Prospective surveillance effectively reduced rates of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery at a university hospital in Japan.
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.
Konishi
Tsuyoshi
T
Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. KONISHIT-SUR@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Watanabe
Toshiaki
T
Morikane
Keita
K
Fukatsu
Kazuhiko
K
Kitayama
Joji
J
Umetani
Naoyuki
N
Kishimoto
Junji
J
Nagawa
Hirokazu
H