Healio

Hospital sees sharp decline in hysterectomy SSIs with metronidazole

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A hospital experienced an 87% drop in hysterectomy SSIs after implementing mandatory preoperative metronidazole.
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Not all practices in place to prevent SSIs are necessary or evidence based

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Not all practices in place to prevent SSIs are proven necessary. Practices that should continue include giving ...
Infection control

Routine Change of Surgical Gloves/Instruments Significantly Lowers SSIs

A study clearly shows that surgical site infections (SSIs) can be reduced by changing surgical gloves and instruments before the closing abdominal wound closure. Because surgical site infections (SSIs ...
Infection control

Antibacterial Sutures Reduce Costs and Risks of SSIs

Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) continue to be one of the most common and costly healthcare-associated infections – with potentially catastrophic consequences to patients. Despite significant advances ...
techtarget

What is Microsoft SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services)?

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is an enterprise platform for setting up data integrations and data transformations. The main elements of the SSIS architecture are two engines. These ...