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

Conclusions
In most types of surgical procedures, surgical site infections rates were higher than those reported by the CDC-NHSN, but similar to INICC. This study is an important advancement towards the knowledge of surgical site infections epidemiology in the participating Indian hospitals that will allow us to introduce targeted interventions.

Source: International Health - August 26, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Singh, S., Chakravarthy, M., Rosenthal, V. D., Myatra, S. N., Dwivedy, A., Bagasrawala, I., Munshi, N., Shah, S., Panigrahi, B., Sood, S., Kumar-Nair, P., Radhakrishnan, K., Gokul, B. N., Sukanya, R., Pushparaj, L., Pramesh, C. S., Shrikhande, S. V., Guli Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research