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

Leblebicioglu, Hakan; ERBEN, NURETTİN; Rosenthal, Victor; ŞENER, ALPER; Uzun, Cengiz; Senol, Gunes; Ersoz, Gulden; Demirdal, Tuna; Duygu, Fazilet; Willke, Ayse; Sirmatel, Fatma; Oztoprak, Nefise; Koksal, IFTAHAR; Oncul, Oral; Gurbuz, Yunus; Guclu, 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; Yylmaz, Gurdal; Kaya, Selcuk; Ulusoy, Hulya; Haznedaroglu, Tuncer; Gorenek, Levent; Acar, Ali; Tutuncu, Ediz; Karabay, Oguz; Kaya, Gulsume; Sacar, Suzan; Sungurtekin, Hulya; Ugurcan, Dogac; Turhan, Ozge; Kaya, Sehnaz; Gumus, Eylul; Dursun, Oguz; Geyik, Mehmet; Sahin, Ahmet; Erdogan, Selvi; Ince, Erdal; Karbuz, Adem; Ciftci, Ergin; Tasyapar, Nevin; Gunes, 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. , ŞENER A., Uzun C., Senol G., ...More

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, vol.43, no.1, pp.48-52, 2015 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 43 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.09.017
Title of Journal : AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Page Numbers: pp.48-52

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.