Standardized Infection Ratio for Surgical Site Infection after Colon Surgery: Discord in Models Measuring Healthcare Quality. (30th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chinn, Raymond; Lempp, Jason M.; Huang, Susan S.; Murthy, Rekha; Torriani, Francesca J.; Daley, Jacqueline; Dekker, Elaine; Goss-Bottorff, Barbara; Kaler, Wendy; Meyer, Karen; Myers, Frank; Nichols, Amy; Kathleen Quan, ; Birnbaum, David
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 11(2016)
• Page Start: 1378
• Page End: 1382
• Publication Date: 2016-08-30
• 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.2016.167
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : The government publishes 3 different public report surgical site infection (SSI) metrics, all called standardized infection ratios (SIRs), that impact perceived hospital quality. We conducted a non-random cross-sectional observational pilot study of 20 California hospitals that voluntarily submitted colon surgery and SSI data. Discordant SIR values, leading to contradictory conclusions, occurred in 35% of these hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1–5