Development of a Surgical Infection Surveillance Program at a Tertiary Hospital in Ethiopia: Lessons Learned from Two Surveillance Strategies
Surgical Infections2017Vol. 19(1), pp. 25–32
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Jared A. Forrester, Luca Koritsanszky, Benjamin D. Parsons, Menbere M.H. Hailu, Demisew Amenu, Seifu Alemu, Fekadu Jiru, Thomas G. Weiser
Abstract
Patient loss to follow-up and poor documentation of infections underestimated overall infectious complications. Direct, prospective follow-up is possible but requires increased time, clinical skill, and training. For accurate surgical infection surveillance, direct follow-up of patients during hospitalization is essential, because chart review does not accurately reflect post-operative complications.
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