Key result
Prospective surveillance and interventions linked to ~35% fewer surgical site infections after elective colorectal surgery.
Why the study?
The effectiveness of prospective surveillance and interventions in reducing surgical site infection rates after elective colorectal surgery was not established at this Japanese university hospital.
Does prospective surveillance reduce the rate of surgical site infection in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery?
Does prospective surveillance reduce the rate of surgical site infection in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery?
Prospective surveillance is effective in reducing surgical site infections in elective colorectal surgery.
May support surveillance to lower colorectal surgical site infections; leaves open randomized confirmation.
At a university hospital in Japan, the introduction of prospective surveillance and subsequent interventions was effective in reducing the rate of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery from 27.5% to 17.8% of surgeries. Japan should both recognize the importance of broader surveillance for surgical site infection and establish its own nationwide surveillance database.
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Konishi et al. (2006) studied this question. Prospective surveillance and subsequent interventions reduced the rate of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery from 27.5% to 17.8%.
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