Mashhad Razavi Hospital Razavi Journal of Medicine 3115-753X 6 2 2018 01 21 Comprehensive Preventive Approach to Surgical Site Infections (SSIs): A Review 20 24 113560 10.30483/RIJM.2018.62 EN Seyed Mansour Razavi Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Research Center for Rational Use of Drugs, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Leila Seddigh Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Farnaz Khatami Department of Community Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2017 01 25 <strong>Context: </strong>To deal with health problems, using an approach, based on prevention perspective, consist of different types of prevention, can be a proper way to manage the health problems such as surgical site infections (SSIs).Introducing an action plan from the perspective of “prevention” for dealing with surgical site infections (SSIs).<br /><br /><strong>Evidence Acquisition:</strong> We have used 5 known prevention levels as a simple approach for dealing with surgical site infections. For gathering information, electronic databases, including Scopus, Medline, ISI, IranMedex, and Irandoc sites were used.<br /><br /><strong>Results:</strong> For prevention of surgical site infection, a comprehensive evidence based instruction, consist of 75 related factors and 74 proposed measurable and operational preventive activities was developed.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We concluded that, to deal with surgical site infections use of the proposed action plan may be useful. Even we believe that, this approach can be used to deal with any health problems including diseases, disorders, accidents and events. https://journal.razavihospital.ir/article_113560_721ab01a09fd5633cebd36fe56afafac.pdf