General NSIH SSI project information

Project name

National Surveillance Surgical Site Infections

Project abbreviation

NSIH SSI

Project code

HDBP0033

Primary organization that oversees implementation of project

• Sciensano

Partner organization participating in project

• Not available

Organization that commissioned this project

• Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee (BAPCOC)

Organization providing monetary or material support

• Federal Public Service (FPS) Health
• National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (RIZIV-INAMI)

Brief project description

The National Programme for Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections (NSIH) has a threefold objective:
a) to provide participating hospitals with definitions and essential provisions to enable data to be collected and analysed in a standardised manner;
b) to enable hospitals to compare their observed rates with those of other hospitals, both regionally and nationally. Despite the difficulties involved in making reliable comparisons between hospitals, this approach is nevertheless essential for identifying extreme values, both positive and negative. Individual (hospital) results are treated as strictly confidential and are only communicated by the IPH research team to the hospital concerned;
c) Finally, to obtain an overall picture of the epidemiological situation in our country with regard to nosocomial infections, their main risk factors and consequences and, ultimately, their evolution over time.

The aim of collecting such data is to support and encourage internal measures to promote quality of care.

Regulatory framework of this project

Consult the regulatory framework information published on the fair.healthdata.be pages.