Standardized Infection Ratio for Surgical Site Infection after Colon Surgery: Discord in Models Measuring Healthcare Quality

The government publishes 3 different public report surgical site infection (SSI) metrics, all called standardized infection ratios (SIRs), that impact perceived hospital quality. We conducted a non-random cross-sectional observational pilot study of 20 California hospitals that voluntarily submitted...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2016-11, Vol.37 (11), p.1378-1382
Hauptverfasser: Chinn, Raymond, Lempp, Jason M., Huang, Susan S., Murthy, Rekha, Torriani, Francesca J., Daley, Jacqueline, Dekker, Elaine, Goss-Bottorff, Barbara, Kaler, Wendy, Meyer, Karen, Myers, Frank, Nichols, Amy, Kathleen Quan, Birnbaum, David
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Zusammenfassung:The government publishes 3 different public report surgical site infection (SSI) metrics, all called standardized infection ratios (SIRs), that impact perceived hospital quality. We conducted a non-random cross-sectional observational pilot study of 20 California hospitals that voluntarily submitted colon surgery and SSI data. Discordant SIR values, leading to contradictory conclusions, occurred in 35% of these hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1–5
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2016.167