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Tool for health providers to support review of adverse events involving surgical site infections.

This is a summary version of the Commission's video on effective use of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.

Evaluation of the surgical site infection improvement programme – final summative report.

These frequently asked questions about surgical site infections were written by the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and answer questions such as 'What is an SSI?' and 'Can SSIs be treated?'.

Feedback summary of discussion paper and next steps

The Surgical Site Infection Improvement Programme's frequently asked questions covers general programme queries, questions about data collection, and technical queries. The page is updated on a regular basis to incorporate new questions.

This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to clip, not shave, hair prior to surgery to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.

This document has been produced to encourage health care professionals to use surgical prophylaxis more effectively to improve the safety and quality of care that patients receive.