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The 3M™ Infection Prevention Program offers a innovative and systematic approach for helping reduce the risk of surgical site infections by utilizing a five-step infection prevention process: Sterilization Assurance, Skin Prep, Sterile Field & Surface, Wound Management and Environmental Cleaning. The 3M Infection Prevention Program...combining new sciences with the best practices of skilled healthcare professionals to achieve positive patient outcomes, now and into the future.

For the patient
Surgical site infection (SSI) can mean extended and unexpected hospitalization, as well as the added burden of pain and suffering. (SSI adds an average of 7.3 postoperative hospital days.)

For the hospital
SSI impacts the bottom line because wound infection is so costly to manage. (Surgical site infections represent the third leading nosocomial infection and the highest cost.)

View the complete CDC document (PDF 270kb)

Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, p. 251.