Procedure-specific surgical site infection incidence varies widely within certain National Healthcare Safety Network surgery groups

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 617-623

  Saeed, Mohammed J ^a   Dubberke, Erik R ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a   Olsen, Margaret A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

National Healthcare Safety Network; Risk adjustment; Surgical site infection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BREAST SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; COLON SURGERY; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER SURGERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PANCREAS SURGERY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION; BREAST; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HERNIORRHAPHY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION, SURGICAL; BREAST; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931560403     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.012     Document Type: Article

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