Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Following Ambulatory Surgery

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• Alternative Title:
  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Rhee, Chanu ; Huang, Susan S. ; Berríos-Torres, Sandra I. ; Kaganov, Rebecca ; Bruce, Christina ; Lankiewicz, Julie ; Platt, Richard ; Yokoe, Deborah S.
• 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.
• Keywords:
  • Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
  • Appendectomy
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Current Procedural Terminology
  • Databases, Factual
  • Female
  • Herniorrhaphy
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Insurance, Health
  More +
• 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 HHSUnited States/ ; U01 CI000344/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01CI000344/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31222/cdc_31222_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 118.56 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a560842f86c683fa264550e0fb269cad460bb1d70e89aaad4b5cca95d4cc418c