Infections in Surgery: Prevention and Management

1 Impact of hospital-acquired infections in Surgery.- 2 The burden of surgical site infections. Pathophysiology and risk factors. Pre-operative measures to prevent surgical site infections.- 3 Antibiotic prophylaxis. When, how and how long.- 4 Intra-operative measures to prevent surgical site infections.- 5 How to manage the surgical wound.- 6 How to classify and treat surgical site infections.- 7 Guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infections. How to implement them.- 8 The infected mesh. How to treat it.- 9 How to prevent and treat hospital/ventilator-acquired pneumonia.- 10 How to prevent and treat hospital/ventilator-acquired pneumonia.- 11 How to prevent and treat catheter-associated urinary Tract Infections.- 12 How to prevent and treat Catheter-related bloodstream infections.- 13 Clostridium difficile infection in surgical patients.- 14 Source control in intra-abdominal infections.- 15 Ongoing (tertiary peritonitis) peritonitis.- 16 Damage Control Surgery in patients with acute peritonitis. When and how.- 17 The challenge of post-operative peritonitis by anastomotic leak.- 18 Antibiotics in intra-abdominal infections. When, how and which ones.- 19 Necrotizing soft tissue infections.- 20 Infections in elderly patients.- 21 How to use antibiotics in critically ill patients with sepsis and septic shock.- 22 Infections in trauma patients.- 23 The value of microbiological cultures. When to perform them and how to read them.- 24 Invasive candidiasis in surgical patients.- 25 The role of antimicrobial stewardship programs to optimize antibiotics use in the surgical departments.- 26 The impact of antimicrobial resistance. How can healthcare workers can contribute in the context of "one health approach"