Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-5g6vh Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-26T23:07:27.770Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Effect of Participating in a Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance Network on the Time Trend of SSI Rates: A Systematic Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2017

Mohamed Abbas ,
Ermira Tartari ,
Benedetta Allegranzi ,
Didier Pittet  and
Stephan Harbarth
Mohamed Abbas*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Ermira Tartari
Affiliation:
Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Benedetta Allegranzi
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit, Service Delivery and Safety, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland.
Didier Pittet
Affiliation:
Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Stephan Harbarth
Affiliation:
Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
*
Address correspondence to Dr Mohamed Abbas, Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, The University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva Switzerland (mohamed.abbas@hcuge.ch).
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

This systematic literature review reveals that participating in a surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance network is associated with short-term reductions in SSI rates: relative risk [RR] for year 2, 0.80 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.79–0.82); year 3 RR, 0.92 (95% CI, 0.90–0.94); year 4 RR, 0.98 (95% CI, 0.96–1.00).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1364–1366

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 38 , Issue 11 , November 2017 , pp. 1364 - 1366
Copyright
© 2017 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Storr, J, Twyman, A, Zingg, W, et al. Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2017;6:6.Google Scholar
2. Kaye, KS, Engemann, JJ, Fulmer, EM, Clark, CC, Noga, EM, Sexton, DJ. Favorable impact of an infection control network on nosocomial infection rates in community hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2006;27:228–232.Google Scholar
3. Hawn, MT, Vick, CC, Richman, J, et al. Surgical site infection prevention: time to move beyond the surgical care improvement program. Ann Surg 2011;254:494–499; discussion, 499–501.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
4. Gastmeier, P, Schwab, F, Sohr, D, Behnke, M, Geffers, C. Reproducibility of the surveillance effect to decrease nosocomial infection rates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2009;30:993–999.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
5. Staszewicz, W, Eisenring, MC, Bettschart, V, Harbarth, S, Troillet, N. Thirteen years of surgical site infection surveillance in Swiss hospitals. J Hosp Infect 2014;88:40–47.Google Scholar
6. Montroy, J, Breau, RH, Cnossen, S, et al. Change in adverse events after enrollment in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2016;11:e0146254.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7. Haley, RW, Culver, DH, White, JW, et al. The efficacy of infection surveillance and control programs in preventing nosocomial infections in US hospitals. Am J Epidemiol 1985;121:182–205.Google Scholar
8. Barwolff, S, Sohr, D, Geffers, C, et al. Reduction of surgical site infections after Caesarean delivery using surveillance. J Hosp Infect 2006;64:156–161.Google Scholar
9. Cohen, ME, Liu, Y, Ko, CY, Hall, BL. Improved surgical outcomes for ACS NSQIP hospitals over time: evaluation of hospital cohorts with up to 8 years of participation. Ann Surg 2016;263:267–273.Google Scholar
10. Gastmeier, P, Sohr, D, Brandt, C, Eckmanns, T, Behnke, M, Ruden, H. Reduction of orthopaedic wound infections in 21 hospitals. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 2005;125:526–530.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11. Geubbels, EL, Nagelkerke, NJ, Mintjes-De Groot, AJ, Vandenbroucke-Grauls, CM, Grobbee, DE, De Boer, AS. Reduced risk of surgical site infections through surveillance in a network. Int J Qual Health Care 2006;18:127–133.Google Scholar
12. Gastmeier, P, Geffers, C, Brandt, C, et al. Effectiveness of a nationwide nosocomial infection surveillance system for reducing nosocomial infections. J Hosp Infect 2006;64:16–22.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
13. Ehrenkranz, NJ, Shultz, JM, Richter, EL. Recorded criteria as a “gold standard” for sensitivity and specificity estimates of surveillance of nosocomial infection: a novel method to measure job performance. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1995;16:697–702.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Supplementary material: File

Abbas et al supplementary material

Abbas et al supplementary material 1

Download Abbas et al supplementary material(File)
File 116.6 KB