A benchmark too far: national survey of surgical site infection surveillance
(2013)
Journal Article
Tanner, J., Padley, W., Kiernan, M., Leaper, D., Norrie, P., & Baggot, R. (2013). A benchmark too far: national survey of surgical site infection surveillance. Journal of Hospital Infection, 83(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2012.11.010
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 surveill...
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