title: Surveillance of prosthetic joint infections: international overview and new insights for hospital databases.
abstract: Since the US National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System was implemented in the 1970s, several countries have developed their own surveillance systems, all including surgical site infection (SSI) as a major target. However, the performance of such systems needs to be evaluated further in terms of data quality and cost-effectiveness. The current article presents a literature overview of the main strategies used for SSI surveillance worldwide, focusing on hip and knee arthroplasty infections, and discusses new issues for further development of surveillance databases.
authors.affiliation: Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Ecole de médecine, Paris, France; Service d'information médicale, d'épidémiologie et d'économie de la santé, CHRU de Tours, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France. Electronic address: leslie.guillon@univ-tours.fr.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grammatico-Guillon
authors.affiliation: Service d'information médicale, d'épidémiologie et d'économie de la santé, CHRU de Tours, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rusch
authors.affiliation: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, Centre de coordination interregional pour le contrôle des infections nosocomiales, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Astagneau
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Hospital information system; Prosthetic joint infection; Surgical site infection; Surveillance network