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105 Surgical Site Infections

Sunday, March 21, 2010: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Centennial III-IV (Hyatt Regency Atlanta)
Type: Oral
Moderator:
E. Patchen Dellinger, MD
10:30 AM
753
Surgical site infections among patients receiving care per Surgical Care Improvement Project
Francesca M. Lee, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Sylvia Trevino, MT, Parkland Hospital and Health System; Charles Tucker, RN, Parkland Hospital and Health System; Judy Krizan, MT, Parkland Hospital and Health System; Abidemi Ayeni, MBBS, MPH, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Pranavi Sreeramoju, MD, MPH, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
10:45 AM
754
Improving surgical site infection risk-adjustment methods for hip and knee arthroplasties: data from the National Healthcare Safety Network
Matthew E. Wise, PhD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Yi Mu, PhD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Jonathan R. Edwards, MStat, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Teresa Horan, MPH, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Michael Jhung, MD, MPH, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Scott Fridkin, MD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC; Sandra I. Berrios-Torres, MD, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, CDC
11:00 AM
755
Multicenter evaluation of enhanced surgical site infection surveillance following total knee and hip arthroplasty
Deborah Yokoe, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Fallon Onufrak, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care; Margaret Olsen, Washington University School of Medicine; Kurt Stevenson, MD, Ohio State Medical Center; Yosef Khan, Ohio State Medical Center; David Hooper, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
11:15 AM
756
Operating Room Ventilation with Laminar Airflow: Effect on Severe Surgical Site Infection Rates in Hip Replacement Surgery
Ann–Christin Breier, MD, Charité - University Medicine Berlin; Dorit Sohr, PhD, Charité - University Medicine Berlin; Petra Gastmeier, MD, Charité - University Medicine Berlin
11:30 AM
757
Using Preoperative Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Surgical Site Disinfection to Decrease Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Elective Total Hip (THA) and Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
Cynthia A. Kohan, MS, CIC, Hospital of Saint Raphael; Carol Capecelatro, RN, Hospital of Saint Raphael; Jacqueline F. Nadeau, BS, M(ASCP), Hospital of Saint Raphael; Kathleen Hill, LPN, Hospital of Saint Raphael; John M. Boyce, MD, Hospital of Saint Raphael
11:45 AM
758
Preoperative surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization does not identify a majority of patients with postoperative staphylococcal infections in a Veterans Affairs hospital
Andrew M. Ibrahim, BS, Cleveland VA Medical Center; Brook Watts, MD, MS, Cleveland VA Med Center; Usha Stiefel, MD, Cleveland VA Medical Center; Curtis J. Donskey, Cleveland VA Medical Center