A Practical Tool for Surveillance of Surgical-Site Infections: A 5-Year Experience in Orthopedic Surgeries. (10th March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Benenson, Shmuel; Moses, Allon E.; Cohen, Matan J.; Brezis, Meir; Minster, Naomi; Schwartz, Carmela; Kandel, Leonid; Liebergall, Meir; Mattan, Yoav
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 38:Number 5(2017)
• Page Start: 610
• Page End: 613
• Publication Date: 2017-03-10
• 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.2016.322
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : Continuous surveillance of surgical-site infection (SSI) is labor intensive. We developed a semiautomatic surveillance system partly assisted by surgeons. Most patients who developed postdischarge SSI were readmitted, which allowed us to limit postdischarge surveillance to this group. This procedure significantly reduced workload while maintaining high sensitivity and specificity for SSI diagnosis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:610–613