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Comparative Analysis of 75th Percentile Durations for Neurosurgical Procedures in France and in US National Noscomial Infection Surveillance System Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Claire Lietard ,
Véronique Thébaud ,
Géraldine Burnichon ,
Gérard Besson  and
Benoist Lejeune
Claire Lietard*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Universitaire de Santé Publique, Épidémiologie— Faculté de Médecine et Sciences de la Santé, Brest Medical University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, France
Véronique Thébaud
Affiliation:
Service d’Hygiène Hospitalière, Santé Publique Évaluation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, France
Géraldine Burnichon
Affiliation:
Service d’Hygiène Hospitalière, Santé Publique Évaluation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, France
Gérard Besson
Affiliation:
Service de Neurochirurgie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, France
Benoist Lejeune
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Universitaire de Santé Publique, Épidémiologie— Faculté de Médecine et Sciences de la Santé, Brest Medical University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, France Service d’Hygiène Hospitalière, Santé Publique Évaluation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Brest, France
*
Brest Medical University, Faculté de Médecine et Sciences de la Santé, 22 av. Camille Desmoulins, CS 93937, Brest, France, 29238 (claire.lietard@univ-brest.fr)
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Abstract

The duration of surgical procedures and the 75th percentiles of those durations are considered in calculation of the US National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) system risk index score. To compare the durations of neurosurgical procedures in a hospital in western France with the durations in the NNIS data, 6,136 neurosurgical patients were followed up to determine surgical site infection rates. The surgical site infection rate was 1.9%, and the 75th percentile durations were lower than those in the NNIS data. The values from the NNIS data are thus inadequate for this neurosurgical center.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 73 - 75
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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