SSI Guidelines and Resources

Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines

• Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines
  General infection prevention guidelines, recommendations, and laws related to infection prevention.

SSI Guidelines and Resources

• Safe CUTS (SSI) Toolkit/Roadmap
  This document provides evidence-based recommendations and standards for MN hospitals to develop SSI prevention programs. Written with elective, in-patient surgery in mind, it can also be adapted for use in other settings such as ambulatory or emergency surgery.
• Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals
  Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Evidence-based SSI prevention recommendations for acute care hospitals developed by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).
• Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention Guideline
  CDC recommendations for the prevention of surgical site infections.
• Guide to the Elimination of Orthopedic Surgical Site Infections
  APIC Elimination Guide. The purpose of this guide, developed in collaboration with the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), is to provide practical tools, strategies and resources for infection preventionists, care providers, surgical staff and quality improvement teams to use to eliminate surgical site infections (SSI) in orthopedic surgery. APIC requires contact information to download the guide.
• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
  The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a secure, internet-based surveillance system managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NHSN is open to a variety of health care facilities in the United States.