Abstract Background: We evaluated the Surveillance of Surgical Site Infection (SSI),
Auditing, and Feedback (SAF) effect on the rate of compliance with an SSI care bundle and …

Introduction Systematic collection and analysis of surgical outcomes data is a cornerstone of
surgical quality improvement. Unfortunately, there remains a dearth of surgical outcomes …

Introduction In 2010 a care bundle was introduced by the Department of Health (DH) to
reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) in England. To date, use of the care bundle has not …

Background This is the first Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society guideline
for primary and secondary hospitals in low–middle-income countries (LMIC's) for elective …

Background Indicators to evaluate progress towards timely access to safe surgical,
anaesthesia, and obstetric (SAO) care were proposed in 2015 by the Lancet Commission on …

Aims and objectives To develop a clinical algorithm to guide nurses' critical thinking through
systematic surveillance, assessment, actions required and communication strategies. To …

Importance Representative surgical case sampling, rather than universal review, is used by
US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and private-sector national surgical quality …

Background The rise in antimicrobial resistance has highlighted the importance of surgical
site infection (SSI) prevention with effective surveillance strategies playing a key role in …

The majority of UK hospitals now have a Local Lead for Peri‐operative Medicine (n= 115).
They were asked to take part in an online survey to identify provision and practice of pre …

Background The reported benefits of using the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) are
likely to depend on compliance with its correct use. Compliance with SSC administration in …