Surveillance of Surgical Site Infections in NHS hospitals in England 2010/11
This report is a summary of data on surgical site infections (SSIs) collected by NHS hospitals and independent sector NHS treatment centres in England participating in one of 17 surgical categories of surveillance between April 2004 and March 2011. Added/updated: 13 January 2012
Monitoring surgical wounds for infection
This leaflet explains surgical wound infection and the national programme for monitoring infections acquired in hospitals.
Added/updated: 9 February 2012
Surveillance of surgical site infection in England: October 1997 - September 2005
Data on 240 231 operations from 13 categories of surgical procedures have been collected by 247 hospitals in
England between October 1997 and September 2005. Data on 239,953 operations from 11 surgical categories
are presented in this report. Two categories with no recent data were omitted. Added/updated: 13 January 2012