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Clinical implications of restrictions in criteria for defining surgical site infections after mastectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2020

Antoinette A. A. Bediako-Bowan Open the ORCID record for Antoinette A. A. Bediako-Bowan [Opens in a new window] ,
David K. Warren Open the ORCID record for David K. Warren [Opens in a new window] ,
Katelin B. Nickel Open the ORCID record for Katelin B. Nickel [Opens in a new window] ,
Victoria J. Fraser Open the ORCID record for Victoria J. Fraser [Opens in a new window]  and
Margaret A. Olsen Open the ORCID record for Margaret A. Olsen [Opens in a new window]
Antoinette A. A. Bediako-Bowan
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States Department of Surgery, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
David K. Warren
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States
Katelin B. Nickel
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States
Victoria J. Fraser
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States
Margaret A. Olsen*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States
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Author for correspondence: Margaret A. Olsen, E-mail: molsen@wustl.edu
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Abstract

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.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 42 , Issue 6 , June 2021 , pp. 767 - 769
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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