Three questions to screen for postdischarge surgical site infections
| Autor: | Nikolaos I. Stilianakis, Thomas Eikmann, Andre Moussa, Caroline Herr, Andreas Knaust |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Sensitivity and Specificity Hospitals University Interviews as Topic Germany Surveys and Questionnaires Surgical site Humans Surgical Wound Infection Medicine Intensive care medicine Aged Aged 80 and over Postoperative Care Cross Infection Infection Control business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Surgical wound Hospital based Middle Aged After discharge University hospital Patient Discharge Infectious Diseases Population Surveillance Emergency medicine Female business |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Infection Control. 37:420-422 |
| ISSN: | 0196-6553 |
| Popis: | In-hospital surveillance of surgical site infections (SSI) was conducted on 599 patients in a German university hospital. On a subgroup of 342 patients, SSI was assessed after discharge from hospital based on data of a questionnaire and telephone interviews. Postdischarge surveillance revealed substantially higher infection rates than in-hospital surveillance. From assessment of single questionnaire items, a model of a 3-item questionnaire for surveillance of SSI is proposed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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