Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A brief overview of the 1999 CDC Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
This summarizes many of the topics covered in the 1999 CDC Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection. It does not attempt to cover everything in the guideline. This article discusses many of the topics and lists most of the guideline recommendations. The guideline is a very in-depth, detailed publication with many references, tables, and graphs. All references/issues discusses in this overview are in the guideline, and the guideline is the only reference for this paper.
Source and rights
Published by Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy), 2001. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
Prognia summarises this guideline for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always check the official guideline and current local protocols before acting on it.
At a glance
- Organisation
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Published
- 2001
- Applies to
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy)
- PubMed
- 11936376
- Added to Prognia
- 25 July 2026