title: Prospective surveillance effectively reduced rates of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery at a university hospital in Japan.
abstract: At a university hospital in Japan, the introduction of prospective surveillance and subsequent interventions was effective in reducing the rate of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery from 27.5% to 17.8% of surgeries. Japan should both recognize the importance of broader surveillance for surgical site infection and establish its own nationwide surveillance database.
authors: Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. KONISHIT-SUR@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Konishi
authors: Toshiaki
authors: T
authors: Watanabe
authors: Keita
authors: K
authors: Morikane
authors: Kazuhiko
authors: K
authors: Fukatsu
authors: Joji
authors: J
authors: Kitayama
authors: Naoyuki
authors: N
authors: Umetani
authors: Junji
authors: J
authors: Kishimoto
authors: Hirokazu
authors: H
authors: Nagawa