Surgical site infections are a major cause of perioperative morbidity in children undergoing colorectal surgery. Could a protocolized perioperative care bundle reduce these damaging infections? I'm Alex Halpern, general surgery resident from GW working with Cincinnati Children's, and this is an article that you should know. The Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium conducted a prospective cohort study on children undergoing colorectal surgery across 10 hospitals in the US. They utilized an 8-part perioperative care bundle and split children into either a high or low compliance group. And what did they find? They found that children in the high compliance group had a statistically significant decrease in rates of superficial surgical site infection when compared to children in the low compliance group, showing that standardization of perioperative care may decrease morbidity and improve outcomes in colorectal surgery. Let us know what you think in the comments below.