Surgical site infection rates in 16 cities in Turkey: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).

Leblebicioglu, Hakan; Erben, Nurettin; Rosenthal, Victor; Sener, Alper; Uzun, Cengiz; Senol, Gunes; Ersoz, Gulden; Demirdal, Tuna; Duygu, Fazilet; Willke, Ayse; Sirmatel, Fatma; Oztoprak, Nefise; Koksal, Iftihar; Oncul, Oral; Gurbuz, Yunus; Güçlü, Ertugrul; Turgut, Huseyin; Yalcin, ATA; Ozdemir, Davut; Kendirli, Tanil; Aslan, Turan; Esen, Saban; Ulger, Fatma; Dilek, Ahmet; Yilmaz, Hava; Sunbul, Mustafa; Ozgunes, Ilhan; Usluer, Gaye; Otkun, Metin; Kaya, Ali; Kuyucu, Necdet; Kaya, Zeynep; Meric, Meliha; Azak, Emel; Yýlmaz, Gürdal; Kaya, Selçuk; Ulusoy, Hülya; Haznedaroglu, Tuncer; Gorenek, Levent; Acar, Ali; Tutuncu, Ediz; Karabay, Oguz; Kaya, Gulsume; Sacar, Suzan; Sungurtekin, Hülya; Uğurcan, Doğaç; Turhan, ÖZGE; Kaya, Sehnaz; Gumus, Eylul; Dursun, OĞUZ; Geyik, Mehmet; Şahin, Ahmet; Erdogan, Selvi; Ince, Erdal; Karbuz, Adem; Çiftçi, Ergin; Taşyapar, Nevin; Güneş, Melek

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.09.017

Surgical site infection rates in 16 cities in Turkey: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).

Leblebicioglu H., Erben N., Rosenthal V. D., Sener A., Uzun C., Senol G., ...More

American journal of infection control, vol.43, pp.48-52, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 43
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.09.017
Journal Name: American journal of infection control
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.48-52
Keywords: Hospital infection, Nosocomial infection, Health care-associated infection, Surgical wound infection, Developing countries, INTENSIVE-CARE UNITS, DEVICE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS, SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT, DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES, ICD-9-CM
Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a threat to patient safety; however, there were no available data on SSI rates stratified by surgical procedure (SP) in Turkey.