Surgical site infection definitions consensus: a first step toward improving prevention in veterinary medicine
The use of a standard SSI language in veterinary practice is central to the future reliability of studies, their comparison, and the understanding of clinical risk factors in the development and prevention of SSI.
Authors
- Ann Martens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9554-4841)
- Louise L. Southwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-5691)
- Paul S. Morley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-2714)
- Ameet Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8095-9339)
- Elin Jørgensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4314-2602)
- Augusta Pelosi
- Kelley M. Thieman Mankin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5618-1600)
- John D. Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-3842)
- Brandy A. Burgess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8580-3395)
- Stine Jacobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-4576)
- Denis Verwilghen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4174-6007)
- Dean W. Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1504-1537)
- Philipp D. Mayhew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9640-0652)
- Jeffrey A. Runge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8224-5711)
- Barbara Dallap‐Schaer
- Mohamed Abbas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7265-1887)
- Anne Quain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9159-4569)
- Jeffrey Scott Weese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1896-1937)
- Günter Kampf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2621-6419)
- Gary M. Baxter
- Fergus Allerton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-3307)
- Cajsa Isgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3041-1340)
- Walter Brehm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2601-9450)
- Gaby van Galen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0689-7141)
- Dean A. Hendrickson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-0295)
- Jacqueline M. Norris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-6930)
- Jacques Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6102-4036)
- Mirja Christine Nolff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9317-7769)
- Debra Archer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-9269)
- Alexandra Vilen
- J. M. Kuemmerle
- Stéphan Harbarth
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Georgia (US)
- West Texas A&M University (US)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- Genesis HealthCare (US)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Center for Pediatric Endocrinology Zurich (CH)
- Jupiter Medical Center (US)
- Brewster Place (US)
- Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service (GB)
- Goulburn Valley Equine Hospital (AU)
- BorgWarner (Sweden) (SE)
- University of Guelph (CA)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Texas A&M University (US)
- Colorado State University (US)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Veterinary Research
- Published
- 2025-12-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.25.03.0099
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01