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A deeper look at serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): prevalence, impact, and implications for hospital performance rankings.

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Seidelman, J; Wood, B; Padgette, P; Payne, V; Crane, L; Roach, L; Anderson, DJ
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
April 2025

Serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs) are a critical subset of SSIs that require surgical intervention or lead to hospital readmission. Analyzing 11,617 SSIs from 47 community hospitals, the inclusion of SSISSIs changed 30/47 hospital rankings (p = 0.02), highlighting the need for inclusion in standardized infection surveillance models.

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

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EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

April 2025

Volume

46

Issue

4

Start / End Page

422 / 426

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surgical Wound Infection
  • Prevalence
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Community
  • Epidemiology
  • Cross Infection
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
 

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Seidelman, J., Wood, B., Padgette, P., Payne, V., Crane, L., Roach, L., & Anderson, D. J. (2025). A deeper look at serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): prevalence, impact, and implications for hospital performance rankings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 46(4), 422–426. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.18
Seidelman, Jessica, Brittain Wood, Polly Padgette, Valerie Payne, Linda Crane, Linda Roach, and Deverick J. Anderson. “A deeper look at serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): prevalence, impact, and implications for hospital performance rankings.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 46, no. 4 (April 2025): 422–26. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.18.
Seidelman J, Wood B, Padgette P, Payne V, Crane L, Roach L, et al. A deeper look at serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): prevalence, impact, and implications for hospital performance rankings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Apr;46(4):422–6.
Seidelman, Jessica, et al. “A deeper look at serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): prevalence, impact, and implications for hospital performance rankings.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 46, no. 4, Apr. 2025, pp. 422–26. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2025.18.
Seidelman J, Wood B, Padgette P, Payne V, Crane L, Roach L, Anderson DJ. A deeper look at serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): prevalence, impact, and implications for hospital performance rankings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2025 Apr;46(4):422–426.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

April 2025

Volume

46

Issue

4

Start / End Page

422 / 426

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Surgical Wound Infection
  • Prevalence
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Community
  • Epidemiology
  • Cross Infection
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences