<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_sjph-2018-0026_s_006_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The objective was to present the results of the Slovenian National surgical site infections (SSIs) surveillance system from 2013 to 2016 and to compare them to the reference data for the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2018-0026_s_007_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>Surveillance was conducted according to the Slovenian protocol consistent with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control protocol. Descriptive analyses were performed.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2018-0026_s_008_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>Data were collected for 1080 patients of whom 57.4% were patients with cholecystectomy (from three hospitals), 29.0% with caesarean sections (from four hospitals) and 4.7%, 4.5% and 4.4% patients with hip prosthesis, knee prosthesis and colon surgery (each surgical category from one hospital). The pooled in-hospital SSI incidence density for caesarean section was 3.7 (95% CI: 1.4-8.1; inter-hospital range: 0.0–11.5) and for cholecystectomy 6.8 (95% CI: 3.5-11.9; inter-hospital range: 4.1–11.9) per 1000 post-operative patient-days. The in-hospital SSI incidence density for colon surgery was 24.8 (95% CI: 12.5-44.0) and for hip prosthesis 2.6 (95% CI: 0.1-14.2) per 1000 post-operative patient-days. No SSIs were reported among the 49 patients with knee prostheses.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2018-0026_s_009_w2aab3b7b5b1b6b1aab1c18b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The estimated SSIs incidence rates varied between different surgical categories and the different participating hospitals. In some of the participating hospitals and for some of the surgical procedures under surveillance they were rather high in comparison to the reference data for hospitals from EU/EEA countries. It is urgent to expand standardised SSIs surveillance to all Slovenian acute care hospitals with surgical wards to contribute to evidence-based SSIs prevention and control in Slovenia.</p></sec></abstract>

IntroductionThe objective was to present the results of the Slovenian National surgical site infections (SSIs) surveillance system from 2013 to 2016 and to compare them to the reference data for the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries.MethodsSurveillance was conducted according to the Slovenian protocol consistent with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control protocol. Descriptive analyses were performed.ResultsData were collected for 1080 patients of whom 57.4% were patients with cholecystectomy (from three hospitals), 29.0% with caesarean sections (from four hospitals) and 4.7%, 4.5% and 4.4% patients with hip prosthesis, knee prosthesis and colon surgery (each surgical category from one hospital). The pooled in-hospital SSI incidence density for caesarean section was 3.7 (95% CI: 1.4-8.1; inter-hospital range: 0.0–11.5) and for cholecystectomy 6.8 (95% CI: 3.5-11.9; inter-hospital range: 4.1–11.9) per 1000 post-operative patient-days. The in-hospital SSI incidence density for colon surgery was 24.8 (95% CI: 12.5-44.0) and for hip prosthesis 2.6 (95% CI: 0.1-14.2) per 1000 post-operative patient-days. No SSIs were reported among the 49 patients with knee prostheses.ConclusionsThe estimated SSIs incidence rates varied between different surgical categories and the different participating hospitals. In some of the participating hospitals and for some of the surgical procedures under surveillance they were rather high in comparison to the reference data for hospitals from EU/EEA countries. It is urgent to expand standardised SSIs surveillance to all Slovenian acute care hospitals with surgical wards to contribute to evidence-based SSIs prevention and control in Slovenia.

Surgical site infections in Slovenian acute care hospitals: Surveillance results, 2013–2016

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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Okužbe kirurške rane v Slovenskih bolnišnicah za akutno oskrbo: Rezultati epidemiološkega spremljanja, 2013–2016

IntroductionThe objective was to present the results of the Slovenian National surgical site infections (SSIs) surveillance system from 2013 to 2016 and to...

Surgical site infections in Slovenian acute care hospitals: Surveillance results, 2013–2016

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Oct 01, 2018

Page range: 211 - 217

Received: Mar 20, 2018

Accepted: Sep 03, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0026

Keywords
healthcare-associated infections, surgical site infections, surveillance, Slovenia

© 2018 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Surgical site infections in Slovenian acute care hospitals: Surveillance results, 2013–2016

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Oct 01, 2018

Page range: 211 - 217

Received: Mar 20, 2018

Accepted: Sep 03, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0026

Keywordshealthcare-associated infections, surgical site infections, surveillance, Slovenia

© 2018 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
healthcare-associated infections, surgical site infections, surveillance, Slovenia