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Surgical Caps Get Clean Bill of Health

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Surgical Caps Get Clean Bill of HealthLarge Study Reveals No Link to Surgical Site InfectionsBy Christina Frangou Cancun, Mexico—At last, in one of the most hair-raising debates in surgery in the last year, some data you can hang your hat on. In an analysis of more than 6,200 ventral hernia repairs carried out by 68 surgeons, investigators could not identify any association between the type of surgical hat worn by surgeons and the risk for surgical site infection (SSI) or surgical site occurrence (SSO) requiring procedural intervention. “Surgeons should be allowed to wear the hat of their choice without concern...