title: Routine Surveillance Versus Independent Assessment by an Outcome Adjudication Committee in Assessing Patients for Sternal Surgical Site Infections After Cardiac Surgery.
abstract: Based on a cohort of 966 patients, routine surveillance data were not sufficiently accurate for use in clinical trials investigating surgical site infections. Surveillance data can only be used if adequate 90-day follow-up is provided and if cases identified by surveillance are independently reviewed by a blinded outcome adjudication committee.
authors.affiliation: 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mertz
authors.affiliation: 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whitlock
authors.affiliation: 3Population Health Research Institute,McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Alicia Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Kokoszka
authors.affiliation: 4University of Alberta,Edmonton,Alberta,Canada.
authors.forename: Stephanie W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: 5University of Sherbrooke,Sherbrook,Quebec,Canada.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carignan
authors.affiliation: 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rehan
authors.affiliation: 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Iqbal H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Jaffer
authors.affiliation: 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alsagheir
authors.affiliation: 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loeb
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*