Immediate-use steam sterilization and the effect on surgical site infection risk in an acute care facility

• मुख्य लेखकों: Victoria D. Crall (लेखक), Casey L. Lewis (लेखक), Avisha Risnear (लेखक), Jason Miller (लेखक), Joanne Sherer (लेखक), Ashley M. Ayres (लेखक), Graham M. Snyder (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Cambridge University Press, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Immediate-use steam sterilization (IUSS) shortens the time of sterilization but may increase the risk of surgical site infection (SSI). Among 23,919 procedures with 416 (1.7%) procedures resulting in SSI, IUSS was associated with a 1.52 (95% CI, 1.10-2.11) times higher risk of SSI. IUSS should be mi...