TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical site infection
T2 - are we using the right skin preparation?
AU - Elliott, T.S.J.
AU - Lambert, P.A.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - The NHS has prioritized the prevention of health-care-associated infections and these strategies are meeting with success. In 2008 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections had fallen by 57% compared to the baseline from 2003–4 when targets were set (UK Government, 2008; Health Protection Agency, 2009). This has been achieved through a range of initiatives from a greater focus on hand hygiene to implementation of the Saving Lives highimpact interventions. While this multifaceted approach is resulting in decreased numbers of infections, are there any further initiatives we should consider?
AB - The NHS has prioritized the prevention of health-care-associated infections and these strategies are meeting with success. In 2008 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections had fallen by 57% compared to the baseline from 2003–4 when targets were set (UK Government, 2008; Health Protection Agency, 2009). This has been achieved through a range of initiatives from a greater focus on hand hygiene to implementation of the Saving Lives highimpact interventions. While this multifaceted approach is resulting in decreased numbers of infections, are there any further initiatives we should consider?
UR - http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/hmed.2009.70.10.44619
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350774204&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.10.44619
DO - 10.12968/hmed.2009.70.10.44619
M3 - Article
C2 - 19966697
AN - SCOPUS:70350774204
SN - 1750-8460
VL - 70
SP - 552
EP - 553
JO - Hospital Medicine
JF - Hospital Medicine
IS - 10
ER -