'" for the Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS)OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) after gastric surgery in patients in Korea. DESIGN. A nationwide prospective multicenter study.SETTING. Twenty university-affiliated hospitals in Korea.METHODS. The Korean Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS), a Web-based system, was developed. Patients in 20 Korean hospitals from 2007 to 2009 were prospectively monitored for SSI for up to 30 days after gastric surgery. Demographic data, hospital characteristics, and potential perioperative risk factors were collected and analyzed, using multivariate logistic regression models.RESULTS. Of the 4,238 case patients monitored, 64.9% (2,752) were male, and mean age (±SD) was 58.8 ( ± 12.3) years. The SSI rates were 2.92, 6.45, and 10.87 per 100 operations for the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system risk index categories of 0, 1, and 2 or 3, respectively. The majority (69.4%) of the SSIs observed were organ or space SSIs. The most frequently isolated microorganisms were Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae. CONCLUSIONS. Male sex, inappropriate SAP, and operation-related variables are independent risk factors for SSI after gastric surgery.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(6):572-580Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the leading cause of noslance system for nosocomial infections, the Korean Nosoocomial infection. The development of SSIs results in procomial Infections Surveillance System (KONIS), was devellonged hospital stay, extra costs, and increased morbidity and oped in Korea in 2006. 5 Gastric surgery was one of the most mortality. 1,2 A system for infection surveillance and to provide frequently performed surgical procedures in Korea in 2009 feedback to practicing surgeons regarding infection rates was (39.64 operations per 100,000 population); 6 when employing effective in reducing rates of SSI in previous studies. 3 ' 4 In surveillance for SSIs and risk factor analyses in Korea, gastric addition, it is important to establish the risk factors for SSI, surgery was given priority over other surgical procedures. A to prevent infectious complications after surgery by improvnumber of studies have shown that wound class, patient age, ing correctable factors.body mass index (BMI), duration of operation, laparoscopic A nationwide prospective multicenter Web-based surveilprocedure, and multiple doses of prophylactic antibiotics Affiliations: