Shoag JE, Gaffney C, Pantuck M, et al. - Between 2001 and 2015, researchers applied the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked data and recorded 30-day infection rates and emergency department, hospital and, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. The adjusted analyses were conducted to investigate the impact of age, demographic data, surgeon volume, rectal swab use, and biopsy year on infections. They observed that the overall rate of post-biopsy infections improved from 2001 (5.9%) to 2007 (7.2%) but remained stable through 2015. The results found that admissions to the emergency room, hospital, and ICU continue to rise, while the overall rate of post-biopsy infections has stabilized since 2007. Increased surgeon volume was correlated with a reduced risk of infection.