title: WHO Guidelines to prevent surgical site infections-Authors' reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA; OASIS Global, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solomkin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gastmeier
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité-University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Asad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latif
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Berenholtz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Electronic address: allegranzib@who.int.
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allegranzi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection