Exploring social vulnerability in National Health Safety Network surgical site infections
Living in an area with a higher SVI is associated with increased SSI risk. Targeted interventions are needed to mitigate these disparities and improve outcomes.
Authors
- Caroline E. Reinke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4056-3054)
- Mindy Marie Sampson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5724-5875)
- Werner Bischoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-3642)
- Michael DeWitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8940-1967)
- Anupama Neelakanta
- Shelley Kester
- Michael Inman
- Catherine Passaretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6158-4001)
Institutions
- Advocate Health Care (US)
- Atrium Medical Cente (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.52
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05