Current trends of prevention of surgical site infections in Japan

Abstract

One of the goal of Japan Society for Surgical Infection is enlightenment of appropriate perioperative management for prevention of surgical site infections. The board of education of the society conducted a joint symposium with Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control since 2016. Current practices of perioperative management was investigated in February, 2017 at the annual meeting of Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control. Two hundred participants were included using analyzer. Regarding a question of preoperative bowel preparation for colorectal surgery, seventy two percent of attendance answered only mechanical preparation without preoperative oral antibiotics.