Do Not Do Recommendation
Do not use Eusol and gauze for debridement in the management of surgical site infection.
Do Not Do Recommendation Details
- Recommendation:
- Do not use Eusol and gauze for debridement in the management of surgical site infection.
- Interventions:
- eusol and gauze
Source guidance details
- Guidance:
- Surgical site infection (CG74)
- Published date:
- October 2008
- Paragraph number:
- 1.4.10
- Page number:
- 16
View all NICE do not do from this Guidance
- Do not use topical antimicrobial agents for surgical wounds that are healing by primary intention to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use Eusol and gauze to manage surgical wounds that are healing by secondary intention.
- Do not use moist cotton gauze to manage surgical wounds that are healing by secondary intention.
- Do not use mercuric antiseptic solutions to manage surgical wounds that are healing by secondary intention.
- Do not use dextranomer for debridement in the management of surgical site infection.
- Do not use enzymatic treatments for debridement in the management of surgical site infection.
- Do not use hair removal routinely to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use razors for hair removal, because they increase the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use nasal decontamination with topical antimicrobial agents aimed at eliminating staphylococcus aureus routinely to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use mechanical bowel preparation routinely to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use antibiotic prophylaxis routinely for clean non-prosthetic uncomplicated surgery.
- Do not use non-iodophor-impregnated incise drapes routinely for surgery as they may increase the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use diathermy for surgical incision to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not give insulin routinely to patients who do not have diabetes to optimise blood glucose postoperatively as a means of reducing the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use wound irrigation to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use intracavity lavage to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use intraoperative skin re-disinfection or topical cefotaxime in abdominal surgery to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.
- Do not use topical cefotaxime in abdominal surgery to reduce the risk of surgical site infection.