CHICAGO (December 1, 2016): Newly released guidelines for the prevention, detection, and management of surgical site infections (SSIs) issued by the American College of Surgeons and the Surgical ...

The Surgical Infection Society (SIS) presents new evidence-based guidelines for the management of intra-abdominal infection (IAI) in the peer-reviewed journal Surgical Infections. Click here to read ...

The results of two recent studies using Preventogen for the prevention of infections, 1) after elective surgery and 2) after the insertion of Tunneled Hemodialysis catheters, were presented at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of an artificial neural network model identified Charlson comorbidity index and smoking status as the ...

A new study found preoperative antibiotic therapy administered within two hours of cardiac surgery decreased the risk of developing surgical site infections (SSIs) significantly. The study was ...

In conjunction with the Surgical Infection Society, the American College of Surgeons issued updated recommendations for treating and preventing surgical site infections. 1. The recommendations provide ...

Philip S. Barie, M.D.: How will the practicing general surgeon be convinced that a particular enhancement to the suture material is going to provide protection against post-operative wound ...

A new consensus statement from the broadly representative Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health emphasizes comprehensive teamwork, communication, and standardization, using checklists and order ...

There is limited data characterizing the risk and impact of surgical site infection (SSI) in neonates; this makes it difficult to identify factors that increase neonatal SSI risk and to determine how ...

SAN CARLOS, Calif., Dec. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Prescient Surgical, Inc., a medical device innovator dedicated to developing advanced tools and technologies to prevent surgical site infections (SSIs ...

Prevent-Plus, a progressive leader in the management and prevention of surgical site infections, presented the results of two recent studies using Preventogen for the prevention of infections: after ...