SSI Surveillance
The consequences of surgical site infections (SSIs) are longer stays in hospitals, greater costs and even death. Swissnoso’s SSI Surveillance module records and monitors the development of surgical site infections in Swiss hospitals.
A large percentage of healthcare-associated infections are surgical site infections or SSIs. On behalf of the ANQ (the Swiss National Association for Quality Development in Hospitals), Swissnoso has been using the surveillance module to track SSIs since 2009. It monitors various types of operation in the fields of visceral surgery, gynaecology, orthopaedics, cardiac and spinal surgery.
Better quality thanks to public comparison
Every year Swissnoso provides healthcare institutions with an individual report and produces a national report. On its website the ANQ publishes risk-adjusted SSI rates transparently for each hospital and clinic. The data are presented and analysed under the scientific supervision of Swissnoso.
The publication of the results is an important part of the module, enabling hospitals to compare themselves with their peers, see their potential for improvement and identify any need for intervention to improve the quality of their medical care. More than 170 hospitals, clinics and hospital facilities in all Swiss cantons now participate in SSI Surveillance.
Further information
Further topics
NOSO in hospitals
Many measures under the NOSO Strategy are geared to improving the situation in hospitals – which are hardest hit by healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The spectrum ranges from national databases on guidelines to concrete interventions to prevent HAIs.
About the NOSO Strategy
The NOSO Strategy aims to reduce the number of hospital and nursing home infections. It defines five priority areas, each with its own strategic objective and a bundle of key measures.
Federal Office of Public Health FOPH
Infection Control and Control Measures Section
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Switzerland - 3003 Bern