Risk of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) following Colorectal Resection Is Higher in Patients With Disseminated Cancer: An NCCN Member Cohort Study

Kamboj, Mini; Childers, Teresa; Sugalski, Jessica; Antonelli, Donna; Bingener-Casey, Juliane; A. Cannon, Jamie; Cluff, Karie; A. Davis, Kimberly; Patchen Dellinger, E.; C. Dowdy, Sean; Duncan, Kim; Fedderson, Julie; E. Glasgow, Robert; L. Hall, Bruce; B. Hirsch, Marilyn; M. Hutter, Matthew; Kimbro, Lisa; W. Kuvshinoff, Boris; Makary, Martin; S. Morris, Melanie; Nehring, Sharon; Ramamoorthy, Sonia; Scott, Rebekah; Sovel, Mindy; E. Strong, Vivian; Webster, Ashley; C. Wick, Elizabeth; García Aguilar, Julio; I. Carlson, Robert; A. Sepkowitz, Kent

doi:10.1017/ice.2018.40

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Risk of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) following Colorectal Resection Is Higher in Patients With Disseminated Cancer: An NCCN Member Cohort Study

Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology • Mar 19, 2018

Authors:

Mini Kamboj

Teresa Childers

Jessica Sugalski

Abstract

BACKGROUNDSurgical site infections (SSIs) following colorectal surgery (CRS) are among the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Reduction in colorectal SSI rates is an important goal for surgical quality improvement.OBJECTIVETo examine rates of SSI in patients with and without cancer...

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Medicine

Colorectal cancer

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