Nella letteratura scientifica medica sono disponibili diverse raccomandazioni per la prevenzione delle infezioni del sito chirurgico. I lavori piú importanti sono disponibili qui. Completa i riferimenti bibliografici un elenco delle pubblicazioni scientifiche sulle ISC, come pure sui temi della sorveglianza e della prevenzione.  

Raccomandazioni

• Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  (CDC), 1999
• Guideline for Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 2008
• Evidence Update June 2013 Surgical site infections, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals (SHEA), 2014 Update
• Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals (SHEA), 2008
• Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), Draft 2014
• WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery 2009: Safe Surgery Saves Lives
• Infectious Diseases of America (IDSA), 2008, USA

Pubblicazioni scientifiche

• Calderwood MS, Anderson DJ, Bratzler DW et al. Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 May;44(5):695-720
• P. Astagneau, C. Rioux, F. Golliot and G. Brücker, for the INCISO Network Study Group. Morbidity and mortality associated with surgical site infections: results from the 1997–1999 INCISO surveillance. J Hos Infect 2001;48: 267–274.
• Loreen A. Herwaldt, Joseph J. Cullen, David Scholz, Pamela French, M. Bridget Zimmerman, Michael A. Pfaller, Richard P. Wenzel, Trish M Perl. A Prospective Study of Outcomes, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs Associated With Postoperative Nosocomial Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006; 27:1291-1298.
• Kaisa Huotari, Outi Lyytikäinen; the Hospital Infection Surveillance Team. Impact of Postdischarge Surveillance on the Rate of Surgical Site Infection After Orthopedic Surgery. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006; 27:1324-1329.
• Judith Manniën, Jan C. Wille, Ruud L.M.M. Snoeren, Susan van den Hof. Impact of Postdischarge Surveillance on Surgical Site Infection Rates for Several Surgical Procedures: Results From the Nosocomial Surveillance Network in The Netherlands. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006; 27:809-816.
• Deverick J. Anderson, Keith S. Kaye, David Classen, Kathleen M. Arias, Kelly Podgorny, Helen Burstin, David P. Calfee, Susan E. Coffin, Erik R. Dubberke, Victoria Fraser, Dale N. Gerding, Frances A. Griffin, Peter Gross, Michael Klompas, Evelyn Lo, Jonas Marschall, Leonard A. Mermel, Lindsay Nicolle, David A. Pegues, Trish M. Perl, Sanjay Saint, Cassandra D. Salgado, Robert A. Weinstein, Robert Wise, Deborah S. Yokoe. Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008; 29:S51-S61.
• Daniel I. Sessler. Non-pharmacologic Prevention of Surgical Wound Infection. Anesthesiol Clin. 2006 June; 24(2):279-297.
• Romy S, Eisenring MC, Bettschart V, Petignat C, Francioli P, Troillet N. Laparoscope use and surgical site infections in digestive surgery. Ann Surg. 2008 Apr;247(4):627-32.
• National Collaborating Centre for Women’s and Children’s Health. Surgical Site Infection. NICE. Clincial Guideline October 2008.