“The morbidity for 2018 in the US was 157,500 for surgical site infections (SSI), with an estimated mortality of 8,205. 11% of all deaths in intensive care units were associated with SSI. It is a burden for the patient with an additional 11 days of hospitalization for each SSI and a burden to the system with an overall cost of $3.2 billion per year.”1

A collection of 50 PubMed citations has been compiled related to prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs). This material is an update to a 2018 post.

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