Reduction of deep surgical site infections in cardiac surgery by introducing a multimodal infection control program

Autor: Jasperina Dubois, J.-p. Ory, L Jamaer, A. Van Assche, A Rutten
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Critical Care
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc14159
Popis: Deep surgical site infections (DSSI) are a major complication after cardiac surgery with a high mortality rate and reported incidences between 0.5 and 5%. Implementing a comprehensive infection control program (ICP) reduces this incidence [1]. The incidence in our hospital varied from 3.1 to 3.8%, which was considered too high. We evaluated the impact of introducing a multimodal ICP on the incidence of DSSI.
Databáze: OpenAIRE