Surgical site infections: Prevention and control

Event Description

This course provides a comprehensive overview of evidence-based strategies to prevent, detect and manage surgical site infections across different surgical specialties. Through expert-led sessions and practical discussions, participants review key components of SSI surveillance, antimicrobial prophylaxis, perioperative infection prevention measures, and implementation strategies to improve compliance with guidelines. The course is designed to support multidisciplinary teams in strengthening local SSI prevention programmes and enhancing patient safety outcomes.

Intended audience: 

Medical doctors and pharmacists; nurses or other healthcare professionals with an MSc or PhD are eligible, provided they completed the basic module or have experience in IPC. 

Objectives:

• Describe current methods of SSI surveillance with a special focus on automated and semi-automated techniques
• Understand the most important aspects of specific SSI prevention, with a focus on skin disinfection, surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (including the challenge of multiresistant organisms)
• Understand and implement the current SSI prevention guidelines issues by the CDC, EDCD, WHO and SHEA
• Learning the optimal methods for planning and implementing an SSI intervention, with a focus on gut decolonization, preoperative decolonization and perioperative glucose control
• Understand the view of the surgeon and the role of intraoperative behavior
• Improve SSI Surveillance, Prevention and Intervention at your own institution

Course coordinators:

Rami Sommerstein, Lucerne, Switzerland 
Stephan Harbarth, Geneva, Switzerland
Mohamed Abbas, Geneva, Switzerland 
Andreas Widmer, Basel, Switzerland

Organisers:

• European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC) of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• University of Lucerne

Accreditation:

ESCMID office will apply for EACCME accreditation. 

Certification:

Course organisers will monitor attendance. Only participants attending sessions will be able to receive the certification.

Course Venue: 

University of Lucerne
Frohburgstrasse 3
6002 Lucerne
Switzerland

Accommodation: 

Accommodation is not included in the registration. 

Registration details: 

Registration fees include full access to the course, coffee breaks, lunches and a social event in the evening on May 28^th. Travel costs and accommodation are not included with either fee.

The minimum number of participants is 10, maximum 30. Do not miss the opportunity to update your knowledge with an extensive network of experts in the field, and register now!

Downloads

• Preliminary Programme

Registration Fees