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September 12th 2018

CHG-Coated Surgical Gloves Influence the Bacterial Flora of Hands Over a Period of 3 Hours

September 5th 2018

Developing the Case for Implementation of Operating Room Air Decontamination Technology for Orthopedic Surgery

July 13th 2018

Cleanliness and Sterility Assurance in Central Sterile and the Operating Room

July 12th 2018

Alcohol-Based Surgical Hand Preparation: Translating Scientific Evidence Into Clinical Practice

June 7th 2018

Rhode Island’s Surgical Nurses Will Soon Be Smoke-free in Their Operating Rooms

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A Shield of Protection: Unmet Needs in COVID-19 Prevention and Control

Onyema Ogbuagu, MD, FACP, FIDSA; Jeffery A. Goad, PharmD, MPH; William P. Hanage, PhD

ECRI Institute Announces New Initiative to Extinguish Surgical Fires

June 6th 2018

Experts Examine the Impact of a Global Surgical Safety Checklist

May 24th 2018

Safety Program for Surgical Patients Sharply Drops Surgical Site Infections

May 18th 2018

Professional Associations Collaborate to Review Evidence on Surgical Attire

May 7th 2018

Hospital Achieves 73% Reduction in SSIs with Indigo-Clean Continuous Environmental Disinfection

April 9th 2018

Survey Finds 40 Percent of Healthcare Providers Have Canceled Surgical Cases Due to Lack of Supplies

March 28th 2018

SSI Prevention: Updated Research Findings, Guidelines & Recommendations Offer Improved Knowledge

March 19th 2018

Truly Effective Communication Takes a Team

March 19th 2018

Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections in Africa

March 8th 2018

Factors Influencing Microbial Colonies in the Air of Operating Rooms

January 11th 2018

Fewer UTIs Seen Postoperatively at ACS NSQIP-Participating Hospitals

December 1st 2017

Decontamination of Surgical Instruments Begins in the OR

November 28th 2017

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November 22nd 2017

Cloth Caps More Effective Than Disposable Caps at Preventing Contamination in the OR

October 26th 2017

Nanofiber Sutures Promote Production of Infection-Thwarting Peptide

October 18th 2017

Antibiotics Before Low-Risk Operations Do Not Appear to Breed Post-op Antibiotic Resistance

October 10th 2017

Study Asserts Chlorhexidine Not an Essential Component in Alcohol-Based Surgical Hand Preparation

September 18th 2017

Researchers Identify the Most Effective Infection Control Practices in the OR

September 14th 2017

Study Asserts That Separating Septic and Aseptic Operating Areas is Unnecessary

September 8th 2017

JCU Scientist Finds Alcohol-Free Solution Works

August 8th 2017

Maintaining Patient Skin Integrity Requires Identification of Knowledge, Practice and Product Gaps

August 3rd 2017

Risk Assessments Related to Skin Integrity are Critical to Satisfactory Patient Outcomes

August 3rd 2017

Warm Weather Increases the Incidence of Serious Surgical Site Infections

May 17th 2017

Researchers Create World's First Self-Donning System for Surgical Gowns

May 16th 2017

In the healthcare setting, there is an increasing need for a self-donning surgical gown that healthcare personnel can don without the need for any assistance. Also, in the context of crisis management for the Ebola virus and other severe infectious diseases, use of a gown that can be donned and removed quickly and safely as infection protection to prevent transmission to the environment is more important than ever.

Patient Engagement With Surgical Site Infection Prevention

May 12th 2017