Clinical trial NCT01971138: Review of Surgical Site Infection Registration Routine at Surgery Departments in Sweden and Validation of One of the Used Routines
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Surgical Site Infections
Lead sponsor: Halmstad County Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2013-10-29
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Surgical clinics in Sweden.

Brief summary: This study explores the routines of registration of surgical site infections (SSI) at different surgical centers in Sweden. It explores the sensitivity and specificity of the registration routines of SSI are at Halmstad County Hospital, Sweden.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Surgical Clinics in Sweden that report tho the Swedish national register for Colorectal Cancer.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Clinics that dosen´t report.

Primary outcomes:
measure: In which proportion do surgical clinics in Sweden register Surgical Site Infections
timeFrame: spring 2013
measure: In which proportion does the routine SSI registration at Halmstad County Hospital register the actual number of SSI´s.
timeFrame: up to four years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Which method is used for routine registration of SSI´s in Sweden.
timeFrame: spring 2013
measure: How is the SSI classified in different hospitals in Sweden.
timeFrame: spring 2013
measure: How is the variation of SSI at the surgical clinic in Halmstad County Hospital, Sweden, the last 10 years.
timeFrame: for 10 years
measure: How large the difference have to be between in registered SSI frequency to surely detect a deviation in SSI presence
timeFrame: for 10 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Halmstad
country: Sweden
facility: Halmstad County Hospital
state: Halland
Study officials:
affiliation: Halmstad County Hospital, Halmstad, Sweden
name: Claes Hjalmarsson, MD, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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