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Authors
Sommerstein, Rami http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1011-6878
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Marschall, Jonas
Atkinson, Andrew
Surbek, Daniel
Dominguez-Bello, Maria Gloria
Troillet, Nicolas
Widmer, Andreas F.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (32003B_179500)
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Article History
Received: 2 October 2020
Accepted: 20 November 2020
First Online: 22 December 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: SSI surveillance by <i>Swissnoso</i> (ExternalRef removed) is mandated by Swiss healthcare policies and is considered a quality improvement project. All patients were informed about their automatic inclusion in SSI surveillance on admission and given the opportunity to opt out at the telephone interview. Summary results of the SSI incidences are published yearly (ExternalRef removed). The study was approved by the Bernese Cantonal human subjects committee (KEK 2019–00294).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
