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What proportion of surgical site infections occur after hospital discharge?
What proportion of surgical site infections occur after hospital discharge?
The majority of surgical site infections occur after hospital discharge, representing a substantial global disease burden.
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Post-discharge surveillance is now essential to detect most SSIs; confirms global predominance and extends prevention research priorities.
Post-discharge SSIs constitute the majority of these infections and pose a substantial disease burden for surgical patients globally and for different surgery types. Further examination is warranted to determine the methodologic and clinical factors moderating the proportion of post-discharge SSIs.
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Woelber et al. (2016) studied this question.
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