Impact of an Automated Surveillance to Detect Surgical-Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Brazil

Date
2016
Author
Perdiz, Luciana B. [UNIFESP]
Yokoe, Deborah S.
Furtado, Guilherme H. [UNIFESP]
Medeiros, Eduardo A. S. [UNIFESP]
Type
Artigo
ISSN
0899-823X
Is part of
Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology
DOI
10.1017/ice.2016.86
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Abstract
In this retrospective study, we compared automated surveillance with conventional surveillance to detect surgical site infection after primary total hip or knee arthroplasty. Automated surveillance demonstrated better efficacy than routine surveillance in SSI diagnosis, sensitivity, and predictive negative value in hip and knee arthroplasty.
Citation
Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology. New York, v. 37, n. 8, p. 991-993, 2016.
URI
https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/57474
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