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Surveillance quality correlates with surgical site infection rates in knee and hip arthroplasty and colorectal surgeries: A call to action to adjust reporting of SSI rates.

Andrew AtkinsonMarie-Christine EisenringNicolas TroilletStefan P KusterAndreas WidmerMarcel ZwahlenJonas Marschall
Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)
Surveillance systems without routine evaluation of validity may underestimate the true incidence of SSIs. Audit quality should be taken into account when interpreting SSI rates, perhaps by adjusting infection rates for those hospitals with lower audit scores.
Keyphrases
  • surgical site infection
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • quality improvement
  • emergency department