Abstract
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) site infection is a known complication of PEG tube placement. Whilst difficult to know the true incidence of PEG site infections as rates vary1, it is thought that infection rates fluctuate between 5% and 25%2. Thirty day infection rates form part of an annual audit of PEG insertions at a large District General Hospital (DGH). The mean infection rate from 2018-2019 was 11.8%. In 2020, it was concerning to note that the infection rate rose to 41% (16 out of 39 cases) which led to a multidisciplinary process review.
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