Volume 10, Number 11, November 2004

Enhanced Identification of Postoperative Infections among Outpatients

Andrew L. Miner,*†‡ Kenneth E. Sands,*‡§ Deborah S. Yokoe,*†‡ John Freedman,# Kristin Thompson,† James M. Livingston,‡ and Richard Platt*†‡
*Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; †Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; ‡ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; §Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; and #Tufts Health Plan, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

Figure 3. Hospital-specific infectious outcomes among cesarean sections with surgical site infection (SSI) indicators. Each bar represents all deliveries with potential SSI (n = 10–50), with outcomes extrapolated from those for whom adequate records were returned. Below each bar is the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for a delivery having an SSI indicator at each hospital, adjusted for age, claims system, and 6-month interval. Hospital A (reference), hospital B (OR 1.2 [95% CI 0.7–2.1]), hospital C (OR 1.7 [95% CI 1.0–2.9]), hospital D (OR 1.8 [95% CI 1.1–2.9]), hospital E (OR 1.7 [95% CI 1.0–2.8], hospital F (OR 1.7 [95% CI 0.9–3.1], hospital G (OR 2.3 [95% CI 1.3–4.0). NNIS, National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance; CI, confidence interval.

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