Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Home
Hostname: page-component-7ccbd9845f-mpxzb Total loading time: 0.36 Render date: 2023-01-28T18:08:02.198Z Has data issue: true Feature Flags: { "useRatesEcommerce": false } hasContentIssue true
  • English
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Article contents

Impact of Surveillance Technique on Reported Rates of Surgical Site Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2015

Heather Young ,
Sara M. Reese ,
Bryan Knepper  and
Connie S. Price
Heather Young*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado, Denver
Sara M. Reese
Affiliation:
Department of Patient Safety & Quality, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver.
Bryan Knepper
Affiliation:
Department of Patient Safety & Quality, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver.
Connie S. Price
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado, Denver
*
Address correspondence to Heather Young, MD, 660 Bannock St., MC 4000, Denver CO 80204 (heather.young2@dhha.org).
Get access Rights & Permissions[Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance methods vary among infection preventionists. An online survey regarding SSI surveillance technique was administered to infection preventionists and linked to superficial and complex colon SSI rates. Higher superficial but not complex SSI rates were reported when more SSI surveillance techniques were used (P <.0001).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;00(0): 1–3

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Supplement 5 , May 2015 , pp. 594 - 596
Copyright
© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Footnotes

Presented in part: SHEA Spring 2014 Conference; Denver, Colorado; April 4, 2014.

References

1. Horan, TC, Andrus, M, Dudeck, MA. CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care-associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting. Am J Infect Control 2008;36:309–332.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2. Anderson, DJ, Podgorny, K, Berrios-Torres, SI, et al. Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35:S66–S88.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. January 2015. Procedure-associated module: SSI. http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/9pscSSIcurrent.pdf.Google Scholar
4. Department of Health and Human Services. Hospital inpatient prospective payment systems for acute care hospitals and the long-term care hospital prospective payment system and FY 2012 rates; hospitals' FTE resident caps for graduate medical education payment. 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 476; 2011. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-18/pdf/2011-19719.pdf.Google Scholar
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State-based HAI prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/stateplans/required-to-report-hai-NHSN.html#. Accessed Dec 10, 2014.Google Scholar
6. Mannien, J, van den Hof, S, Brandt, C, Behnke, M, Wille, JC, Gastmeier, P. Comparison of the National Surgical Site Infection surveillance data between the Netherlands and Germany: PREZIES versus KISS. J Hosp Infect 2007;66:224–231.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
7. Barnes, S, Salemi, C, Fithian, D, et al. An enhanced benchmark for prosthetic joint replacement infection rates. Am J Infect Control 2006;34:669–672.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
8. Avato, JL, Lai, KK. Impact of postdischarge surveillance on surgical-site infection rates for coronary artery bypass procedures. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:364–367.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
9. Sands, K, Vineyard, G, Platt, R. Surgical site infections occurring after hospital discharge. J Infect Dis 1996;173:963–970.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
10. Anderson, DJ, Chen, LF, Sexton, DJ, Kaye, KS. Complex surgical site infections and the devilish details of risk adjustment: important implications for public reporting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2008;29:941–946.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
11. Reese, S, Price, C, Knepper, B, Young, H. An evaluation of surgical site infection surveillance for colon surgery and hysterectomy in Colorado hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (in press).Google Scholar
12. Shiloach, M, Frencher, SK Jr., Steeger, JE, et al. Toward robust information: data quality and inter-rater reliability in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg 2010;210:6–16.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Supplementary material: File

Young supplementary material

Young supplementary material 1

Download Young supplementary material(File)
File 136 KB
3
Cited by

Save article to Kindle

To save this article to your Kindle, first ensure coreplatform@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Impact of Surveillance Technique on Reported Rates of Surgical Site Infection
Available formats
×

Save article to Dropbox

To save this article to your Dropbox account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Dropbox account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Impact of Surveillance Technique on Reported Rates of Surgical Site Infection
Available formats
×

Save article to Google Drive

To save this article to your Google Drive account, please select one or more formats and confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Google Drive account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Impact of Surveillance Technique on Reported Rates of Surgical Site Infection
Available formats
×
×

Reply to: Submit a response

Please enter your response.

Your details

Please enter a valid email address.

Conflicting interests

Do you have any conflicting interests? *