Surgical site infection: comparing surgeon versus patient self-report

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• 作者：Julius Cuong Pham ; MD ; PhD^a ; ^{jpham3@jhmi.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Melinda J. Ashton ; MD^b ; Chieko Kimata ; PhD ; MPH ; MBA^b ; Della M. Lin ; MD ; MS^c ; Beau K. Nakamoto ; MD^d ; ^e
• 关键词：Surgical site infection ; Surveillance ; Surgeon report ; Patient report ; Health care&ndash ; acquired infection ; Hospital-acquired condition ; Quality improvement ; National surgical quality improvement program ; National Healthcare Surveillance Network
• 刊名：Journal of Surgical Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：202
• 期：1
• 页码：95-102
• 全文大小：640 K

文摘

To compare the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) using surgeon versus patient report.

Materials and methods

A prospective observational study of surgical patients in four hospitals within one private health-care system was performed. Surgeon report consisted of contacting the surgeon or staff 30 d after procedure to identify infections. Patient report consisted of telephone contact with the patient and confirmation of infections by a trained surgical clinical reviewer.

Results

Between February 2011 and June 2012, there were 2853 surgical procedures that met inclusion criteria. Surgeon-reported SSI rate was significantly lower (2.4%, P value < 0.01) compared with patient self-report (4.3%). The rate was lower across most infection subtypes (1.3% versus 3.0% superficial, 0.3% versus 0.5% organ/space) except deep incisional, most procedure types (2.3% versus 4.4% general surgery) except plastics, most patient characteristics (except body mass index < 18.5), and all hospitals. There were disagreements in 3.4% of cases; 74 cases reported by patients but not surgeons and 21 cases vice versa. Disagreements were more likely in superficial infections (59.8% versus 1.0%), C-sections (22.7% versus 17.7%), hospital A (22.7% versus 17.7%), age < 65 y (74.2% versus 68.3%), and body mass index ≥ 30 (54.2% versus 39.9%).

Conclusions

Patient report is a more sensitive method of detection of SSI compared with surgeon report, resulting in nearly twice the SSI rate. Fair and consistent ways of identifying SSIs are essential for comparing hospitals and surgeons, locally and nationally.