A deeper look at serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs): prevalence, impact, and implications for hospital performance rankings
Serious superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSISSIs) are a critical subset of SSIs that require surgical intervention or lead to hospital readmission. Analyzing 11,617 SSIs from 47 community hospitals, the inclusion of SSISSIs changed 30/47 hospital rankings (p = 0.02), highlighting the need for inclusion in standardized infection surveillance models.
Authors
- Brittain Wood
- Deverick J. Anderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6882-5496)
- Linda Roach
- Linda Crane
- Polly Padgette
- Jessica Seidelman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7117-513X)
- Valerie Payne
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- Duke Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.18
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00