Time of developing surgical site infections and its association with patient and procedure characteristics
As most of SSI are detected after discharge, the findings underscore the importance of post-discharge surveillance that can be considered as a quality indicator for surveillance. Reducing the SSI follow-up durations from 90 days to 60 days, wouldn't make much difference.
Authors
- Saad A. Almohrij
Institutions
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infection and Public Health
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2025.102734
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02