Nearly 60% of infections were also resistant to the preventive antibiotic administered during surgery, the antiseptic used to ...

Most SSIs are believed to be acquired during a surgical procedure from the ... theater versus during postoperative wound care or secondary infection, and the proportion of endogenous versus ...

Surgical-site infections associated with bariatric surgery ... agents should be infused within 30 min to 1 h before incision, with the exception of fluoroquinolones or vancomycin.

Surgical Site Infection (SSI): An infection that occurs at the site of a surgical incision. Prophylactic Antimicrobials: Antibiotics given to prevent infection before it occurs, particularly ...

Experts from across healthcare disciplines began working in December on a new classification system for evaluating surgical site wounds.

His chemotherapy treatment was delayed as doctors attempted to figure out the cause of his pain, an Illinois attorney says.

Most physicians had little surgical experience ... Clean white pus was expected in a normal healing wound; four deadly secondary infections were recognized: hospital gangrene, erysipelas, pyemia ...