvement program
by Hawn, Mary T and Vick, Catherine C and Richman, Joshua and Holman, William and Deierhoi, Rhiannon J and Graham, Laura A and Henderson, William G and Itani, Kamal M.F
Annals of Surgery, ISSN 0003-4932, 09/2011, Volume 254, Issue 3, pp. 494 - 501
Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) improved surgical site infection (SSI) rates using... 
SURGERY | PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS | QUALITY | RISK ADJUSTMENT | OUTCOMES | ASSOCIATION | United States - epidemiology | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Risk Assessment | Cross Infection - prevention & control | Surgical Procedures, Operative | Humans | Middle Aged | Linear Models | Logistic Models | Male | Infection Control - methods | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Guideline Adherence | Female | Retrospective Studies | Hospitals, Veterans | Cross Infection - epidemiology
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13. Full Text Multicenter double-blinded randomized controlled trial of standard abdominal wound edge protection with surgical dressings versus coverage with a sterile circular polyethylene drape for prevention of surgical site infections A CHIR-net trial (BaFO; NCT01181206)
by Mihaljevic, André L and Mihaljevic, André L and Schirren, Rebekka and Schirren, Rebekka and Ozër, Mine and Özer, Mine and Ottl, Stephanie and Ottl, Stephanie and Grün, Sybille and Grün, Sybille and Michalski, Christoph W and Michalski, Christoph W and Erkan, Mert and Erkan, Mert and Jäger, Carsten and Jäger, Carsten and Reiser-Erkan, Carolin and Reiser-Erkan, Carolin and Kehl, Victoria and Kehl, Victoria and Schuster, Tibor and Schuster, Tibor and Roder, Jürgen and Roder, Jürgen and Clauer, Ulf and Clauer, Ulf and Orlitsch, Carolin and Orlitsch, Carolin and Hoffmann, Tomas F and Hoffmann, Tomas F and Lange, Reinhard and Lange, Reinhard and Harzenetter, Thomas and Harzenetter, Thomas and Steiner, Phillip and Steiner, Phillip and Michalski, Milena and Michalski, Milena and Henkel, Karl and Henkel, Karl and Stadler, Josef and Stadler, Josef and Pistorius, Georg A and Pistorius, Georg A and Jahn, Anja and Jahn, Anja and Obermaier, Robert and Obermaier, Robert and Unger, Robert and Unger, Robert and Strunk, Roland and Strunk, Roland and Willeke, Frank and Willeke, Frank and Vogelsang, Holger and Vogelsang, Holger and Halve, Bert and Halve, Bert and Dietl, Karl-Heinz and Dietl, Karl-Heinz and Hilgenstock, Hendrik and Hilgenstock, Hendrik and Meyer, Alexander and Meyer, Alexander and Krämling, Hans-Jörg and Krämling, Hans-Jörg and Wagner, Markus and Wagner, Markus and Schoenberg, Michael H and Schoenberg, Michael H and Zeller, Florian and Zeller, Florian and Schmidt, Johannes and Schmidt, Johannes and Friess, Helmut and Friess, Helmut and Kleeff, Jörg and Kleeff, Jörg
Annals of surgery, ISSN 0003-4932, 2014, Volume 260, Issue 5, pp. 730 - 739
Objective: To determine whether circular plastic wound edge protectors (CWEPs) significantly reduce the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) in comparison... 
Abdominal surgery | Wound edge protector | Wound infection | Wound edge protection device | Surgical site infection | Randomized trial | Abdominal dressing | Wound guard | SYSTEM | SURGERY | wound guard | abdominal dressing | abdominal surgery | wound edge protector | randomized trial | surgical site infection | INCISION SITES | NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS | PROPHYLAXIS | wound edge protection device | IMPACT | wound infection | COSTS | CEFOTETAN | DEVICES | ELECTIVE COLORECTAL SURGERY | REDUCE | Polyethylene | Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology | Bandages | Double-Blind Method | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Clinical Protocols | Male | Treatment Outcome | Abdominal Wound Closure Techniques | Germany - epidemiology | Incidence | Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Aged | Laparotomy
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