Table 4.
Surgical site infection rates
| Source | Procedural range (%) | Country | % | Type of study | Observation period | Surgical procedure specified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lallemand et al. (63) | N/S | France | 2·7 | Incidence | Until discharge | General classifications only |
| Steinbrecher et al. (64) | 0·26–6·5 | Germany | 4·0 | Prevalence | N/S | 13 specified surgical procedures |
| Thibon et al. (35) | 0·4–5·1 | France | 2·2 | Incidence | 30 days | General classifications only |
| Astagneau et al. (7) | 0·4–11·8 | France | 3·4 | Incidence | 30 days | Yes — 30 classifications given |
| FPSSG (13) | 0·1–8·2 | France | 4·5 | Prevalence | N/A | Recorded not detailed |
| Plowman et al. (6) | N/S | UK | 1·0 | Incidence | Until discharge | General classifications only — infection category of ‘multiple infections’ which were not counted in individual categories |
| Geubbels et al. (14) | 0·0–12·9 | Netherlands | 3·1 | Incidence | Until discharge* | Yes but of 18 063 procedures >7000 classed as ‘other’ |
| Scheel and Stormark (47) | 0·0–8·3 | Norway | 6·3 | Prevalence | N/A | Recorded not detailed |
| Vaqué et al. (12) | N/S | Spain | 2·8 | Prevalence | N/A | Clean surgery only — procedures not specified |
| Kampf et al. (31) | 0–7·2 | Germany | 1·3 | Prevalence | N/A | 11 procedures specified |
| Emmerson et al. (11) | N/S | UK | 1·1 | Prevalence | N/A | General classifications only |
| Mertens et al. (79) | 1·7–22·2 | Belgium | 1·9 | Incidence | Until discharge* | Various study populations allowed — ICD‐9‐CM codes for 40 categories recored but not detailed |
| Moro et al. (49) | 0·4–33·3 | Italy | 1·2/4·9 | Incidence | 4·9%/1·2% | Orthopaedic/general — subset of data for 10 most frequent ops |
| Kjaersgaard et al. (48) | 0·0–5·8 | Denmark | 3·3 | Prevalence | Discharge and beyond | Codes of operation — ten most frequent detailed |
N/A, not applicable; N/S, not stated.
*
Some post discharge surveillance.