Open AccessClinical implications of restrictions in criteria for defining surgical site infections after mastectomy
Author(s) -
Antoinette Bediako-Bowan,
David K. Warren,
Katelin B. Nickel,
Victoria J. Fraser,
Margaret A. Olsen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2020.1288
Subject(s) - mastectomy , medicine , surgical site infection , implant , general surgery , surgery , intensive care medicine , breast cancer , cancer
More than 50% of women with clinically apparent infection after mastectomy did not meet the 2020 National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definition for surgical site infection (SSI). Implant loss was similar whether the 2020 NHSN SSI definition was met or not, suggesting equivalent adverse outcomes regardless of restriction to the surveillance definition.