Knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards infection prevention and management among surgeons: identifying the surgeon champion

Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices of infection prevention and management, many surgeons worldwide fail to implement them. Evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Surgeons with knowledge in surgical infections should provide feedback to prescri...

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Autores principales: Sartelli, Massimo, Kluger, Yoram, Ansaloni, Luca, Coccolini, Federico, Baiocchi, Gian Luca, Hardcastle, Timothy C., Moore, Ernest E., May, Addison K., Itani, Kamal M. F., Fry, Donald E., Boermeester, Marja A., Guirao, Xavier, Napolitano, Lena, Sawyer, Robert G., Rasa, Kemal, Abu-Zidan, Fikri M., Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid K., Atanasov, Boyko, Augustin, Goran, Bala, Miklosh, Cainzos, Miguel A., Chichom-Mefire, Alain, Cortese, Francesco, Damaskos, Dimitris, Delibegovic, Samir, Demetrashvili, Zaza, De Simone, Belinda, Duane, Therese M., Ghnnam, Wagih, Gkiokas, George, Gomes, Carlos A., Hecker, Andreas, Karamarkovic, Aleksandar, Kenig, Jakub, Khokha, Vladimir, Kong, Victor, Isik, Arda, Leppäniemi, Ari, Litvin, Andrey, Lostoridis, Eftychios, Machain, Gustavo M., Marwah, Sanjay, McFarlane, Michael, Mesina, Cristian, Negoi, Ionut, Olaoye, Iyiade, Pintar, Tadeja, Pupelis, Guntars, Rems, Miran, Rubio-Perez, Ines, Sakakushev, Boris, Segovia-Lohse, Helmut, Siribumrungwong, Boonying, Talving, Peep, Ulrych, Jan, Vereczkei, András G., Labricciosa, Francesco M., Catena, Fausto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6098571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30140304
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-018-0198-x
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Sumario:Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices of infection prevention and management, many surgeons worldwide fail to implement them. Evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Surgeons with knowledge in surgical infections should provide feedback to prescribers and integrate best practices among surgeons and implement changes within their team. Identifying a local opinion leader to serve as a champion within the surgical department may be important. The “surgeon champion” can integrate best clinical practices of infection prevention and management, drive behavior change in their colleagues, and interact with both infection control teams in promoting antimicrobial stewardship.

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