Implementation of surgical site infection surveillance in low- and middle-income countries: A position statement for the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Surgical site infection (SSI) rates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) range from 8 to 30% of procedures, making them the most frequent healthcare-acquired infection (HAI) with substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic impacts. Presented here is an approach to surgical site infection p...

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Autores principales: Mehtar, Shaheen, Wanyoro, Anthony, Ogunsola, Folasade, Ameh, Emmanuel A., Nthumba, Peter, Kilpatrick, Claire, Revathi, Gunturu, Antoniadou, Anastasia, Giamarelou, Helen, Apisarnthanarak, Anucha, Ramatowski, John W., Rosenthal, Victor D., Storr, Julie, Osman, Tamer Saied, Solomkin, Joseph S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7378004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32712427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.07.021