Day surgery: should we be worried about the occurrence of surgical site infection in outpatients?

J Hosp Infect. 2021 Aug:114:185-186. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.009. Epub 2021 Apr 24.

Authors

V Bompas¹, A Andréo¹, C Bouchand², A Rahal¹, C Ferriot¹, F Le Gallou¹, A-C Guille des Buttes¹, M Quimbre³, N Bodet¹, C Bourigault¹, D Lepelletier⁴

Affiliations

¹ Infection Control Department, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France.
² MiHAR Laboratory, University of Nantes, Nantes, France.
³ Day Surgery Department, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France.
⁴ Infection Control Department, Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France; MiHAR Laboratory, University of Nantes, Nantes, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 33901581
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2021.04.009

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Humans
Outpatients*
Risk Factors
Surgical Wound Infection* / epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection* / prevention & control