Pediatric cardiac surgical site infections: A single-center quality improvement initiative
A new surgical site dressing and multidisciplinary surveillance plan effectively reduced the overall burden of SSI rates at our institution. Future studies will address risk factors in specific subpopulations to further reduce SSIs at our institution.
Authors
- Megan A. Clarke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0435-7376)
- Crystal Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7228-9603)
- Kate McCormick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3869-1156)
- Cecilia St. George-Hyslop
- Rachel D. Vanderlaan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9396-7584)
- Sandra L. Merklinger
- Karen Clarke
- Erica Mosolanczki
- Diana Young
- Vivian Trinder
- J. A. O’Hare
- J.M. Kilburn
- Nhat Chau
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JTCVS Open
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2024.08.013
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00