A benchmark too far: national survey of surgical site infection surveillance

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A benchmark too far: national survey of surgical site infection surveillance

Background The national surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance service in England collates and publishes SSI rates that are used for benchmarking and to identify the prevalence of SSIs. However, research studies using high-quality SSI surveillance report rates that are much higher than those...

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Main Authors:	Tanner, Judith, Padley, Wendy, Kiernan, M., Leaper, D., Norrie, P., Baggot, R.
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2013
Subjects:	Surgical site infection Surveillance
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50780/

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