Surveying the surveillance: surgical site infections excluded by the January 2013 updated surveillance definitions.
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Journal Article
The updated 2013 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network definitions for surgical site infections (SSIs) reduced the duration of prolonged surveillance from 1 year to 90 days and defined which procedure types require prolonged surveillance. Applying the updated 2013 SSI definitions to cases analyzed using the pre-2013 surveillance definitions excluded 10% of previously identified SSIs.
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Duke Authors
- Anderson, Deverick John
- Baker, Arthur Wakefield
- Dicks, Kristen Virginia
- Lewis, Sarah Stamps
- Moehring, Rebekah
- Sexton, Daniel John
Cited Authors
- Dicks, KV; Lewis, SS; Durkin, MJ; Baker, AW; Moehring, RW; Chen, LF; Sexton, DJ; Anderson, DJ
Published Date
- May 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 35 / 5
Start / End Page
- 570 - 573
PubMed ID
- 24709727
Pubmed Central ID
- 24709727
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1559-6834
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0899-823X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1086/675837
Language
- eng