
TY  - JOUR
A1  - McLaws, M.-L. 
A1  - Whitby, Michael 
T1  - Guest editorial
JF  - Healthcare Infection
JO  - Healthcare Infection
Y1  - 1999
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SP  - 5
EP  - 6
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/HI99105 
N2  - 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. 
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