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Surveillance of surgical site infections: Decade of experience at a Colombian tertiary care center
A protocol for surveillance of surgical site infections (SSIs) was established in a tertiary care center in 1991 in Bogota, Colombia and followed for 10 years. Wounds were classified according to the Centers for Disease ...
No association between positive intraoperative allograft cultures and infection rates after reconstructive knee ligament surgery
(2018)
Background: Several reports of severe infections associated with allograft tissue in knee reconstructivesurgery have led many surgeons to consider routine intraoperative culture of allograft tissue before implantation. ...
Vigilância da busca pós-alta e a infecção de sítio cirúrgico: revisão integrativa
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2015-05-15)
This study deals with an integrative literature review in order to identify the advantage of post-discharge follow-up of the surgical patient. To select the articles were consulted four Database - BDENF, IBECS, MEDLINE and ...
Applying validated quality indicators to surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in a Brazilian hospital: Learning what should be learned
(MOSBY-ELSEVIERNEW YORK, 2013-08-02)
Background: Compliance with the best surgical antibiotic prophylaxis practice is usually low despite many published guidelines. Objective: This study investigated compliance with the Hospital Infection Control Committee ...
Risk factors for surgical site infection in kidney transplant recipients
(Univ Chicago Press, 2008-08-01)
We analyzed the epidemiologic characteristics and risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) in kidney transplant recipients. From among 1,939 kidney transplant recipients, 120 with corresponding control subjects were ...
Impact of an Automated Surveillance to Detect Surgical-Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Brazil
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2016)
In this retrospective study, we compared automated surveillance with conventional surveillance to detect surgical site infection after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty. Automated surveillance demonstrated better ...
Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical site infection in people undergoing liver transplantation
(2015-12-05)
Background: Surgical site infection is more frequent in liver transplantation than in other types of solid organ transplantation with different antibiotics. Studies have shown that the rate of surgical site infection varies ...
Adesão à antibioticoprofilaxia cirúrgica para pacientes pediátricos em hospital universitário
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2011-05-30)
Introduction: It is estimated that more than half of surgical site infections can be prevented through the proper implementation of recommendations based on scientific evidence, especially for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis. ...
Health care-related infections in solid organ transplants
(Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2007-12-01)
The health care-related infections are well-known in a critical care setting, but reports of those infections in solid organ transplanted patients are scarce. We developed a study of retrospective cohort in a tertiary ...