<p >While it is way too early to advise patients to have elective surgery in the dead of winter, researchers are unraveling some telling indications that surgical site infections are much more likely to occur in the hottest months of the year. </p>

For Everything There Is a Season – Including SSIs?

Skin bacteria may thrive in warm weather

July 1, 2017

While it is way too early to advise patients to have elective surgery in the dead of winter, researchers are unraveling some telling indications that surgical site infections are much more likely to occur in the hottest months of the year.

Issue Date: July 1, 2017

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Financial Disclosure: Senior Writer Gary Evans, Editor Dana Spector, Editor Jill Drachenberg, Reviewer Patti Grant, RN, BSN, MS, CIC, Reviewer Patrick Joseph, MD, and AHC Editorial Group Manager Terrey L. Hatcher report no consultant, stockholder, speaker’s bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study.

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