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Surgical Site Infection After Cardiac Surgery: A Simplified Surveillance Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Jean-Christophe Lucet  and
Parisian Mediastinitis Study Group
Jean-Christophe Lucet*
Affiliation:
Unité d'Hygiène et de Lutte Contre l'lnfection Nosocomiale, Hôpital Bichat–Claude Bernard, Paris, France
*
Unité d'Hygiène et de Lutte Contre l'lnfection Nosocomiale, Hôpital Bichat–Claude Bernard, 46 Rue Henri Huchard, 75877 Paris, France ([email protected])
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Abstract

We report the results of a 2-year, 7-center program of surveillance of deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) after cardiac surgery. DSWI was defined as the need for reoperation. Stratification data were abstracted from computerized files. The incidence of DSWI was 2.2% (198 of 8,816 cardiac surgery procedures). The risk factors identified were obesity, age, coronary artery bypass grafting, postoperative mechanical ventilation, and early surgical reexploration. The resource efficiency of this simplified surveillance method is discussed.

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , pp. 1393 - 1396
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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