AUTHOR=Piednoir Emmanuel , Robert-Yap Joan , Baillet Patrice , Lermite Emilie , Christou Niki 

TITLE=The Socioeconomic Impact of Surgical Site Infections

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.712461

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2021.712461

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Précis:</bold> Surgical site infections are an ever-increasing phenomenon worldwide due to different factors. This brief report aimeds to highlight at a glance, for both physicians and political and institutional leaders, the economic burden of surgical site infections.</p><p><bold>Objectives:</bold> This brief report aimed to highlight the economic burden of surgical site infections (SSIs).</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> A narrative review focusing on this subject has been carried out.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> Surgical site infections are responsible for generating important costs. In 2017, a French cohort highlighted a mean cost of each SSI treatment to be around €1,814; the same year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines evaluated the mean cost caused by SSI treatment to be from $10,443 to $25,546 per SSI. This cost depends on many factors including the patient himself and the type of surgery.</p><p><bold>Conclusions:</bold> Prevention of the risk of infection is, therefore, a profitable concept for surgery that must be integrated within all healthcare managements worldwide.</p>