Impact of an Automated Surveillance to Detect Surgical-Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Brazil. (13th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Perdiz, Luciana B.; Yokoe, Deborah S.; Furtado, Guilherme H.; Medeiros, Eduardo A. S.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 8(2016)
• Page Start: 991
• Page End: 993
• Publication Date: 2016-04-13
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.86
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : In this retrospective study, we compared automated surveillance with conventional surveillance to detect surgical site infection after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty. Automated surveillance demonstrated better efficacy than routine surveillance in SSI diagnosis, sensitivity, and predictive negative value in hip and knee arthroplasty. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:991–993