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How Effective are Your Infection Prevention Efforts?

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Archive >  New Products for Surgery 2007

Infection Control

From the incision site to central processing, there's something here to battle SSIs.

The simple term "infection prevention" includes a seemingly endless list of small tasks: disinfecting instruments, documenting sterilization, prepping patients' skin, complying with hand hygiene protocols. It's even more frustrating when you consider that no one aspect of prevention comes with an iron-clad guarantee to decrease the risk of surgical site infections in your facility.

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