Risk factors for surgical site infection following hysterectomy: nine-year experience at a large safety-net hospital network in New York City
Predicting SSIs following hysterectomy is complex and current CMS risk assessments are overly simplistic. Until more robust and comprehensive risk assessment criteria are developed, use of SSIs following hysterectomy as a quality measure for reimbursement should be reconsidered.
Authors
- Marie Abdallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4210-6834)
- Tewfik Nawar
- John Quale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6043-4298)
- Mary Fornek
- Briana Episcopia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9767-8672)
- Vishal Rana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9349-3841)
- Olubosede Awoyomi
- Jennifer Y. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4105-4036)
- Temilola-Azeezat Bakare
Institutions
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (US)
- Kings County Hospital Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2025.10153
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00