Development of a surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance system, calculation of SSI rates and specification of important factors affecting SSI in a Digestive Organ Surgical Department

Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Kimura, Koji ^a,c   Sawa, Akihiro ^a   Akagi, Shinji ^b   Kihira, Kenji ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nosocomial infection; Surgical site infection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLEEDING; CALCULATION; CHILD; COLON SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548826522     PISSN: 00182052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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