Using surveillance data to direct infection control efforts to reduce surgical-site infections following clean abdominal operations in Japan.
We initiated surveillance for surgical-site infections (SSIs) in a Japanese hospital using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definitions and the approach of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System. Patients were observed following clean and clean-contaminated abdominal operations. SSI rates were higher than those of the NNIS System, but there was a trend toward decreased SSI rates in the latter half of the study period.
Morikane
Keita
K
Department of Colorectal Surgery, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Japan.
Nishioka
Midori
M
Tanimura
Hisami
H
Noguchi
Hiroe
H
Konishi
Toshiro
T
Kobayashi
Hiroyoshi
H
D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D007564:Japan; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*