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*About 1 in 3 SSIs are due to S. aureus, >40% of which is MRSA, making SSI prevention critical to the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) agenda 1SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands. WHO 2016. www.who.int/gpsc/5may2WHO (2011) Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care-Associated Infection Worldwide WHO:Geneva (includes a range of SSI rates in low/middle/high income countries)

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of health workers do not

clean their hands at the right moment

61%

Peripheral venous catheter/urinary catheter insertion

catheter-associated infection

The operating room

surgical staff do not clean their hands

at the right moment

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Length of stay increases by

in SSI cases

3-20 D���

Post-oprecovery

Post-op wound dressing removal

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Patient safelydischarged

Line/urinary catheter removal

people undergo surgery every year - twice the number of babies born in

the world

313M Patient admitted to hospital

or clinic

Risk of patient colonization with germs

Risk of surgical site infection (SSI)

of patients will get an SSI*2

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31%

Risk of

Patient leaves recovery area