Surgical site infection rates in 16 cities in Turkey: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC)

Leblebicioglu H., Erben N., ROSENTHAL V. D., Sener A., UZUN C., SENOL G., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, vol.43, no.1, pp.48-52, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.09.017
  • Journal Name: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.48-52
  • Keywords: Hospital infection, Nosocomial infection, Health care-associated infection, Surgical wound infection, Developing countries, INTENSIVE-CARE UNITS, DEVICE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT, DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES, ICD-9-CM
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a threat to patient safety; however, there were no available data on SSI rates stratified by surgical procedure (SP) in Turkey.