World Surgical Infection Society

What is it that stops surgical infection? The right things, at the right times, by the right people. These recommendations are always important

We are proud to publish this article with an Ethiopian focus, expanding the ASHE horizons...Current practices and evaluation of barriers and facilitators to surgical site infection prevention measures in Jimma, Ethiopia cup.org/3wXmuXE

Does #digitalhealth remote follow-up improve postoperative wound care/diagnosis of #SSI? Our randomised control trial published in @Nature_NPJ Digital Medicine shows why this is likely to become the future of surgery nature.com/articles/s4174… #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter

8th ICAN CONGRESS 2021-MOVING FORWARD WITH IPC IN AFRICA FOR AFRICA Keynote Address- Moving from Reactive to Proactive Responses in IPC Speaker: Dr Stacey Mearns on 25 November at 2pm CAT

Who cares about toilets? In Health Care Facilities youtu.be/g4F4rmFScxw via @YouTube "we have a problem with cleaners, they would rather work in hotels" "we have an accessible toilet" but no one knows where the key is. Invaluable insights @WHO_Europe #WTD2021

Join us for the annual African Perioperative Research Group #APORG @AfricanSOS meeting on Sat 20 Nov at 8am CAT. Free. Register forms.gle/nTf9gZozGtGai1… Thanks to @EBPOM @montymythen for support in development of African Perioperative Network platform launching Saturday!

I’m Going Blue for AMR 18-24 Nov. Why? Because I care about the preserving antimicrobials for today and tomorrow and I want to raise awareness of this public health threat. #WAAW #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR #HandleWithCare Will you Go Blue? bit.ly/3EnWjM2

Will you “Go Blue” for #waaw2021? who.int/campaigns/worl…

What are the drivers of effective infection management & antimicrobial stewardship? Today's #mondayread calls for engagement across surgical teams & foundations that support behaviour change to tackle #AMR. @AMRITAedu @HPRUamr @Kings_SPHES @e_charani bit.ly/3H23agf

Congratulations to all FALCON collaborators and @NIHR_GSU 👏🙌 FALCON is now published in @TheLancet 🎉 Free access full text here: thelancet.com/journals/lance… e

"Executive Summary: Surviving Sepsis Campaign" This executive summary focus on aspects that are new or different compared with the 2016 guidelines. @SISEurope @WSESurgery @worldsis_org @Infectsurg @SurgInfxSoc @ShockSociety @Laura_Evans_206 journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Ful…

A team of world-leading medical experts from the ImPrOve Think Tank have collaborated to improve patient safety and outcomes following high-risk surgery. #PatientSafety #HealthcareInnovation #PatientOutcomes healtheuropa.eu/enhancing-pati…

WSES/GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with intra-abdominal infections wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Proud to participate! "New global clinical pathways for patients with intra-bdominal infections" @SISEurope @WSESurgery @worldsis_org @Infectsurg @traumadoctorsam @SurgInfxSoc

Pro Con debate on "Intra-abdominal infections: long course vs. short course antibiotic therapy" at the Pisa workshop on acute care surgery and trauma Kemal Rasa Pro Long Course Robert Sawyer Pro Short Course @kemrasa @SISEurope @SurgInfxSoc @Infectsurg @worldsis_org @WSESurgery

Highlighting the gaps in quantifying the economic burden of surgical site infections associated with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria | World Journal of Emergency Surgery ⁦@WSESurgery⁩ wjes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

🥇 We just started the 1st #UNGA event hosted on @Clubhouse ! ✈️ 👉 With special engagement of #TheFutureOfTheOR and the #GlobalSurgery community with @theG4Alliance ! 🤝 You can access it on: linktr.ee/incisionglobal or @GlobalSurgClub page! #SoMe4Surgery #UHC #SDGs

“Our resolve to address & mitigate the effects of COVID-19 must not be at the expense of Surgery & it’s value for achieving the UN’s SDGs…”