title: Comparative analysis of 75th percentile durations for neurosurgical procedures in France and in US National Noscomial Infection Surveillance System data .
abstract: The duration of surgical procedures and the 75th percentiles of those durations are considered in calculation of the US National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) system risk index score. To compare the durations of neurosurgical procedures in a hospital in western France with the durations in the NNIS data, 6,136 neurosurgical patients were followed up to determine surgical site infection rates. The surgical site infection rate was 1.9%, and the 75th percentile durations were lower than those in the NNIS data. The values from the NNIS data are thus inadequate for this neurosurgical center.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Universitaire de Santé Publique, Epidémiologie-Faculté de Médecine et Sciences de la Santé, Brest Medical University, France. claire.lietard@univ-brest.fr
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lietard
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thébaud
authors.forename: Géraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Burnichon
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Besson
authors.forename: Benoist
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lejeune
mesh_terms: D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology