Table. 1 Criteria for diagnosis of superficial incisional surgical site infection
Criteria for diagnosis of superficial incisional SSI: |
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Date of event occurred within 30 days after surgical procedure, where day 1 was the procedure date |
AND Only the skin and the subcutaneous tissue of the incision were involved |
AND The patient had at least one of the following signs of infection: |
• Purulent drainage from the superficial incision |
• Organism(s) was (were) identified from an aseptically-obtained specimen from the superficial incision or subcutaneous tissue by a culture or non-culture based microbiologic testing method, which was performed for purposes of clinical diagnosis or treatment |
• Superficial incision had been deliberately opened by a surgeon but culture or non-culture based testing of the superficial incision or subcutaneous tissue had not been performed |
AND Patient had at least one of the following clinical signs: |
Localized pain or tenderness; localized swelling; erythema; and/or heat |