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UpToDate| June 2023 UpToDate® ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 31. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938852.60627.fa Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation UpToDate®. ASA Monitor 2023; 87:31 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938852.60627.fa Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: perioperative care, surgery specialty, surgical procedures, operative, gloves, protective UpToDate® and ASA Monitor are collaborating to present select content abstracts on “What's New.” UpToDate is an evidence-based, clinical support resource used worldwide by health care practitioners to make decisions at the point of care. For complete, current “What's New” content, or to become a subscriber for full content access, go to www.uptodate.com. “What's New” abstract information is free for all medical professionals. Routine glove and instrument change prior to closure of abdominal incisions (December 2022) Whether changing gloves and using new instruments prior to wound closure affects surgical site infection (SSI) rates is uncertain. In an unblinded cluster randomized trial of over 13,000 patients undergoing intra-abdominal surgery in low- to middle-income (LMIC) countries, the risk of SSI was lower when routine glove and sterile instrument change was performed prior to closure compared with no glove or instrument change (16 versus 19%).1 The results from this... You do not currently have access to this content.