Published in final edited form as: Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 May/Jun;18(4):508-519. doi: 10.1089/sur.2016.272 Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials evaluating prophylactic intra-operative wound irrigation for the prevention of surgical site infections S.W. de Jonge1* M.D., Q.J.J. Boldingh1* M.D., J.S. Solomkin2 M.D., B. Allegranzi3 M.D, M. Egger4 Ph.D., E.P.Dellinger5 M.D., M.A. Boermeester1 M.D. 1 Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA 3 Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 4 Institute of Social and Preventive medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland 5 Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA *Shared first authorship as both authors have contributed equally to this manuscript Corresponding Author: Prof. M.A. Boermeester, Academic Medical Center, PO Box 22660, Amsterdam 1100 DD, the Netherlands, e-mail:
[email protected], telephone number +31 20 566 2766. Role of funding source: This review was conducted in line with the development of the Global Guidelines for prevention of surgical site infections commissioned by World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva. We received no funding to perform this research. 1 Published in final edited form as: Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2017 May/Jun;18(4):508-519. doi: 10.1089/sur.2016.272 Category: systematic review Meeting presentations - 29th Congress of Surgical Infection Society Europe (SIS-E), Amsterdam, June 2-3 2016 2 Published in final edited form as: Surg Infect (Larchmt).