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Table 4 Exportable parameters from the hospital information system requiring manual editing before import into webKess

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

Parameter

Requiring manual editing—Group A Number (percentage)

Requiring manual editing—Groups B&C Number (percentage)

Type of surgery (procedure code)

106 (52.5)

5 (7.7)

Date of surgery

63 (31.2)

8 (12.3)

Age (year of birth)

65 (32.2)

8 (12.3)

Sex

73 (36.1)

8 (12.3)

Date of hospital admission

76 (37.6)

3 (4.6)

Date of hospital discharge

76 (37.6)

7 (10.8)

ASA score

115 (56.9)

20 (30.8)

Wound contamination class

134 (66.3)

30 (46.2)

Duration of surgery

85 (42.1)

10 (15.4)

Endoscopic (yes or no)

102 (50.5)

18 (27.7)

Urgent# procedure (yes or no)

112 (55.4)

29 (44.6)

Revision surgery (yes or no)

123 (60.9)

25 (38.5)

Implant (yes or no)

117 (57.9)

29 (44.6)

Surgical site infection data

159 (78.7)

55 (84.6)

Premature end of surveillance (due to reoperation or death)

154 (76.2)

39 (60)

  1. Responses from 202 German surgical departments in group A and 65 German surgical departments in groups B&C that reported export from the hospital information system was possible only to an external data documentation software, but not directly to webKess
  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