A Comprehensive Intervention Associated With Reduced Surgical Site Infections Among Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Patients, Including Those With Delayed Closure | Zendy

Amanda L. Adler | Zendy; Emily T. Martin | Zendy; Gordon Cohen | Zendy; Howard E. Jeffries | Zendy; Matthew P. Gilbert | Zendy; Julie Ann Smith | Zendy; Danielle M. Zerr | Zendy

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A Comprehensive Intervention Associated With Reduced Surgical Site Infections Among Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Patients, Including Those With Delayed Closure

Author(s) -

Amanda L. Adler,

Emily T. Martin,

Gordon Cohen,

Howard E. Jeffries,

Matthew P. Gilbert,

Julie Ann Smith,

Danielle M. Zerr

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2048-7207

pISSN - 2048-7193

DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pis008

Subject(s) - medicine , surgical site infection , closure (psychology) , intervention (counseling) , surgery , general surgery , market economy , psychiatry , economics

Surgical site infections (SSIs) cause significant morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing cardiovascular (CV) surgery. Following an increase in SSIs in this population, driven by a high rate in those with delayed closure, we implemented an intervention to reduce these infections and assessed the intervention using both population- and patient-level analyses.

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