A Practical Tool for Surveillance of Surgical-Site Infections: A 5-Year Experience in Orthopedic Surgeries

作者：Benenson Shmuel^*; Moses Allon E; Cohen Matan J; Brezis Meir; Minster Naomi; Schwartz Carmela; Kandel Leonid; Liebergall Meir; Mattan Yoav

来源：Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2017, 38(5): 610-613.

DOI：10.1017/ice.2016.322

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

• 出版日期2017-5