Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control

May/June 2019 IC_CQ

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Haven't rising surgical site infection rates cost you and your patients Reduce your SSI rates by zeroing in on colorectal surgeries. ENOUGH? CleanCision ™ More Control for Better Outcomes Why? Contamination. Because of high contamination levels in colorectal and other high-risk abdominal surgery, 3 out of 20 patients will develop an infection. 1,2,3 To learn how to fight and defend against the pervasive sources of SSI, go to CleanCision.com and download our free white paper. Visit us at Booth 502 at the 2018 Annual APIC Conference, June 13-15 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. 1 Watanabe A, Kohnoe S, Shimabukuro R, et al. Risk factors associated with surgical site infection in upper and lower gastrointestinal surgery. Surg Today. 2008;38(5):404-412. 2 Wick EC, Vogel JD, Church JM, Remzi F, Fazio VW. Surgical site infections in a "high outlier" institution: are colorectal surgeons to blame? Dis Colon Rectum. 2009;52(3):374-379. 3 Sutton E, Miyagaki H, Bellini G, et al. Risk factors for superficial surgical site infection after elective rectal cancer resection: a multivariate analysis of 8880 patients from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. J Surg Res. 2017;207:205-214.

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