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Around 250 million major surgical procedures are performed each year worldwide¹ and SSCs have the potential to influence patient outcomes, length of hospital stay or readmissions and use of adjuvant therapies.^1,2

SSIs in particular are estimated to occur 500,000 times each year in the US,¹ and can result in:

• Estimated treatment costs of $400 to $30,000 per patient, depending on severity¹
• Up to a 2- to 11-fold increase in mortality risk in patients with SSIs, compared to those without SSIs³
• The loss of 8,000 people in the US every year¹

Yet, up to 60% of SSIs may be preventable.¹

The potential for SSI depends on various patient-related and procedural-related risk factors.¹ Patients are at elevated risk if they present:

• 1 Major risk factor, or
• 2 moderate risk factors