Preventing Surgical Site Infections with Dr. Antonia Chen

There are over 300,000 cases of surgical site infections in the U.S., which antibacterial sutures can help prevent. But they’re not widely used –– although they should be, according to Dr. Antonia Chen, a hip & knee arthroplasty surgeon and director of research at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. In this episode, Dr. Chen, also an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and a consultant for Ethicon US, LLC breaks down everything you need to know about surgical site infections, including the risks and costs, and how you can combat them with solutions like antibacterial sutures. Dr. Chen also discusses the Zero Starts With One movement to help reduce the number of surgical site infections in the country.