Surgical Site Infections

Guidelines

Surgical site infection Prevention and treatment of surgical site infection
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. October 2008.http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/CG74  Accessed March 12, 2009.

Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999
Mangram AJ, Horan TC, Pearson ML, Silver LC, Jarvis WR. Am J Infect Control. 1999 Apr;27(2):97-132; quiz 133-4; discussion 96. PMID: 10196487.

Quality standard for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical procedures. The Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Dellinger EP, Gross PA, Barrett TL, Krause PJ, Martone WJ, McGowan JE Jr, Sweet RL, Wenzel RP. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1994 Mar;15(3):182-8. Review. PMID: 8207176.

The Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999 presents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for the prevention of surgical site infections.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_surgicalsite.html Accessed March 12, 2009.

Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections
Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, Everett ED, Dellinger P, Goldstein EJ, Gorbach SL, Hirschmann JV, Kaplan EL, Montoya JG, Wade JC; Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Nov 15;41(10):1373-406. Epub 2005 Oct 14. No abstract available. Erratum in: Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 15;41(12):1830. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Apr 15;42(8):1219. dosage error in text. PMID: 16231249.