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Prospective Surveillance Effectively Reduced Rates of Surgical Site Infection Associated With Elective Colorectal Surgery at a University Hospital in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Tsuyoshi Konishi ,
Toshiaki Watanabe ,
Keita Morikane ,
Kazuhiko Fukatsu ,
Joji Kitayama ,
Naoyuki Umetani ,
Junji Kishimoto  and
Hirokazu Nagawa
Tsuyoshi Konishi*
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Toshiaki Watanabe
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Keita Morikane
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuhiko Fukatsu
Affiliation:
Division of Basic Traumatology, National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Saitama, Japan
Joji Kitayama
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Naoyuki Umetani
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Junji Kishimoto
Affiliation:
Clinical Bioinformatics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Hirokazu Nagawa
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
*
Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan ([email protected])
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Abstract

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.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 5 , May 2006 , pp. 526 - 528
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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