Surveillance for surgical site infection after hospital discharge: a surgical procedure-specific perspective.

摘要: Objective. To estimate the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) occurring after hospital discharge, to evaluate whether limiting surveillance inpatients underestimates true SSI, and select procedures that should be included in a postdischarge program. Design. Prospective study. Setting. A ward at university teaching Italy. Patients. A total 264 patients were Results. The global SSI was 10.6% (28 patients); 17 (60.2%) with an developed discharge. The overall mean length postoperative stay (±SD) for who acquired \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand...