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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Guidelines Target SSIs: Focus on Glucose, Antibiotics

New Glucose Range; Antibiotic Cessation at End of Procedure; Skullcaps Given Green Light

By Christina Frangou

Two leading surgical societies are calling for changes to the way surgeons manage blood glucose control and provide antibiotics to patients in an effort to reduce rates of surgical site infections.

The recommendations are part of a set of new guidelines for the prevention and treatment of SSIs, and were created by the American College of Surgeons and the Surgical Infection Society (SIS).