title: Surgical site infection prevention: a global priority.
authors.affiliation: Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.affiliation: Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Infection Control & Improving Practices, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: didier.pittet@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pittet
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*