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.
Department of Colorectal Surgery, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Japan.
Keita
K
Morikane
Midori
M
Nishioka
Hisami
H
Tanimura
Hiroe
H
Noguchi
Toshiro
T
Konishi
Hiroyoshi
H
Kobayashi
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*