Review of the discussion on surgical site infection control in Germany

The discussion between DIN 1946-4 and KRINKO was caused by publishing the paper Operating room ventilation with laminar airflow shows no protective effect on the surgical site infection rate in orthopedic and abdominal surgery. Reviews the incident and some hotspots, some new viewpoints and concepts in which would be helpful for the surgical environment control and the prevention of surgical site infections in our country.