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

Leblebicioglu, Hakan; Erben, Nurettin; ROSENTHAL, Victor; Sener, Alper; UZUN, Cengiz; SENOL, Gunes; Ersoz, Gulden; Demirdal, Tuna; DUYGU, Fazilet; Willke, Ayse; Sirmatel, Fatma; OZTOPRAK, Nefise; Koksal, İFTAHAR; ONCUL, Oral; GÜRBÜZ, Yunus; Güçlü, Ertugrul; Turgut, Huseyin; Yalcin, Ata; OZDEMIR, Davut; Kendirli, Tanil; Aslan, Turan; Esen, Saban; Ulger, Fatma; Dilek, Ahmet; Yilmaz, Hava; Sunbul, Mustafa; Ozgunes, Ilhan; Usluer, Gaye; Otkun, Metin; Kaya, Ali; Kuyucu, Necdet; Kaya, Zeynep; Meric, Meliha; Azak, Emel; YYLMAZ, GÜRDAL; KAYA, SELÇUK; Ulusoy, HÜLYA; HAZNEDAROGLU, Tuncer; GORENEK, Levent; ACAR, Ali; TUTUNCU, Ediz; Karabay, Oguz; Kaya, Gulsume; Sacar, Suzan; Sungurtekin, Hülya; Uʇurcan, Doʇaç; Turhan, Ozge; Kaya, Sehnaz; Gumus, Eylul; Dursun, Oguz; GEYIK, Mehmet; Şahin, AHMET; ERDOGAN, Selvi; Ince, Erdal; Karbuz, Adem; Çiftçi, Ergin; Taşyapar, Nevin; Güneş, Melek

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.09.017

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, Scopus)

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.