Details:

Alternative Title:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2014.23
Personal Author:
Rhee, Chanu ; Huang, Susan S. ; Berríos-Torres, Sandra I. ; Kaganov, Rebecca ; Bruce, Christina ; ... More +
Rhee, Chanu ; Huang, Susan S. ; Berríos-Torres, Sandra I. ; Kaganov, Rebecca ; Bruce, Christina ; Lankiewicz, Julie ; Platt, Richard ; Yokoe, Deborah S. Less -
Description:
We assessed 4045 ambulatory surgery patients for surgical site infection (SSI) using claims-based triggers for medical chart review. Of 98 patients flagged by codes suggestive of SSI, 35 had confirmed SSIs. SSI rates ranged from 0 to 3.2% for common procedures. Claims may be useful for SSI surveillance following ambulatory surgery.
Subject:
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Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
Appendectomy
Article
Cholecystectomy
Current Procedural Terminology
Databases, Factual
Female
Herniorrhaphy
Humans
Incidence
Insurance, Health
International Classification Of Diseases
Laminectomy
Male
Middle Aged
Pacemaker, Artificial
Population Surveillance
Prosthesis Implantation
Retrospective Studies
Suburethral Slings
Surgical Wound Infection

Source:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014; 36(2):225-228
Pubmed ID:
25633008
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4439188
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
T32 AI007061/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CI000344/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United States ; U01CI000344/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United States
T32 AI007061/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; U01 CI000344/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United States ; U01CI000344/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United States Less -
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:a560842f86c683fa264550e0fb269cad460bb1d70e89aaad4b5cca95d4cc418c
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