Combined surgical/interventional procedures in a hybrid OR are playing an increasingly significant role in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.
What rules and support are there for the correct use of disposable medical gloves?
Surgical-site infections (SSI) are a common cause of morbidity in patients after vascular surgery, and hyperglycaemia is a relevant risk...
Preventive measures taken pre-, intra- and postoperatively can significantly reduce SSI rates.
With more than 410,000 surgical interventions on the heart and almost 770,000 on blood vessels, the specialist areas of cardiac...
At Heidelberg University Hospital, blood samples from patients were suddenly testing positive for Achromobacter xylosoxidans.
Considerable attention should be given to the prevention of SSI, as they can be associated with a two- to elevenfold...
Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the leading causes of clinical and economic burden for healthcare systems worldwide. According...
Prof. Dr. Ojan Assadian, President of the Austrian Society for Hospital Hygiene (ÖGKH) and Medical Director at the State Hospital...
In 2016, nearly 59 million operations and medical procedures were conducted in German hospitals. According to a representative analysis, surgical...
