Guidance

Surgical site infection surveillance service: protocol and guides

Surgical site infection surveillance service protocol, operating procedure codes and user manual for hospital staff.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 June 2013
• Last updated: 19 April 2022
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  1. 19 April 2022

     Updated operating procedure codes supplement.

  2. 20 January 2022

     Updated Operating Procedure Codes Supplement (OPCS) and Protocol for the Surveillance of Surgical Site Infection.

  3. 20 December 2017

     Replaced the 'Surgical site infection surveillance: operating procedure codes (OPCS) September 2011' with the October 2016 version.

  4. 1 June 2013

     First published.

Documents

Protocol for surveillance of surgical site infection: June 2013

Ref: Gateway number GW-10188

PDF, 1.13 MB, 101 pages

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Surgical site infection surveillance: operating procedure codes (OPCS) April 2022

Ref: Gateway number: GOV-11960

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Details

These documents enable hospital staff to use the surgical site infection surveillance service (SSISS) to record incidents of surgical site infection accurately and consistently.