scholarly journals Introduction to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Solomkin ◽  
John Mazuski ◽  
Joan C. Blanchard ◽  
Kamal M.F. Itani ◽  
Philip Ricks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

Using Surveillance Data to Direct Infection Control Efforts to Reduce Surgical-Site Infections Following Clean Abdominal Operations in Japan

2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 404-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keita Morikane ◽  
Midori Nishioka ◽  
Hisami Tanimura ◽  
Hiroe Noguchi ◽  
Toshiro Konishi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infection Control ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Nosocomial Infections ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
Surveillance Data ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Abdominal Operations ◽  
Centers For Disease Control ◽  
Clean Contaminated

AbstractWe initiated surveillance for surgical-site infections (SSIs) in a Japanese hospital using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definitions and the approach of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System. Patients were observed following clean and clean-contaminated abdominal operations. SSI rates were higher than those of the NNIS System, but there was a trend toward decreased SSI rates in the latter half of the study period.

scholarly journals Surveying the Surveillance: Surgical Site Infections Excluded by the January 2013 Updated Surveillance Definitions

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 570-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen V. Dicks ◽  
Sarah S. Lewis ◽  
Michael J. Durkin ◽  
Arthur W. Baker ◽  
Rebekah W. Moehring ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Surgical Site Infections ◽  
National Healthcare ◽  
National Healthcare Safety Network ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

The updated 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network definitions for surgical site infections (SSIs) reduced the duration of prolonged surveillance from 1 year to 90 days and defined which procedure types require prolonged surveillance. Applying the updated 2013 SSI definitions to cases analyzed using the pre-2013 surveillance definitions excluded 10% of previously identified SSIs.

Ethical Guidelines in Pandemic Influenza: Recommendations of the Ethics Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. S185-S192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Kinlaw ◽  
Drue H. Barrett ◽  
Robert J. Levine
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Pandemic Influenza ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Antiviral Drug ◽  
Drug Distribution ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

ABSTRACTBecause of the importance of including ethical considerations in planning efforts for pandemic influenza, in February 2005 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requested that the Ethics Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee to the Director develop guidance that would serve as a foundation for decision making in preparing for and responding to pandemic influenza. Specifically, the ethics subcommittee was asked to make recommendations regarding ethical considerations relevant to decision making about vaccine and antiviral drug distribution prioritization and development of interventions that would limit individual freedom and create social distancing. The ethics subcommittee identified a number of general ethical considerations including identification of clear goals for pandemic planning, responsibility to maximize preparedness, transparency and public engagement, sound science, commitment to the global community, balancing individual liberty and community interests, diversity in ethical decision making, and commitment to justice. These general ethical considerations are applied to the issues of vaccine and antiviral drug distribution and use of community mitigation interventions. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009;3(Suppl 2):S185–S192)

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