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. 2016 Apr 22;113(16):271–278. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0271

Table 1. Healthcare-associated infection rates for sterile operative procedures. Values are mean wound infection rates (%) per 100 procedures.

Germany
KISS
Data 2010–2014 (26, 27)		 Europe
ECDC
Data 2010–2011		 USA
CDC
Data for 2013
Orthopedic surgery

  • Total knee replacement

  • Total hip replacement in patients with arthrosis
0.4 (0.0–1.0)
0.8 (0.3–1.6)
0.7
1.0
0.6
0.7
Cardiac surgery

  • Coronary bypass

 3.5 (2.6–4.2) 3.5 0.6
Gynecology

  • Cesarean section

 0.4 (0.0–0.6) 3.0
Neurosurgery

  • Disk surgery

 0.1 (0.0–0.4)
Visceral surgery

  • Lower extremity arterial reconstruction

  • Peripheral vascular bypass

 3.0 (1.7–4.6) 0.6

Note: Data collection heterogeneous. Methods described in detail in (28, 29)