American journal of infection control
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Am J Infect Control · Oct 2014
Multicenter StudySurgical site infection rates in 4 cities in Colombia: findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a threat to patient safety. However, there are no available data on SSI rates stratified by surgical procedure (SP) in Colombia. ⋯ Compared with CDC-NHSN rates, SSIs rates in our study hospitals were higher in most types of SPs, whereas compared with INICC, they were similar in 5 of the analyzed types, and higher in 4 types. This study represents an important advance toward knowledge of epidemiology in Colombia that will allow us to introduce targeted interventions.