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To effectively measure the rate of infections arising from surgery, 30 day surveillance of surgical site is necessary. Why is SSSL not doing this?

April 26, 2017arising infections measure rate surgery surgical surveillance

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To effectively measure the rate of infections arising from surgery, 30 day surveillance of surgical site is necessary. Why is SSSL not doing this?

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Post discharge surveillance is very resource intensive. The scope of the SSSL does not extend to this degree, however sites that are engaged in post discharged surveillance may wish to share their results with other sites during the course of the project.