title: A Practical Tool for Surveillance of Surgical-Site Infections: A 5-Year Experience in Orthopedic Surgeries.
abstract: Continuous surveillance of surgical-site infection (SSI) is labor intensive. We developed a semiautomatic surveillance system partly assisted by surgeons. Most patients who developed postdischarge SSI were readmitted, which allowed us to limit postdischarge surveillance to this group. This procedure significantly reduced workload while maintaining high sensitivity and specificity for SSI diagnosis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:610-613.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benenson
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Allon E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Moses
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Matan J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: 2Center for Clinical Quality and Safety,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Meir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brezis
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minster
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kandel
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Meir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liebergall
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Orthopedic Surgery,Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,Jerusalem,Israel.
authors.forename: Yoav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mattan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics; D010351:Patient Discharge; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*