People preparing for surgery should always have a bath or shower but not be shaved, and antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, not afterwards. According to new guidelines from WHO to save lives, cut costs and arrest to infectious superbugs. The "Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection" includes a list of 29 concrete recommendations distilled by 20 of the world’s leading experts from 26 reviews of the latest evidence.
These recommendations are designed to decrease the increasing burden of health care associated infections on both patients and health care systems globally. " No one should get sick while seeking or receiving care ," said Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Innovation. "Preventing surgical infections has never been more important but it is complex and requires a range…
