Additionally, in departments where zero preventable surgical
infections has not been achieved or sustained, IPs must be
prepared to share with staff members and surgeons information
on “plus measures,” which are practices and/or products
for which evidence supporting their efficacy in reducing SSI
risk is less than category level 1. The list of “plus measures” is
constantly evolving and currently includes repeated preoperative
antiseptic (CHG) patient bathing the night before and the
morning of surgery, which increases the residual antibacterial
effect of CHG