Implementation strategies to reduce surgical site infections: A systematic review

Efficacy and Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Global Environmental Cleaning Algorithm on Hospital-Acquired Infection Rates

(2017) Barbara R. Everett et al.   Journal of Patient Safety

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017

(2017) Sandra I. Berríos-Torres et al.   JAMA Surgery

Patient engagement with surgical site infection prevention: an expert panel perspective

(2017) E. Tartari et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

A bundle that includes active surveillance, contact precaution for carriers, and cefazolin-based antimicrobial prophylaxis prevents methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in clean orthopedic surgery

(2016) Hideki Kawamura et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Perioperative Safety in Plastic Surgery

(2016) Nataliya Biskup et al.   ANNALS OF PLASTIC SURGERY

Improving Cardiac Surgical Site Infection Reporting and Prevention By Using Registry Data for Case Ascertainment

(2016) Vaidehi Nayar et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Impact of a surgical site infection reduction strategy after colorectal resection

(2016) T. M. Connolly et al.   Colorectal Disease

Perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis in pediatric patients in Greece: Compliance with guidelines and impact of an educational intervention

(2016) Anastasia Dimopoulou et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY

New WHO recommendations on preoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective

(2016) Benedetta Allegranzi et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective

(2016) Benedetta Allegranzi et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A multifaceted prevention program to reduce infection after cesarean section: Interventions assessed using an intensive postdischarge surveillance system

(2015) Wil Ng et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Sustaining Reductions in Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Michigan Intensive Care Units

(2015) Peter J. Pronovost et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Perioperative Bundle Decreases Postoperative Hepatic Surgery Infections

(2015) Maureen V. Hill et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Outcomes following the implementation of a quality control campaign to decrease sternal wound infections after coronary artery by-pass grafting

(2015) Rickard P. F. Lindblom et al.   BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Implementation of Surgical Quality Improvement

(2015) Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner et al.   DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM

Impact of the implementation of an interdisciplinary infection control program to prevent surgical wound infection in pediatric heart surgery

(2015) Jaume Izquierdo-Blasco et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Association of a Bundled Intervention With Surgical Site Infections Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac, Hip, or Knee Surgery

(2015) Marin L. Schweizer et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Analysis of neurosurgical reoperations: use of a surgical checklist and reduction of infection-related and preventable complication-related reoperations

(2015) Marjut Lepänluoma et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Surgical Site Infection Reduction Program

(2015) Kevin G. Shea et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

Organizational Culture Changes Result in Improvement in Patient-Centered Outcomes: Implementation of an Integrated Recovery Pathway for Surgical Patients

(2015) Elizabeth C. Wick et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Improving Outcomes in Colorectal Surgery by Sequential Implementation of Multiple Standardized Care Programs

(2015) Jeffrey E. Keenan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Implementing Evidence-Based Practice to Reduce Infections Following Arthroplasty

(2015) Candy Mori   Orthopaedic Nursing

Surgical Site Infection Reduction by the Solutions for Patient Safety Hospital Engagement Network

(2015) J. K. Schaffzin et al.   PEDIATRICS

Surgical site infection surveillance in orthopedic patients in the Military Medical Academy, Belgrade

(2015) Srdjan Starcevic et al.   Vojnosanitetski Pregled

A Journey to Zero: Reduction of Post-Operative Cesarean Surgical Site Infections over a Five-Year Period

(2015) Evelyn Hickson et al.   Surgical Infections

The Combined Impact of Surgical Team Education and Chlorhexidine 2% Alcohol on the Reduction of Surgical Site Infection following Cardiac Surgery

(2015) Margaret M. Hannan et al.   Surgical Infections

A Checklist-Based Intervention to Improve Surgical Outcomes in Michigan

(2015) Bradley N. Reames et al.   JAMA Surgery

Sustainability and Long-term Effectiveness of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Combined With Pulse Oximetry in a Resource-Limited Setting

(2015) Rebecca Y. Kim et al.   JAMA Surgery

Need for more targeted measures – Only less severe hospital-associated infections declined after introduction of an infection control program

(2015) Anne M. Koch et al.   Journal of Infection and Public Health

The Effect of an Interdisciplinary QI Project to Reduce OR Foot Traffic

(2015) Catherine J. Rovaldi et al.   AORN JOURNAL

Winning the War on Surgical Site Infection: Evidence-Based Preoperative Interventions for Total Joint Arthroplasty

(2015) Lisa T. McDonald et al.   AORN JOURNAL

Decreasing Prosthetic Joint Surgical Site Infections: An Interdisciplinary Approach

(2015) Elisa Mejia et al.   AORN JOURNAL

The effect of care bundle development on surgical site infection after hemiarthroplasty

(2015) Benjamin Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF TRAUMA-INJURY INFECTION AND CRITICAL CARE

Care bundle to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sternal wound infection after off-pump coronary artery bypass

(2014) Chen-Yen Chien et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Decreasing cesarean section surgical site infection: An ongoing comprehensive quality improvement program

(2014) Frank R. Witter et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Development of a standardized process improvement protocol to address elevated health care-associated infection rates on an incented quality scorecard

(2014) Jeanne A. Yegge et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Reduced Length of Hospital Stay in Colorectal Surgery after Implementation of an Enhanced Recovery Protocol

(2014) Timothy E. Miller et al.   ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA

Implementing a Standardized Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis Protocol for Neonates Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

(2014) Meghan T. Murray et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Lower complication rates for cranioplasty with peri-operative bundle

(2014) Catherine Le et al.   CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY

The Italian national surgical site infection surveillance programme and its positive impact, 2009 to 2011

(2014) M Marchi et al.   Eurosurveillance

Maintaining the Momentum of Change: The Role of the 2014 Updates to the Compendium in Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections

(2014) Edward Septimus et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Lessons Learned From Two Consecutive Cleft Lip and Palate Missions and the Impact of Patient Education

(2014) Björn Schönmeyr et al.   JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY

Thirteen years of surgical site infection surveillance in Swiss hospitals

(2014) W. Staszewicz et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

A standardized protocol to reduce pediatric spine surgery infection: a quality improvement initiative

(2014) Sheila L. Ryan et al.   Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics

Implementation of bundled interventions greatly decreases deep sternal wound infection following cardiovascular surgery

(2014) Ken Miyahara et al.   JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

Translating and Scaling the HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections to the Local Level

(2014) David A. Pegues   MEDICAL CARE

A Statewide Collaborative to Reduce Pediatric Surgical Site Infections

(2014) P. Toltzis et al.   PEDIATRICS

Reducing Mortality and Infections After Congenital Heart Surgery in the Developing World

(2014) K. J. Jenkins et al.   PEDIATRICS

DRUGS System Enhancing Adherence of Chinese Surgeons to Antibiotic Use Guidelines during Perioperative Period

(2014) Zhifu Yang et al.   PLoS One

Surgical site infection: poor compliance with guidelines and care bundles

(2014) David J Leaper et al.   International Wound Journal

Incidence and Risk Factors for and the Effect of a Program To Reduce the Incidence of Surgical Site Infection after Cardiac Surgery

(2014) Nancy J. Hogle et al.   Surgical Infections

Surgical site infection after cesarean section: Implementing 3 changes to improve the quality of patient care

(2013) Suzanne Corcoran et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Effectiveness and Cost of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Methodology to Reduce Neurosurgical Site Infections

(2013) Alexander R. Hover et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Eliminating Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: A National Patient Safety Imperative

(2013) Sean M. Berenholtz et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Incidence of Knee Sepsis After ACL Reconstruction at One Institution

(2013) V. Franklin Sechriest et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Surgical care improvement project and surgical site infections: can integration in the surgical safety checklist improve quality performance and clinical outcomes?

(2013) Matthew Tillman et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Implementation of a Bundle of Care to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery

(2013) Jasper van der Slegt et al.   PLoS One

Changing Use of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Thika Hospital, Kenya: A Quality Improvement Intervention with an Interrupted Time Series Design

(2013) Alexander M. Aiken et al.   PLoS One

Surgical safety checklist is associated with improved operating room safety culture, reduced wound complications, and unplanned readmissions in a pilot study in neurosurgery

(2013) M. Lepänluoma et al.   Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Developing an argument for bundled interventions to reduce surgical site infection in colorectal surgery

(2013) Seth A. Waits et al.   SURGERY

Decreasing Central-Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections in Connecticut Intensive Care Units

(2013) Alison L. Hong et al.   Journal for Healthcare Quality

Effect of Surgical Safety Checklists on Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality Rates, Shiraz, Faghihy Hospital, a 1-Year Study

(2013) Mehrdad Askarian et al.   Quality Management in Health Care

A Hospital-Wide Initiative to Eliminate Preventable Causes of Immediate Use Steam Sterilization

(2013) Lorraine Hutzler et al.   AORN JOURNAL

Reduction of surgical site infections in low transverse cesarean section at a university hospital

(2012) May Mei-Sheng Riley et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Implementation of the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist, Including Introduction of Pulse Oximetry, in a Resource-Limited Setting

(2012) Alvin C. Kwok et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Improving outcomes and reducing costs by modular training in infection control in a resource-limited setting

(2012) S. Singh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE

A Multidisciplinary Approach Improves Infection Rates In Pediatric Spine Surgery

(2012) Michael R. Ballard et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

Implementation of a Surgical Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program to Reduce Surgical Site Infections

(2012) Elizabeth C. Wick et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Colorectal Surgery Surgical Site Infection Reduction Program: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program–Driven Multidisciplinary Single-Institution Experience

(2012) Robert Cima et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Reduction of Surgical Site Infections after Implementation of a Bundle of Care

(2012) Rogier M. P. H. Crolla et al.   PLoS One

Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project Measures and Post-Operative Surgical Site Infections

(2012) Samir S. Awad   Surgical Infections

Reducing post-caesarean surgical wound infection rate: an improvement project in a Norwegian maternity clinic

(2012) Ole A Dyrkorn et al.   BMJ Quality & Safety

Lessons from the Johns Hopkins Multi-Disciplinary Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Collaborative

(2012) M. B. Streiff et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A Collaborative, Systems-Level Approach to Eliminating Healthcare-Associated MRSA, Central-Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, and Respiratory Virus Infections

(2012) Donna M. Henderson et al.   Journal for Healthcare Quality

A Comprehensive Intervention Associated With Reduced Surgical Site Infections Among Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Patients, Including Those With Delayed Closure

(2012) A. L. Adler et al.   Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Effect of interventions in reducing the rate of infection after cesarean delivery

(2011) Raed Salim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Chasing Zero

(2011) Kristine M. Thompson et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Surgical Site Infection in Elective Operations for Colorectal Cancer After the Application of Preventive Measures

(2011) Xavier Serra-Aracil   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Selection of Bundle Components

(2011) Thomas K. Hunt   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Diminishing Surgical Site Infections After Colorectal Surgery With Surgical Care Improvement Project: Is It Time to Move on?

(2011) Michael Larochelle et al.   DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM

Legacy Health’s ‘Big Aims’ Initiative To Improve Patient Safety Reduced Rates Of Infection And Mortality Among Patients

(2011) Jodi S. Joyce et al.   HEALTH AFFAIRS

How can we improve guideline use? A conceptual framework of implementability

(2011) Anna R Gagliardi et al.   Implementation Science

Collaborative Cohort Study of an Intervention to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit

(2011) Sean M. Berenholtz et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Seeking solutions: scaling-up audit as a quality improvement tool for infection control in Gujarat, India

(2011) M. M. Anchalia et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE

Prevalence of surgical site infections before and after the implementation of a multimodal infection control programme

(2011) M. Barchitta et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Preoperative Screening/Decolonization for Staphylococcus aureus to Prevent Orthopedic Surgical Site Infection

(2011) Nalini Rao et al.   JOURNAL OF ARTHROPLASTY

A bundle of care to reduce colorectal surgical infections: an Australian experience

(2011) A. Bull et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Perioperative Surgical Care Bundle Reduces Pancreaticoduodenectomy Wound Infections

(2011) Harish Lavu et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Surgical site infections—economic consequences for the health care system

(2011) Karolin Graf et al.   LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Explaining Michigan: Developing an Ex Post Theory of a Quality Improvement Program

(2011) MARY DIXON-WOODS et al.   MILBANK QUARTERLY

Navigating adaptive challenges in quality improvement

(2011) P. J. Pronovost   BMJ Quality & Safety

Educational intervention, revised instrument sterilization methods, and comprehensive preoperative skin preparation protocol reduce cesarean section surgical site infections

(2010) Phillip N. Rauk   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

The Science of Translating Research into Practice in Intensive Care

(2010) Peter J. Pronovost et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Early Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure: A Quality Improvement Project

(2010) Dale M. Needham et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Evaluating an Evidence-Based Bundle for Preventing Surgical Site Infection

(2010) Thomas Anthony   ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis: improved compliance and impact on infection rates

(2010) E. PROSPERO et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

The Importance of Leadership in Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infection: Results of a Multisite Qualitative Study

(2010) Sanjay Saint et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Unexpectedly increased rate of surgical site infections following implant surgery for hip fractures: Problem solution with the bundle approach

(2010) Yves P. Acklin et al.   INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED

Institutional Prescreening for Detection and Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Patients Undergoing Elective Orthopaedic Surgery

(2010) David H Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Implementation of a hospital-wide project for appropriate antimicrobial prophylaxis

(2010) Y. Takahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) Benedetta Allegranzi et al.   LANCET

Outcome of a Strategy To Reduce Surgical Site Infection in a Tertiary-Care Hospital

(2010) Kui-Hin Liau et al.   Surgical Infections

Surgical site infection: Incidence and impact on hospital utilization and treatment costs

(2009) Gregory de Lissovoy et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Impact of a patient care pathway protocol on surgical site infection rates in cardiothoracic surgery patients

(2008) Joshua Trussell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Implementation of Quality Measures to Reduce Surgical Site Infection in Colorectal Patients

(2008) Elizabeth C. Wick et al.   DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM

Downward Trends in Surgical Site and Urinary Tract Infections After Cesarean Delivery in a French Surveillance Network, 1997–2003

(2008) Agnès Vincent et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Impact of preoperative screening for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by real-time polymerase chain reaction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

(2008) S. Jog et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices for Surgical Site Infection Prophylaxis: Results of a Pre- and Postintervention Study

(2008) Shawn S. Forbes et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS