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Advocating for Alignment in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Definitions

Published:2024-05-28 Issue:7 Volume:13 Page:379-380
ISSN:2048-7207
Container-title:Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
language:en
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Author:

Naureckas Li Caitlin¹²³^ORCID,Bonebrake Amanda⁴,Mansavage Erica⁵,Moravec Amy⁵,Schroeder Sangeeta K²³⁶

Affiliation:

1. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital , Chicago, Illinois , USA

2. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics , Chicago, Illinois , USA

3. Center for Quality and Safety, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital , Chicago, Illinois , USA

4. Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital , Chicago, Illinois , USA

5. Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital , Chicago, Illinois , USA

6. Division of Hospital-Based Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital , Chicago, Illinois , USA

Abstract

Reporting definitions for Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) are frequently used to identify cases for quality improvement purposes. Here we highlight the discrepancies in reporting criteria for pediatric cardiac surgery procedures and call for alignment in definitions.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/jpids/article-pdf/13/7/379/58603864/piae044.pdf

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