Links

WHO Safe Surgery Saves Lives Programme  

The WHO Safe Surgery Saves Lives website contains the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, implementation manual, the WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery and quarterly newsletters tracking progress in implementation of the checklist/guideline in a number of countries.

SurgInfection.com
SurgInfection.com is an Irish surgical infection prevention website developed by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, designed to educate surgical trainees with regard to prevention of infection in surgical patients.

Surveillance Networks
Panceltic Surveillance Network

HELICS – Hospital in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance

HIS Prevalence Survey
Prevalence Survey of Healthcare-Associated Infections 2006

Surgical site infection surveillance programmes
Northern Ireland healthcare associated infection Surveillance Centre

Health Protection Scotland  Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infection Programme – Surgical site infection

Welsh Healthcare Associated Infection Programme

Health Protection Agency - Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service

Centres for Disease control and Prevention (US)

Guidelines
CDC Guidelines for prevention of surgical site infection (1999)

Updated: 30 December 2010