PERFORMANCE OF TWO SURGICAL SITE INFECTION RISK STRATIFICATION MODELS FOR PREDICTING INFECTION RISK IN PUBLICLY REPORTED DATA FROM A SAFETY NET HOSPITAL

摘要

Since 2007, the Colorado Hospital-Acquired Infections Disclosure Act has required hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to report selected surgical site infections (SSI) to the CDC's National Healthcare Surveillance Network (NHSN) to be analyzed and risk adjusted. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment uses that information to issue comparisons of facility-specific, risk-stratified infection rates to the public.