2017 HICPAC-CDC Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection

links and resourcesIn May 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its “Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection (SSI)” to provide new and updated evidence-based recommendations for the prevention of SSI. Read “What the infection preventionist needs to know,” by Michael Anne Preas, Lyndsay O’Hara and Kerri Thom, for a succinct and timely overview of what’s new in the guideline. This article, published in the Fall 2017 issue of Prevention Strategist, can be accessed here.