
%0 Journal Article
%A McLaws, M.-L. 
%A Whitby, Michael 
%T Guest editorial
%J Healthcare Infection
%D 1999/03/01
%V 4
%N 1
%P 5-6
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/HI99105
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HI99105 
%X Surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance forms the major and most visible component of infection control surveillance activity. A recent Australian study has confirmed this but has also shown that SSI surveillance is very time-consuming. It is seen as intrinsically less complex than surveillance of equally important nosocomial infections; for example, ventilator-associated pneumonia. Nevertheless, when used as a clinical indicator, SSI often provides a poor measure of quality care as the end product is both unreliable and often invalid. 
