Enhanced PeriOperative Care and Health protection programme for the prevention of surgical site infections after elective abdominal surgery (EPOCH): study protocol of a randomised controlled, multicentre, superiority trial

Enhanced PeriOperative Care and Health protection programme for the prevention of surgical site infections after elective abdominal surgery (EPOCH): study protocol of a randomised controlled, multicentre, superiority trial

Introduction Surgical site infections (SSI) are a common postoperative complication. During the development of the new WHO guidelines on SSI prevention, also in the Netherlands was concluded that perioperative care could be optimised beyond the current standard practice. We selected a limited set of...

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Main Authors: Marja A Boermeester, Markus W Hollmann, Charles C van Rossem, Marcel GW Dijkgraaf, Stijn W de Jonge, Niels Wolfhagen, Quirine JJ Boldingh, Wouter J Bom, Linda M Posthuma, Jochem CG Scheijmans, Bart MF van der Leeuw, Joost AB van der Hoeven, Jens Peter Hering, Dirk JA Sonneveld, Otto E van Geffen, Eduard R Hendriks, Ewoud B Kluyver, Ahmet Demirkiran, Luc RCW van Lonkhuijzen, Thomas Slotema, Werner A Draaisma, Seppe JSHA Koopman, Linda M Over, Peter van Duijvendijk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/5/e038196.full

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