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The Relationship Between Surgical Site Infection and Volume of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgeries: Taiwan Experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Shiao-Chi Wu ,
Chi-Chen Chen ,
Yee-Yung Ng  and
Hui-Fan Chu
Shiao-Chi Wu*
Affiliation:
Institution of Health and Welfare Policy, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Chi-Chen Chen
Affiliation:
Institution of Health and Welfare Policy, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Yee-Yung Ng
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Hui-Fan Chu
Affiliation:
Division of Health, Welfare Policy and Management, Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
*
Institution of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang-Ming University, 155 Sec, 2 Li-Nong Street, Taipei 112, Taiwan (scwu@ym.edu.tw)
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Abstract

In this study, the overall incidence of surgical site infection was 8.83% (3.28% for index hospitalization events [ie, events that occurred during hospitalization for surgery] and 5.55% for postdischarge events [ie, events that occurred within 30 days after discharge]). There was a negative association between surgical volume and the incidence of surgical site infection following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The hospital volume has a greater effect than does surgeon volume on reducing the incidence of surgical site infection.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , March 2006 , pp. 308 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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