Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon touted updated anti-infection suture guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommend that healthcare professionals “consider the use of triclosan-coated sutures for the prevention of SSI [surgical site infection].”
Ethicon Plus Sutures are the only globally available sutures coated with triclosan that stop bacteria commonly associated with SSIs from colonizing the suture, according to the company. The updated guidelines were published last week in JAMA Surgery.
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