Key result
Implementation of a comprehensive infection surveillance and control program in coronary artery bypass surgery was associated with a significant decrease in leg-vein harvest-site infections, though not deep chest infections.
Why the study?
Does a comprehensive infection surveillance and control program reduce surgical-site infection rates in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery?
Does a comprehensive infection surveillance and control program reduce surgical-site infection rates in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery?
This editorial highlights the potential value of surgical-site infection surveillance programs in CABG surgery while critiquing methodological and terminological flaws in a specific study.
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James T. Lee (1999) conducted an editorial in Coronary artery bypass surgery (n=2,230). Infection surveillance and control program vs. Baseline year (1991) was evaluated on Surgical-site infection rates (including deep chest infections and leg-vein harvest-site infections). Implementation of a comprehensive infection surveillance and control program in coronary artery bypass surgery was associated with a significant decrease in leg-vein harvest-site infections, though not deep chest infections.
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