Prevention of SSI – the role of pre-operative skin prep
Ecolab Healthcare
This webinar will explore the pathogenesis of surgical site infection and factors that increase the risk of its occurrence. In particular, it will focus on the role of surgical skin antisepsis, the principles underpinning their action and the evidence for the efficacy of different agents.
Speaker: Professor Jennie Wilson, Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London
Jennie has an international reputation as an expert in infection prevention and control (IPC). She has worked in the field for 40 years, as an IPC specialist in large acute NHS Trusts, a consultant epidemiologist and research academic and her PhD is on the application of surveillance to the prevention of healthcare associated infections
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