Surveying the surveillance: surgical site infections excluded by the January 2013 updated surveillance definitions.
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.
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and Duke Infection Control Outreach Network, Durham, North Carolina.
Kristen V
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Dicks
Sarah S
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Lewis
Michael J
MJ
Durkin
Arthur W
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Baker
Rebekah W
RW
Moehring
Luke F
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Chen
Daniel J
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Sexton
Deverick J
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Anderson
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic