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Surgical
site infection surveillance in England
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Key points:
- This report is a summary of data
from hospitals participating in the
Surgical Site Infection Surveillance
Service from October 1997 to December
2003.
- Hospitals taking part are required
to collect data according to a standard
surveillance protocol for a minimum
of three months on one or more of
13 defined categories of surgical
procedure.
- There has been a steady increase
in participation in the scheme since
its inception with approximately 80
hospitals collecting data each quarter
and a total of 178 having participated
since 1997.
- Rates of surgical site infection
vary by category of procedure, this
is largely explained by the different
risk of microbial contamination associated
with different types of surgery.
- Rates of surgical site infection
vary between hospitals. This may be
partly explained by differences in
clinical practice, but other factors
including differences in case-mix,
case-finding intensity, and precision
with which rates can be estimated
are also important.
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Candidaemia
reports, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland:
2003
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Key points:
- There were 1380 reports of Candida
spp blood isolates in England, Wales, and
Northern Ireland in
2003, made via the voluntary laboratory
reporting system.
- Candidaemia reports are continuing to
increase, with an increase in rate from
2.31/100,000 in 2002 to 2.53/
100,000 in 2003.
- Candida albicans accounted for
54% of candidaemia reports, with other common
species including
C.glabrata, and C. parapsilosis.
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