Surgical Site Infections

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Introduction
In recent years, surgical site infections are verified as one of the most errors that are common in the healthcare; however, they are also preventable. These research papers will synthesis information about surgical infections, patient experience, hospital-acquired conditions and achievement of expected treatment for specific clinical diagnoses. A surgical site infection is an infected condition in the body after surgery has occurred. Surgical site infections are caused by germs, called bacteria. Different types of bacteria from the environment may cause a delay in healing. The infection may come from surgical tools or bacteria on the skin if it is not clean correctly. Healthcare professionals use certain guidelines and procedures to stop infections or symptoms. The standard guideline for universal precautions applies to all healthcare employees; by using antibacterial soap for washing their hands to elbows, sterilizing surgical supplies, wear gloves, gowns and masks. This helps to prevent blood borne infectious diseases. “According to Bratzle,” (2006) Patients who experience postoperative complications have dramatically increased hospital length of stay, hospital costs, and mortality rates.
Hospital acquired conditions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has implemented the Surgical Infection Prevention Project to decrease the morbidity and mortality associated with postoperative surgical site infections. More recently, the Surgical Care Improvement Project, a national quality partnership of organizations committed to improving the safety of surgical care, has been announced. (Bratzle, 2006) When Joint Control guidelines not followed ...

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...blem in the medial field. Some countries with higher knowledge and equipment have a better development of preventing surgical infections.

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