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World Health Organization: global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 95; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jhin.2016.12.016

1532-2939

D J Leaper, Charles E. Edmiston,

Orthopedic Infections and Treatments

Developing countries will welcome this important guideline from the World Health Organization (WHO).1 It bears similar presentation and content as the guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) published by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), in particular the timing of interventions in pre-, intra- and postoperative periods, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using similar criteria and methods.2,3 There are no recommendations on the treatment of SSI but the WHO guideline is a comprehensive review of preventive measures and appears to be aimed at a wide and general audience.