Infections in Surgery: Prevention and Management

Dr. Stefano Bartoli is a general and vascular surgeon who has been involved in quality and safety of care for over 30 years. He is a member of the ASL Roma 2 Infection Control Committee and has promoted events on infections in surgery. He has also participated in multidisciplinary and multiprofessional initiatives on the implementation of "care bundles" for the containment of infectious risk during hospitalization. Dr. Bartoli believes that dissemination of the culture of the good use of antibiotics should be a priority for surgeons in order to develop organizational models to help contain the risk of infection in patients undergoing surgery.

Dr. Francesco Cortese is a surgeon at the Emergency Surgery Unit of San Filippo Neri Hospital in Rome. He has postgraduate degrees in General and Emergency Surgery, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, and Infectious Diseases. He is a lecturer at the "Surgical Sepsis" and "Antibiotic Stewardship" Master's courses. He is also a consultant infection specialist at San Filippo Neri Hospital and is active in the field of surgical critical care and infections, and hospital-acquired infections. He has authored numerous papers on infections and sepsis in surgery, published many scientific articles, monographs, and book chapters, and presented reports at national and international conferences and courses. He is active in medical scientific societies and has organized numerous events. Dr. Cortese has been the coordinator of the national permanent event "Abdominal Infective Syndrome" since 2011.

Dr. Massimo Sartelli is senior consultant surgeon at the Department of General and Emergency Surgery, Macerata Hospital, AST Macerata (Italy), and a member of the Hospital Infection Control Committee. His scientific activity is documented by publications in international scientific journals. In recent years, he has devoted his updating efforts to the study of surgical infections and sepsis. He coordinated the WSES Guidelines for the management of intra-abdominal infections, for the management of skin and soft tissue infections, and for the management of C. difficile infection in surgical patients. He has designed and coordinated several multicenter prospective studies involving medical institutions worldwide, defining the epidemiological and management profiles of intra-abdominal infections. He is the founder and acting director of the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery.

Prof. Gabriele Sganga is associate professor of Surgery at the Catholic University and Director of the Division of Emergency Surgery and Trauma at Policlinico Gemelli University Hospital in Rome. He completed his fellowship at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, USA. Prof. Sganga is President of the Italian Society of Intensive Care Medicine (S.I.T.I. - I.S.I.C.) and Director of the Master's course "Surgical Sepsis" at the Catholic University. Since his graduation, he has been dealing with infections and sepsis in surgery as shown by his numerous scientific papers, monographs and book chapters, reports at national and international congresses, advisory boards, activities in medical scientific societies, and numerous events also organized at the Policlinico Gemelli University Hospital.

Dr. Stefano Bartoli 是一位普通及血管外科醫生，從事醫療品質與安全已有超過 30 年的經驗。他是 ASL Roma 2 感染控制委員會的成員，並推動有關手術感染的活動。他還參與了多學科和多專業的倡議，實施「護理組合」以降低住院期間的感染風險。Bartoli 醫生認為，推廣抗生素良好使用的文化應成為外科醫生的優先事項，以發展組織模型來幫助降低接受手術患者的感染風險。

Dr. Francesco Cortese 是羅馬 San Filippo Neri 醫院急診外科單位的外科醫生。他擁有一般外科、急診外科、麻醉與重症監護以及傳染病的研究所學位。他是「外科敗血症」和「抗生素管理」碩士課程的講師，也是 San Filippo Neri 醫院的顧問感染專家，活躍於外科重症護理、感染及醫院獲得性感染的領域。他撰寫了多篇有關手術感染和敗血症的論文，發表了許多科學文章、專著和書籍章節，並在國內外會議和課程上報告。他活躍於醫學科學社會，並組織了多項活動。自 2011 年以來，Cortese 醫生一直擔任全國常設活動「腹部感染綜合症」的協調人。

Dr. Massimo Sartelli 是意大利 Macerata 醫院一般及急診外科的高級顧問外科醫生，也是醫院感染控制委員會的成員。他的科學活動在國際科學期刊上有多篇發表。近年來，他將更新的努力集中在手術感染和敗血症的研究上。他協調了 WSES 關於腹腔內感染管理、皮膚及軟組織感染管理以及手術患者中 C. difficile 感染管理的指導方針。他設計並協調了多項涉及全球醫療機構的多中心前瞻性研究，定義了腹腔內感染的流行病學和管理特徵。他是全球外科感染聯盟的創始人及執行主任。

Prof. Gabriele Sganga 是天主教大學的外科副教授，並擔任羅馬 Policlinico Gemelli 大學醫院急診外科與創傷科的主任。他在美國巴爾的摩的 Shock Trauma Center 完成了研究員訓練。Sganga 教授是意大利重症醫學學會 (S.I.T.I. - I.S.I.C.) 的會長，並擔任天主教大學「外科敗血症」碩士課程的主任。自畢業以來，他一直專注於手術中的感染和敗血症，這從他眾多的科學論文、專著和書籍章節、在國內外會議上的報告、顧問委員會、醫學科學社會的活動以及在 Policlinico Gemelli 大學醫院組織的多項活動中可見一斑。