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Methodology |
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Identification of risk factors by systematic review and development of risk-adjusted models for surgical site infection (Gibbons) 156 pages, Volume 15, number 30 |
DOI
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10.3310/hta15300 |
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Outputs from this project
- Wilson, APR; Gibbons, C; Reeves, BC; Hodgson, B; Liu, M; Plummer, D; Krukowski, ZH; Bruce, J; Wilson, J; Pearson, A.
Surgical wound infection as a performance indicator: agreement of common definitions of wound infection in 4773 patients. British Medical Journal 2004;329(7468):720.
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Headline: |
Study found current research literature does not allow surgery-specific or generic risk factors to be defined for surgical site infection (SSI). SSI definitions varied between surveillance programmes and potentially between hospitals |
Special notes |
Commissioned under the Research Methodology Programme as Project RM02/JH03/BR. |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Gibbons C, Bruce J, Carpenter J, Wilson P, Wilson J, Pearson A, et al. Identification of risk factors by systematic review and development of risk-adjusted models for surgical site infection. Health Technol Assess
2011;15(30).
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Project ref: |
06/90/19 |
Original project title: |
Risk factors for surgical wound infection |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Barney Reeves, Professorial Res Fellow in Health Servces Research,
Department of Clinical Science, University of Bristol
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Start Date: |
April 2003 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
September 2011
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Cost: |
£138,616 |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available
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Printed copies of this title despatched:
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91 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1588 |
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