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CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: A modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections
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The definition of surgical wound infection was slightly modified and the name was changed to surgical site infection (SSI), which should be used by hospitals wishing to compare their SSI data with NNIS System data.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Infection Control.The article was published on 1992-10-01. It has received 2246 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Surgical wound.read more
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Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999
Alicia J. Mangram,Teresa C. Horan,Michele L. Pearson,Leah Christine Silver,William R. Jarvis +4 more
TL;DR: The “Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999” presents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendations for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs), formerly called surgical wound infections, and replaces previous guidelines.
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Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery
Dale W. Bratzler,E. Patchen Dellinger,Keith M. Olsen,Trish M. Perl,Paul G. Auwaerter,Maureen K. Bolon,Douglas N. Fish,Douglas N. Fish,Lena M. Napolitano,Robert G. Sawyer,Douglas Slain,James P. Steinberg,Robert A. Weinstein +12 more
TL;DR: These guidelines were developed jointly by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
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The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs.
TL;DR: In the 1990s, patients who develop SSI have longer and costlier hospitalizations than patients who do not develop such infections, and programs that reduce the incidence of SSI can substantially decrease morbidity and mortality and reduce the economic burden for patients and hospitals.
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An overview of nosocomial infections, including the role of the microbiology laboratory.
T G Emori,R P Gaynes +1 more
TL;DR: An estimated 2 million patients develop nosocomial infections in the United States annually and the growing number of antimicrobial agent-resistant organisms is troublesome, particularly vancomycin-resistant CoNS and Enterococcus spp.
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Early versus Late Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Adults
Michael P Casaer,Dieter Mesotten,Greet Hermans,Pieter Wouters,Miet Schetz,Geert Meyfroidt,Sophie Van Cromphaut,Catherine Ingels,Philippe Meersseman,Jan Muller,Dirk Vlasselaers,Yves Debaveye,Lars Desmet,Jasperina Dubois,Aimé Van Assche,Simon Vanderheyden,Alexander Wilmer,Greet Van den Berghe +17 more
TL;DR: Late initiation of parenteral nutrition was associated with faster recovery and fewer complications, as compared with early initiation.
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CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1988
TL;DR: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) developed a new set of definitions for surveillance of nosocomial infections as mentioned in this paper, which combine specific clinical findings with results of laboratory and other tests that include recent advances in diagnostic technology.
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Surgical wound infection rates by wound class, operative procedure, and patient risk index
David H. Culver,Teresa C. Horan,Robert P. Gaynes,William J. Martone,William R. Jarvis,T.Grace Emori,Shailen N. Banerjee,Jonathan R. Edwards,James S. Tolson,Tonya S. Henderson,James M. Hughes +10 more
TL;DR: A risk index was developed to predict a surgical patient's risk of acquiring an SWI as mentioned in this paper, ranging from 0 to 3, is the number of risk factors present among the following: a patient with an American Society of Anesthesiologists preoperative assessment score of 3, 4, or 5, an operation classified as contaminated or dirty-infected, and an operation lasting over T hours, where T depends upon the operative procedure being performed.
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National nosocomial infections surveillance system (NNIS): description of surveillance methods.
T.Grace Emori,David H. Culver,Teresa C. Horan,William R. Jarvis,John W. White,David R. Olson,Shailen N. Banerjee,Jonathan R. Edwards,William J. Martone,Robert P. Gaynes,James M. Hughes +10 more
TL;DR: The National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS) is an ongoing collaborative surveillance system sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to obtain national data on nosocomial infections to develop and evaluate strategies to prevent and control nosocomials infections.
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Consensus paper on the surveillance of surgical wound infections
Robert J. Sherertz,Richard A. Garibaldi,Randy D. Marosok,C. Glen Mayhall,William E. Scheckler,Rosemary Berg,Robert P. Gaynes,William R. Jarvis,William J. Martone,James T. Lee +9 more
TL;DR: A Surgical Wound Infection (SWI) Task Force was convened by The Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America to evaluate how SWI surveillance should be done and to identify where more information is needed.