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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2000;283:44-45.

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San Francisco—The high-tech equipment on display at this year's American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress promised to help physicians practice better medicine, but some presenters were there to remind attendees that seemingly mundane actions, such as keeping an operating room infection free, are important, too.

The advent of antibiotic-defying pathogens reinforces the need for vigilance regarding strict sterile technique in the operating suite. (Photo credit: Keith Brofsky)

Jonathan R. Hiatt, MD, a professor at the University of California–Los Angeles, who moderated one session, called the threat of infection "the most fundamental problem in our operating room."

Surgeons and others in the operating room now face an evolving environment in which some pathogens once controlled by antibiotics have become resistant to most, if not all, of them, adding concerns to the outcomes of surgical site infections (SSIs). Also, surgeons and patients today face the threat of transmission . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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