Surgical site infections are a risk in perioperative care. Key components to reduce this risk include appropriate hair removal before surgery, using intranasal Mupirocin antibiotic ointment, providing perioperative antimicrobial coverage with antibiotics, maintaining normal blood sugar levels perioperatively, keeping patients normothermic during surgery, and changing gloves intraoperatively.

1. SURGICAL SITE INFECTION
Dr. Muhammad Sazzad Hossain
MS (Phase A) Resident , General Surgery
Chittagong Medical College & Hospital

19. Key components of reliable perioperative care:
Appropriate hair removal
Intranasal Mupirocin
Perioperative antimicrobial coverage
Maintenance of perioperative glucose control
Perioperative Normothermia
Intraoperative gloves change