Preventing Surgical Site Infections: Looking Beyond the Current Guidelines

This JAMA Insights Clinical Update summarizes current guidelines for prevention of surgical site infections and discusses emerging prevention strategies, such as preoperative bowel preparation and negative-pressure wound therapy, that are challenging longstanding surgical practices.

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 323; no. 11; pp. 1087 - 1088
Main Authors Fields, Adam C, Pradarelli, Jason C, Itani, Kamal M. F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Medical Association 17.03.2020
Subjects
Guidelines
Infections
Intestine
Prevention
Surgical site infections
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Summary:This JAMA Insights Clinical Update summarizes current guidelines for prevention of surgical site infections and discusses emerging prevention strategies, such as preoperative bowel preparation and negative-pressure wound therapy, that are challenging longstanding surgical practices.
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ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2019.20830