The study of nearly 350,000 adults who were administered surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) before undergoing a major ...

A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that happens where you had surgery. SSIs happen in 2% to 4% of people who have surgery while in the hospital, says the Agency for Healthcare Research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a risk for infection greater than 5% should be considered high risk for surgical site infections.

D-PLEX₁₀₀ has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation, three QIDP designations, and three Fast Track designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. NDA submission is expected early 2026.

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing surgery to fix the lower limb arteries (peripheral arterial reconstruction of the lower limb).

Are we overlooking a critical factor in surgical site infections (SSIs)? In the quest for sterile operating rooms and antibiotic prophylaxis, a groundbreaking study suggests we've missed a vital piece ...

Kimberly-Clark, as part of its healthcare-associated infections website, provides a free, downloadable surgical site infection cost of infection savings calculator. The calculator, in the form of a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgical site infections, or SSIs, are among the most prevalent and pesky health care-associated infections.

Implanting a cardiac electronic device inside of an antibacterial envelope has been shown to reduce the risk of surgical site infections by 80 percent, according to research presented at the Heart ...