Prospective surveillance effectively reduced rates of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery at a university hospital in Japan

Tsuyoshi Konishi; Toshiaki Watanabe; Keita Morikane; Kazuhiko Fukatsu; Joji Kitayama; Naoyuki Umetani; Junji Kishimoto; Hirokazu Nagawa

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Prospective surveillance effectively reduced rates of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery at a university hospital in Japan

Tsuyoshi Konishi, Toshiaki Watanabe, Keita Morikane, Kazuhiko Fukatsu, Joji Kitayama, Naoyuki Umetani, Junji Kishimoto, Hirokazu Nagawa

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	526-528
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	27
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/504444
Publication status	Published - May 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Prospective surveillance effectively reduced rates of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery at a university hospital in Japan. / Konishi, Tsuyoshi; Watanabe, Toshiaki; Morikane, Keita et al.
In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 27, No. 5, 05.2006, p. 526-528.

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