Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Cross Infection / epidemiology
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Cross Infection / microbiology
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Humans
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Population Surveillance
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Retrospective Studies
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Southeastern United States / epidemiology
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Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology
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Surgical Procedures, Operative / adverse effects
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Surgical Procedures, Operative / statistics & numerical data
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Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology*
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Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
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Terminology as Topic