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  • Surgical Hygiene
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines

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  • Developed by the French Society of Gastro-Intestinal Surgery and the Association of hepato-bilio-pancreatic and transplantation surgery.
  • Initiated due to the need for standardized operating room hygiene practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish clinical practice recommendations for operating room hygiene.
  • To guide and improve daily practices in gastro-intestinal surgery.

Main Methods:

  • Literature analysis using the High Authority of Health (HauteAutoritédesanté [HAS]) methodology.
  • Systematic review of Cochrane and Medline databases, supplemented by hand-picked references.
  • Inclusion of English and French language publications, alongside guidelines from learned societies and the World Health Organization.

Main Results:

  • Recommendations cover pre-operative patient preparation and skin preparation.
  • Guidelines address draping, wound edge protectors, and surgeon hygiene protocols.
  • The operating room environment and wound closure techniques are also detailed.

Conclusions:

  • The developed recommendations aim to enhance the daily practice of gastro-intestinal surgeons.
  • Implementation of these guidelines is expected to improve operating room hygiene standards.