Surgical site infections (SSI) surveillance: NHS hospitals in England
This annual report covers surgical site infection (SSI) data collected by NHS hospitals and independent sector NHS treatment centres.
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Data in this report includes voluntary submissions and data submitted as part of the Department of Health’s mandatory healthcare-associated infection surveillance programme.
It includes information on the number of operations performed, data quality, benchmarks, trends and risk factors from participating hospitals. SSIs are also recorded in supplementary tables for orthopaedic surgical categories for each NHS Trust in England.
The report is aimed at:
- clinical staff in hospitals
- infection control practitioners
- microbiologists
- public health practitioners
- researchers
- readers interested in healthcare-associated infections
See reports on SSI surveillance from 2011 and earlier on the health protection website archive.
Last updated 18 December 2020 + show all updates
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Added report and data tables for 2019 to 2020.
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Added 2018 to 2019 report and data tables.
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Added 2017 to 2018 report and NHS Trust tables.
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Added 2016 to 2017 report and NHS Trust tables.
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Added 2015 to 2016 report and NHS Trust tables.
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Added 2014 to 2015 report and NHS Trust tables.
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The following have been added: 'Surveillance of surgical site infections in NHS hospitals in England: 2013 to 2014'; Surgical site infections surveillance: NHS Trust tables 2013 to 2014
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First published.