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Recent Trends of Countermeasures for Surgical Site Infection in Operation Room-Description of "Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection"-

Hisashi USUKI
Surgical Center, Kagawa University Hospital

It is well known that the surgical site infection (SSI) is remarked due to the patient's burden, hospital management, and economical problems. There are many investigations for the prevention of SSI. Many guidelines were produced with referring the outcomes of the investigations in many countries. "Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection" was established by the World Health Organization in 2016. It is the first guideline that targets every country in the world. In the next year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American College of Surgeons renewed their guidelines for prevention of SSI. The purpose of these guidelines is almost same, but the details of the recommendation and the recommendation degrees are different, respectively. Some readers may be at a loss which recommendation they choose. Then, the behaviors in the operation room are selected from the recommendations, and it is explained how we act from the point of view of workers in surgical theater.

Key words：surgical site infection, guideline, World Health Organization

e-mail: usuki＠kms.ac.jp

Received: November 1, 2020
Accepted: December 16, 2020

36 (3)：136─141,2021