Recent developments in the prevention of surgical site infections: Preoperative screening and postoperative surveillance

Inge H.M. van Loo; Peter H.J. van Keulen; Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans

doi:10.1586/14787210.1.2.261

Recent developments in the prevention of surgical site infections: Preoperative screening and postoperative surveillance

Inge H.M. van Loo
, Peter H.J. van Keulen
, Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The purpose of this review is to cover the literature on the prevention of postsurgical infections in the period January 2002 to May 2003. Only articles that address novel insights in the prevention of infections are included in this review. The most interesting findings were observed in preoperative screening of patients for nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus. Eradication of Staphylococcus aureus in nasal carriers resulted in reduction of postsurgical nosocomial infections due to (endogenous) S. aureus infections. Furthermore, postoperative surveillance studies revealed insight in the incidence of surgical site infections, showed the use of risk indices and identified risk factors important for the development of postsurgical infections.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	261-266
Number of pages	6
Journal	Expert review of Anti-infective Therapy
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1586/14787210.1.2.261
Publication status	Published - Aug 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Postsurgical surveillance
Prevention
S. aureus nasal carriage
Surgical site infection

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