Hey surgeons! It is time to lead and be a champion in preventing and managing surgical infections!
Massimo Sartelli, Federico Coccolini, Fikri M. Abu‐Zidan, Luca Ansaloni, Stefano Bartoli, Walter Biffl, Felice Borghi, Élie Chouillard, Yunfeng Cui, Rafael De Oliveira Nascimento, Belinda De Simone, Salomone Di Saverio, Therèse M. Duane, Christian Eckmann, Hani O. Eid, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Felipe Couto GOMES, Andreas Hecker, Birgit Hecker, Arda Işık, Kamal M.F. Itani, Ari Leppäniemi, Andrey Litvin, Davide Luppi, Ronald V. Maier, Ramiro Manzano-Núñez, Sanjay Marwah, John E. Mazuski, Ernest E. Moore, Gennaro Perrone, Kemal Raşa, Ines Rubio, Robert G. Sawyer, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Fausto Catena
Abstract
Appropriate measures of infection prevention and management are integral to optimal clinical practice and standards of care. Among surgeons, these measures are often over-looked. However, surgeons are at the forefront in preventing and managing infections. Surgeons are responsible for many of the processes of healthcare that impact the risk for surgical site infections and play a key role in their prevention. Surgeons are also at the forefront in managing patients with infections, who often need prompt source control and appropriate antibiotic therapy, and are directly responsible for their outcome. In this context, the direct leadership of surgeons in infection prevention and management is of utmost importance. In order to disseminate worldwide this message, the editorial has been translated into 9 different languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, and Turkish).