Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection

Table of Contents

• Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1. Administration
• Chapter 2. Determining Surgical Site Infection Rates
• Chapter 3. Designing and Testing Methods to Stratify Risk of Surgical Site Infections
• Chapter 4. Assessing Surgeon Acceptance of Risk Adjustment Models
• Chapter 5. Project Expansion
• Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations
• References
• Appendix A. Teleconferences with AHRQ & CDC
• Appendix B. In-Person Meetings
• Appendix C. Data Dictionary
• Appendix D. Mapping ICD9 and CPT Codes
• Appendix E. Culture Type Map to Procedure Types
• Appendix F. Algorithms
• Appendix G. Pairwise Correlation of Variables with SSI and with Each Other
• Appendix H. Calculating Sensitivity and Specificity for Validation
• Appendix I. Initial Risk Factors
• Appendix J. Additional Risk Factors
• Appendix K. Final Risk Factors
• Appendix L. Final data sheet submitted by each site that included the list of potential SSI risk factors and other pertinent variables
• Appendix M. Master Risk Factor List with Final Bolded
• Appendix N. Surgeon Focus Group Guide
• Appendix O. Nursing Focus Group Guides
• Appendix P. Focus Group Risk Factors
• Appendix Q. Surgeon Focus Group Content Analysis
• Appendix R. Infection Prevention Support Tool
• Appendix S. Surgeons' Acceptance of Surgical Site Infection Risk Adjustment Models
• Appendix T. Surgical Infection Society Abstract
• Appendix U. Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Risk Stratification and Outcome Detection
• Appendix V. JAMIA Draft Manuscript