EFFECTIVENESS OF ZERO SURGICAL INFECTION PROJECT (ZSIP) IN SPANISH HOSPITALS 2017-2021. A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY.

Background: The Zero Surgical Infection Project (ZSIP) in Spain is a nation-wide program to prevent surgical site infections (SSI), sponsored by the Ministry of Health. The program includes the application of 5 key preventive measures (PM) grouped in a bundle: Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis (PAP), skin antisepsis (SA), hair removal (HR), normothermia (NT) and normoglycemia (NG).

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of the bundle of 5 ZSIP preventive measures, applied in a set of Spanish public hospitals over the period 2017-2021, under standard conditions of surgical healthcare in Spain.

Impact of the "Zero Resistance" program on acquisition of multidrug-resistant bacteria in patients admitted to Intensive Care Units in Spain. A prospective, intervention, multimodal, multicenter study.

Objective: To assess the impact of a multimodal interventional project ("Zero Resistance") on the acquisition of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR-B) during the patient's ICU stay.

Design: Prospective, open-label, interventional, multicenter study.

Setting: 103 ICUs.