: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) result in significant patient morbidity and can prolong the duration of the hospital stay, causing high supplementary costs in addition to those already sustained due to the patient's underlying disease. Moreover, bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, making HAI prevention even more important nowadays. The public health consequences of antimicrobial resistance should be constrained by prevention and control actions, which must be a priority for all health systems of the world at all levels of care. As many HAIs are preventable, they may be considered an important indicator of the quality of patient care and represent an important patient safety issue in healthcare. To share implementation strategies for preventing HAIs in the surgical setting and in all healthcare facilities, an Italian multi-society document was published online in November 2022. This article represents an evidence-based summary of the document.

Implementation Strategies for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections across the Surgical Pathway: An Italian Multisociety Document / Sartelli, Massimo; Bartoli, Stefano; Borghi, Felice; Busani, Stefano; Carsetti, Andrea; Catena, Fausto; Cillara, Nicola; Coccolini, Federico; Cortegiani, Andrea; Cortese, Francesco; Fabbri, Elisa; Foghetti, Domitilla; Forfori, Francesco; Giarratano, Antonino; Labricciosa, Francesco Maria; Marini, Pierluigi; Mastroianni, Claudio; Pan, Angelo; Pasero, Daniela; Scatizzi, Marco; Viaggi, Bruno; Moro, Maria Luisa. - In: ANTIBIOTICS. - ISSN 2079-6382. - 12:3(2023), p. 521. [10.3390/antibiotics12030521]

Implementation Strategies for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections across the Surgical Pathway: An Italian Multisociety Document

Carsetti, Andrea;
2023-01-01

Abstract

: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) result in significant patient morbidity and can prolong the duration of the hospital stay, causing high supplementary costs in addition to those already sustained due to the patient's underlying disease. Moreover, bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, making HAI prevention even more important nowadays. The public health consequences of antimicrobial resistance should be constrained by prevention and control actions, which must be a priority for all health systems of the world at all levels of care. As many HAIs are preventable, they may be considered an important indicator of the quality of patient care and represent an important patient safety issue in healthcare. To share implementation strategies for preventing HAIs in the surgical setting and in all healthcare facilities, an Italian multi-society document was published online in November 2022. This article represents an evidence-based summary of the document.
2023
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