Original article
Reduction of surgical site infection rates in elective colorectal surgery by means of a nationwide interventional surveillance programme. A cohort study
Reducción de las tasas de infección de localización quirúrgica en cirugía colorrectal electiva mediante un programa nacional de vigilancia intervencionista. Un estudio de cohortes
Josep M. Badiaa,b,1,
, Alexander Almendralc,1, Miriam Flores-Yelamosa,b, Aina Gomila-Granged, David Parése, Marta Pascualf, Domenico Fraccalvierig, Ana Abad-Torrenth, Alejandro Solís-Peñai, Lucrecia Lópezj, Marta Pirizk, Mercè Hernándezl, Enric Limónc,m,n, Miquel Pujolc,n,o, on behalf of VINCat Colorectal Program 2
Corresponding author
a Department of Surgery, Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Spain
b School of Medicine, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
c VINCat Programme Surveillance of Healthcare Related Infections in Catalonia, Departament de Salut, Barcelona, Spain
d Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain
e Colorectal Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
f Department of Surgery, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
g Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
h Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
i Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
j Infection Control Team, Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi, Spain
k Infection Control Team, Hospital Universitari Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
l Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain
m Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Mother–Infant Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
n Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC, CB21/13/00009), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
o Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge – IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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