In-hospital surveillance of surgical site infections (SSI) was conducted on 599 patients in a German university hospital. On a subgroup of 342 patients SSI was assessed after discharge from hospital based on data of a questionnaire and telephone interviews. Post-discharge surveillance revealed substantially higher infection rates than in-hospital surveillance. From assessment of single items a model of a three-item questionnaire for surveillance of SSI is proposed.
KNAUST Andreas;
MOUSSA Andre;
STILIANAKIS Nikolaos;
EIKMANN Thomas;
HERR Caroline;
2009-06-05
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
JRC48320
0196-6553,
http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-655300903-6/abstract,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC48320,
10.1016/j.ajic.2008.10.025,
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