Skip to main content

Table 3 Parameters exportable from the hospital information system

From: Surgical site infection surveillance in German hospitals: a national survey to determine the status quo of digitalization

Parameter

Exportable from HIS—Group A Number (percentage)

Exportable from HIS—Groups B&C Number (percentage)

Type of surgery (procedure code)

241 (96.8)

169 (98.8)

Date of surgery

238 (95.6)

169 (98.8)

Age (year of birth)

236 (94.8)

169 (98.8)

Sex

223 (89.6)

165 (96.5)

Date of hospital admission

206 (82.7)

151 (88.3)

Date of hospital discharge

209 (83.9)

142 (83.0)

ASA score

174 (69.9)

155 (90.6)

Wound contamination class

137 (55.0)

141 (82.5)

Duration of surgery

205 (82.3)

163 (95.3)

Endoscopic (yes or no)

150 (60.2)

131 (76.6)

Urgent# procedure (yes or no)

121 (48.6)

104 (60.8)

Revision surgery (yes or no)

97 (39.0)

100 (58.5)

Implant (yes or no)

122 (49.0)

125 (73.1)

Surgical site infection data

81 (32.5)

72 (42.1)

Premature end of surveillance (due to reoperation or death)

74 (29.7)

79 (46.2)

  1. Responses from 249 German surgical departments in group A and 171 German surgical departments in groups B&C that reported that data export from the hospital information system was possible
  2. #According to the OP-KISS methodology, urgent procedures are surgeries that were not planned 24 h or longer in advance. Abbreviations: ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists; HIS: hospital information system