Knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards infection prevention and management among surgeons: identifying the surgeon champion

Sartelli, Massimo and Kluger, Yoram and Ansaloni, Luca and Coccolini, Federico and Baiocchi, Gian Luca and Hardcastle, Timothy C. and Moore, Ernest E. and May, Addison K. and Itani, Kamal M. F. and Fry, Donald E. and Boermeester, Marja A. and Guirao, Xavier and Napolitano, Lena and Sawyer, Robert G. and Rasa, Kemal and Abu-Zidan, Fikri M. and Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid K. and Atanasov, Boyko and Augustin, Goran and Bala, Miklosh and Cainzos, Miguel A. and Chichom-Mefire, Alain and Cortese, Francesco and Damaskos, Dimitris and Delibegovic, Samir and Demetrashvili, Zaza and De Simone, Belinda and Duane, Therese M. and Ghnnam, Wagih and Gkiokas, George and Gomes, Carlos A. and Hecker, Andreas and Karamarkovic, Aleksandar and Kenig, Jakub and Khokha, Vladimir and Kong, Victor and Isik, Arda and Leppäniemi, Ari and Litvin, Andrey and Lostoridis, Eftychios and Machain, Gustavo M. and Marwah, Sanjay and McFarlane, Michael and Mesina, Cristian and Negoi, Ionut and Olaoye, Iyiade and Pintar, Tadeja and Pupelis, Guntars and Rems, Miran and Rubio-Perez, Ines and Sakakushev, Boris and Segovia-Lohse, Helmut and Siribumrungwong, Boonying and Talving, Peep and Ulrych, Jan and Vereczkei, András G. and Labricciosa, Francesco M. and Catena, Fausto (2018) Knowledge, awareness, and attitude towards infection prevention and management among surgeons: identifying the surgeon champion. World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 13 (37). ISSN 1749-7922

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Abstract

Despite evidence supporting the effectiveness of best practices of infection prevention and management, many surgeons worldwide fail to implement them. Evidence-based practices tend to be underused in routine practice. Surgeons with knowledge in surgical infections should provide feedback to prescribers and integrate best practices among surgeons and implement changes within their team. Identifying a local opinion leader to serve as a champion within the surgical department may be important. The "surgeon champion" can integrate best clinical practices of infection prevention and management, drive behavior change in their colleagues, and interact with both infection control teams in promoting antimicrobial stewardship.

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MeSH: Adult ; Female ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans ; Infection Control/methods ; Infection Control/standards ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Surgeons/psychology ; Surgeons/standards ; Surgical Wound Infection/prevention & control ; United States
Departments: Katedra za kirurgiju
Depositing User: Anja Majstorović
Status: Published
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Sartelli, MassimoUNSPECIFIED
Kluger, YoramUNSPECIFIED
Ansaloni, LucaUNSPECIFIED
Coccolini, FedericoUNSPECIFIED
Baiocchi, Gian LucaUNSPECIFIED
Hardcastle, Timothy C.UNSPECIFIED
Moore, Ernest E.UNSPECIFIED
May, Addison K.UNSPECIFIED
Itani, Kamal M. F.UNSPECIFIED
Fry, Donald E.UNSPECIFIED
Boermeester, Marja A.UNSPECIFIED
Guirao, XavierUNSPECIFIED
Napolitano, LenaUNSPECIFIED
Sawyer, Robert G.UNSPECIFIED
Rasa, KemalUNSPECIFIED
Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.UNSPECIFIED
Adesunkanmi, Abdulrashid K.UNSPECIFIED
Atanasov, BoykoUNSPECIFIED
Augustin, GoranUNSPECIFIED
Bala, MikloshUNSPECIFIED
Cainzos, Miguel A.UNSPECIFIED
Chichom-Mefire, AlainUNSPECIFIED
Cortese, FrancescoUNSPECIFIED
Damaskos, DimitrisUNSPECIFIED
Delibegovic, SamirUNSPECIFIED
Demetrashvili, ZazaUNSPECIFIED
De Simone, BelindaUNSPECIFIED
Duane, Therese M.UNSPECIFIED
Ghnnam, WagihUNSPECIFIED
Gkiokas, GeorgeUNSPECIFIED
Gomes, Carlos A.UNSPECIFIED
Hecker, AndreasUNSPECIFIED
Karamarkovic, AleksandarUNSPECIFIED
Kenig, JakubUNSPECIFIED
Khokha, VladimirUNSPECIFIED
Kong, VictorUNSPECIFIED
Isik, ArdaUNSPECIFIED
Leppäniemi, AriUNSPECIFIED
Litvin, AndreyUNSPECIFIED
Lostoridis, EftychiosUNSPECIFIED
Machain, Gustavo M.UNSPECIFIED
Marwah, SanjayUNSPECIFIED
McFarlane, MichaelUNSPECIFIED
Mesina, CristianUNSPECIFIED
Negoi, IonutUNSPECIFIED
Olaoye, IyiadeUNSPECIFIED
Pintar, TadejaUNSPECIFIED
Pupelis, GuntarsUNSPECIFIED
Rems, MiranUNSPECIFIED
Rubio-Perez, InesUNSPECIFIED
Sakakushev, BorisUNSPECIFIED
Segovia-Lohse, HelmutUNSPECIFIED
Siribumrungwong, BoonyingUNSPECIFIED
Talving, PeepUNSPECIFIED
Ulrych, JanUNSPECIFIED
Vereczkei, András G.UNSPECIFIED
Labricciosa, Francesco M.UNSPECIFIED
Catena, FaustoUNSPECIFIED
Date: 17 August 2018
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2019 09:04
Last Modified: 07 Jun 2019 09:04
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URI: http://medlib.mef.hr/id/eprint/3258

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