CDC Definitions of Nosocomial Surgical Site Infections, 1992: A Modification of CDC Definitions of Surgical Wound Infections

Abstract

In 1988, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published definitions of nosocomial infections However, because of journalistic style and space constraints, these definitions lacked some of the detail provided to National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System hospitals in the NNIS Manual (unpublished). After the NNIS System hospitals had had considerable experience with the definitions and in response to a request for review by The Surgical Wound Infection Task Force, a group composed of members of The Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America, the Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, the Surgical Infection Society, and the CDC, we slightly modified the definition of surgical wound infection and changed the name to surgical site infection (SSI).

Misuse of prophylactic antibiotics and prevalence of postoperative wound infection in obstetrics and gynecology department in a Sudanese hospital

“…For patients who did not return back to the hospital, signs of wound infection were recorded as disclosed by the patient during the interview. Wound infection definition and diagnosis was based on the criteria of the Center of Disease Control (CDC) [12].…”

Infection after Transurethral Resection of the Prostate: Variation among Centers and Correlation with a Long-Lasting Surgical Procedure

“…The critical duration of surgery was calculated as indicated by Horan et al [6] for other surgical procedures, by determining the 75th percentile of distribution for the studied surgical procedures. Finally, we calculated the NNISS score which includes three factors (ASA score, Altemeier score, and duration of the surgical procedure) (table 1).…”

“…Urine culture was systematically performed 24 h after withdrawal of the urinary catheter. Postoperative UTI included symptomatic and asymptomatic bacteriuria according to the CDC criteria [6]. Other postoperative infections were bacteremia and/or septic shock according to the criteria of Bone et al [7].…”

Prevalence and predictors of wound infection in elective clean and clean/contaminated surgery in Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan

“…A trained nurse asked each patient structured questions about the presence of any sign/s of wound infection. Wound infection definition and diagnosis was based on the criteria of the Center of Disease Control (CDC) 9 except for the duration of surgery that was defined as <1hour and ≥1 hour.…”