Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Methodologies
SSIs account for 15.9% of all Healthcare Associated Infections and have been estimated to at least double the length of hospital stay.
Accurate surveillance is required to provide data for action to be taken locally to reduce these infections. Robust data is also required internationally for comparability.
Event cast Access
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Eventcast 1
Methods and Definitions of Surgical Site Surveillance
On completion of this eventcast you will be able to:
- Recognise the benefits of surveillance in relation to surgical site infection
- Discuss the importance of data definitions
- Evaluate the variety of processes that can be utilised to carry out surveillance.
Eventcast 2
Surgical Site Infection following Caesarean Section: the importance of post discharge surveillance
An overview of the topics discussed are:
- Epidemiology of HAI
- Targeted SSI Surveillance
- Importance of post discharge surveillance
- Preliminary Results
