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THE VALIDITY OF SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION AS A CLINICAL INDICATOR IN AUSTRALIA: COMMENT AND MEASURING SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION: COMMENT
Author(s) -
Majoor Jennifer W.,
Ibrahim Joseph E.,
Cicuttini Flavia M.,
McNeil John J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04818.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgical wound , wound infection , intensive care medicine , consistency (knowledge bases) , wound care , surgical site infection , pooling , surgery , artificial intelligence , computer science
We commend McLaws et al. for their informative review on the validity of surgical wound infection as a clinical indicator in Australia. 1 We too, wish to emphasize that consistency in case‐finding methods and indicator definitions is mandatory when pooling data and using indicator rates to compare quality of care.