OCTOBER 9, 2023

Updated Strategies Provide New Tactics for SSI Prevention

By Jenna Bassett, PhD

A multidisciplinary group of experts released updated strategies for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) in the acute care setting (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2023;44[5]:695-720).

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, the American Hospital Association, The Joint Commission, and representatives from the CDC collaborated to