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. 2002 Jul;23(7):404-6.
doi: 10.1086/502075.

Using surveillance data to direct infection control efforts to reduce surgical-site infections following clean abdominal operations in Japan

Keita Morikane  1 , Midori Nishioka, Hisami Tanimura, Hiroe Noguchi, Toshiro Konishi, Hiroyoshi Kobayashi
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Using surveillance data to direct infection control efforts to reduce surgical-site infections following clean abdominal operations in Japan

Keita Morikane et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002 Jul.

Abstract

We initiated surveillance for surgical-site infections (SSIs) in a Japanese hospital using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definitions and the approach of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System. Patients were observed following clean and clean-contaminated abdominal operations. SSI rates were higher than those of the NNIS System, but there was a trend toward decreased SSI rates in the latter half of the study period.

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