کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3373952 1219312 2007 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS). Inter-country comparison of rates of surgical site infection – opportunities and limitations
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS). Inter-country comparison of rates of surgical site infection – opportunities and limitations
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryMany countries in Europe have created national systems for the surveillance of healthcare associated infections (HCAI). The Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS) has provided a standardised approach to surveillance of HCAI and formed a ‘network of networks’ to enable data from hospitals contributing to national networks also to be submitted to the HELICS database. This paper describes the set of surgical site infection surveillance data collected in 2004. It includes 111,361 operations in six categories of surgical procedure from 14 countries. The analysis demonstrates that incidence density provides a better measure for comparison than cumulative incidence as it takes some account of difference in length of post-operative stay and post-discharge surveillance. Comparisons should also take account of differences in mix of procedures, variation in risk factors and sensitivity of case finding. This rich dataset provides a unique opportunity to explore variation in rates of SSI and improve understanding of factors that impact on inter-country comparisons.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Hospital Infection - Volume 65, Supplement 2, June 2007, Pages 165-170