National survey of variations in practice in the prevention of surgical site infections in adult cardiac surgery, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

Currently no national standards exist for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) in cardiac surgery. SSI rates range from 1% to 8% between centres. The aim of this study was to explore and characterize variation in approaches to SSI prevention in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (ROI). Ca...

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Published in:	The Journal of hospital infection Vol. 106; no. 4; pp. 812 - 819
Main Authors:	Aktuerk, D., Ali, J.M., Badran, A., Balmforth, D., Bleetman, D., Brown, C.S., Suelo-Calanao, R., Cartwright, J., Casey, L., Chiwera, L., Fudulu, D., Garner, M., Gradinariu, G., Harky, A., Hussain, A., Hutton, S., Kew, E.P., Loubani, M., Mani, K., Martin, J., Rochon, M., Moawad, N., Mohamed, S., Muretti, M., Murphy, G.J., Olivieri, G.M., Paglinawan, I., Quijano-Campos, J.C., Rizzo, V., Robertson, S., Rogers, L.J., Roman, M., Salmon, K., Sanders, J., Talukder, S., Tanner, J., Vaja, R., Zientara, A., Green, S., Miles, R., Lamagni, T., Harrington, P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01-12-2020
Subjects:	Adult Cardiac surgery Cardiac Surgical Procedures Clinical Decision-Making Humans Ireland Prevention Surgical site infection Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control Surveys and Questionnaires Uncertainty United Kingdom United Kingdom Ireland Prevention Surgical site infection Cardiac surgery
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