History of the Surgical Infection Society Altemeier Lectureship Description Previous awardees Susman Award Description List of previous winners New Member Award Description Previous awardees Resident Awards Previous awardees Research Fellowships Award of Excellence Description Previous awardees Prevention and Education Although the treatment of infection maintains a very high priority, prevention of surgical infections is equally important. The SIS is dedicated to educating all members of the clinical healthcare team as well as providing educational opportunities to future researchers and practitioners through the SIS research fellowship programs.

SIS Position Papers/Guidelines Library of Past SIS Meeting Symposia 2009 Virtual Symposium: Toward the path of least resistance 2008 Clinical Symposium 2006 Clinical Symposium: An Ounce of Prevention-Reducing Surgical Site Infections Surgical Infection Educational Resources on the Internet SIS-E Internet Course on Surgical Infections American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons: SSI and patient safety CDC education site CDC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Committee (HICPAC) Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Sepsis Forum (ISF) Website Surgical Site Infection Links CDC Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection 1999 Medscape "Surgical Site Infection: Pathogenesis and Prevention", by Donald Fry Infection Control Today – "Fighting Surgical Site Infections" Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Healthcare-Associated Infections National Guidelines for Pneumonia by ATS and IDSA, 2005 CDC 12 steps to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitalized Adults CDC Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, 2002 Treatment of Hospital Infections, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy University of Pennsylvania Medical Center for Antimicrobial Therapy-Guidelines & Info CDC Guideline for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections, 2002 CDC Guideline for the Management of Intravascular Catheter-related infections, 2002 Bioterrorism IDSA Bioterrorism Information and Resources CDC Bioterrorism Webpage Healthcare Worker Safety CDC Guideline, Management of Occupational Exposures to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis, 2001 CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998