National and State Healthcare-associated Infections Standardized Infection Ratio Report
Using Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network
Appendix A
Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Procedures, NHSN Procedures Approximating SCIP Procedures, and Validated Parameters for Surgical Site Infection Risk Models in NHSN.
SCIP Procedure | NHSN Procedure | Validated Parameters for Risk Model |
---|---|---|
Vascular | Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair Peripheral vascular bypass surgery | duration of procedure, wound class age, ASA, duration of procedure, medical school affiliation |
Coronary artery bypass graft | Coronary artery bypass graft with both chest and donor site incisions; Coronary artery bypass graft with chest incision only | age, ASA, duration of procedure, gender, medical school affiliation, age gender (interaction) |
Other cardiac | Cardiac surgery | age, duration of procedure, emergency |
Colon surgery | Colon surgery Rectal surgery |
age, ASA, duration, endoscope, medical school
affiliation, hospital bed size, wound class
duration of procedure, gender, hospital bed size |
Hip arthroplasty | Hip arthroplasty | total/partial/revision, age, anesthesia, ASA, duration of procedure, medical school affiliation, hospital bed size, trauma |
Abdominal hysterectomy | Abdominal hysterectomy | age, ASA, duration of procedure, hospital bed size |
Knee arthroplasty | Knee arthroplasty | age, ASA, duration of procedure, gender, medical school affiliation, hospital bed size, trauma, revision |
Knee arthroplasty | Knee arthroplasty | age, duration of procedure, medical school affiliation |
Adapted from, Mu Y, Edwards JR, Horan TC, Berrios-Torres SI, Fridkin SK. Improving risk-adjusted measures of Surgical Site Infection for the national healthcare safety network. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Oct; 32(10):970-986
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