Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Dec;44(12):2065-2067. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.110. Epub 2023 Jun 19.
Multiple organizations track neurosurgical surgical-site infection (SSI) rates, but significant variation exists among reporting criteria. We report our center's experience with the variation in cases captured by 2 major definitions. Standardization could support improvement activities and SSI reduction.
多个组织跟踪神经外科手术部位感染(SSI)率,但报告标准之间存在显著差异。我们报告了我们中心使用 2 种主要定义捕获的病例变化的经验。标准化可以支持改进活动和减少 SSI。