Readmission Rates for Surgical Site Infections Within 30 Days of Discharge From Surgery
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Readmission rates for surgical site infections within 30 days of discharge from surgery.
Numerator
The number of admissions in the denominator with a record of a readmission within 30 days of discharge, with a primary diagnosis of surgical site infection.
Denominator
The number of admissions to hospital where a surgical procedure is performed.
Exclusions
None
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Hospital episode statistics - admitted patient care. Created from data submitted by NHS hospitals and independent sector NHS treatment centres in England to the national SSI Surveillance Service, Public Health England. Surveillance data is collected prospectively on a quarterly basis and includes all eligible patients undergoing surgery in pre-selected surgical categories during each 3-month period (quarter). Patients are followed-up to identify SSIs for 30 days after surgery for non-implant procedures and for one year for procedures involving a prosthetic implant. A set of demographic and surgery-related data is collected for each eligible procedure and submitted to the UK Health Security Agency Surgical site infection surveillance service (SSISS) via a secure web-based application.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
UK Health Security Agency publishes Surveillance of surgical site infections in NHS hospitals in England annually.