CDC ranks guidelines for surgical infections
August 1, 1999
CDC ranks guidelines for surgical infections
Surgical site infection prevention guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee are ranked according to the following system (see guidelines, pp. 105-106):
• Category IA. Strongly recommended for implementation and supported by well-designed experimental, clinical, or epidemiological studies.
• Category IB. Strongly recommended for implementation and supported by some experimental, clinical, or epidemiological studies and strong theoretical rationale.
• Category II. Suggested for implementation and supported by suggestive clinical or epidemiological studies or theoretical rationale.
• No recommendation; unresolved issue. Practices for which insufficient evidence or no consensus regarding efficacy exists.1
Reference
1. Mangram AJ, Horan TC, Pearson ML, et al. Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999; 20:257-280.