Comprehensive Preventive Approach to Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): A Review

Abstract

Background: To deal with health problems, using an approach, based on prevention perspective, consist of different types of prevention, can be a proper way to manage the health problems such as surgical site infections (SSIs). Objective: Introducing an action plan from the perspective of “prevention” for dealing with surgical site infections (SSIs). Evidence Acquisition: We have used 5 known prevention levels as a simple approach for dealing with surgical site infections. For gathering information, electronic databases, including Scopus, Medline, ISI, IranMedex, and Irandoc sites were used. Results: For prevention of surgical site infection, a comprehensive evidence based instruction, consist of 75 related factors and 74 proposed measurable and operational preventive activities was developed. Conclusions: Weconcludedthat,todealwithsurgicalsiteinfectionsuseof theproposedactionplanmaybeuseful. Evenwebelieve that, this approach can be used to deal with any health problems including diseases, disorders, accidents and events.