A proposal for a comprehensive approach to infections across the surgical pathway

Abstract

Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices in infection prevention and management, many healthcare workers fail to implement them and evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway should always focus on collaboration among all healthcare workers sharing knowledge of best practices. To clarify key issues in the prevention and management of infections across the surgical pathway, a multidisciplinary task force of experts convened in Ancona, Italy, on May 31, 2019, for a national meeting. This document represents the executive summary of the final statements approved by the expert panel.

Impact of lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) on surgical site infection rates: a monocentric observational cohort study

“…World Health Organization (WHO) introduces the “global guidelines for the prevention of SSI” [ 4 , 5 ] where pre- and intraoperative measures are the use of antimicrobial prophylaxis, alcoholic Clorexidine for skin decontamination, skin barriers and maintenance of intraoperative homeothermy [ 6 – 8 ]. Concerning the postoperative prevention of SSIs, it is necessary to use a bundle of strategies and shared protocols such as a meticulous hand hygiene and asepsis during wound care [ 9 ]. The presence of a wound-care supervisor in the surgical team is another fundamental strategy to drastically reduce the incidence of SSIs [ 7 ].…”

Segurança do paciente na antibioticoprofilaxia cirúrgica: revisão integrativa

“…11 A prevenção de ISC consiste em um trabalho em equipe, a colaboração de cada profissional acrescenta de forma a empenhar e praticar as melhores práticas através de seus conhecimentos ao paciente, em busca da segurança do paciente. Existe um empenho em todo o mundo para melhorar essa segurança, no que aborda ISC e resistência antimicrobiana, sendo que pacientes submetidos a procedimentos cirúrgicos estão suscetíveis a adquirirem ISC, por isso existem as diretrizes e protocolos que tentam combater números crescentes de infecções 12 .…”

Conocimientos del personal del área de quirófano en el Hospital General Docente Ambato sobre sepsis quirúrgica.

“…Los profesionales y las organizaciones de salud pública deben aplicar estrategias de prevención de sepsis integral, para minimizar las complicaciones y mejorar el pronóstico de los pacientes (26)(27)(28)(29)(30).…”