Long-Term Sustainability of Peri-Operative Infection Control Practices: Implementation of "Clean Cut," a Checklist-Based Quality Improvement Program in India.

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a substantial healthcare burden in low- and middle- income countries. "Clean Cut" is a checklist-based infection prevention and control (IPC) program intended to improve compliance to peri-operative IPC standards. We aim to study the short-term and long-term impact of its implementation in a tertiary care cancer referral center.