Whether you are a surgeon, OR nurse, anesthesiologist, or IPC team member - you are a core element of the surgical patient pathway and responsible for different steps of SSI prevention.
For you and your whole team, we have summarized here the key measures in SSI prevention.
Guideline-compliant. Compact. Illustrative. Expanded with 200 years of HARTMANN's expertise.
Protecting patients begins before entering the operating room and includes aspects like removing jewellery and covering hair.
Area clothing, masks, hair-coverings, protective goggles - the protection of the OR team has high priority and includes a number of measures…
Hands should preferably be washed 10 minutes before hand disinfection or earlier.2
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Due to its high importance in infection prevention, there are a number of recommendations on this...
The requirements for the surgical gown depend on:1
After preoperative antisepsis and drying of the surgical field, its surroundings are sterilely covered under aseptic conditions.1
The benefits of intraoperative antimicrobial irrigation and information on usable solutions…
The specifications for hand hygiene include HOW (e.g. skin care, technique, fluids), but also WHEN (e.g. 5 moments), HOW OFTEN and WHO.
Prevention of SSI includes not only hygiene measures but also therapeutic steps, structural conditions, and corresponding measures.
HARTMANN provides comprehensive information on the recommendations of international institutions - even if they go beyond hygienic measures - to create a source for you to find everything in one place.
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For the prevention of SSI, it has proven effective to combine particularly important measures into a bundle of measures, to train on the bundle, and to monitor compliance with the bundle in the form of self-monitoring.1
Find new ideas here to combine measures and more…
Depending on the upcoming procedure and the patient's colonisation, a patient preparation checklist includes…
… a manageable list of fixed and variable items.
Do you have a standardized practice to prepare for surgical procedures?
Find guidance here.
Even apparent and self-evident facts in the prevention of SSI should be regularly refreshed and communicated.
Use a compact bundle for this.
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Surgical site infection prevention is a task in which different sections are involved. Find here all relevant measures and information per perspective to create your individual infection prevention bundle!
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