SSI
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- noun
- Specialized
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infección del sitio quirúrgico
- Patients who experience an SSI may need to return to the hospital for additional treatment.
- SSI rates
- operative SSI
Examples
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We believe that these data may encourage other hospital centers to evaluate their SSI rates in plastic surgery, which, in turn, will yield more comprehensive reports in the literature to accompany the confidential TOPS database.
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The doctor explained that an SSI can develop if proper care is not taken during surgery.
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The process of prospective surveillance may have played a role in the low SSI infection rate.
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SSI data were obtained from the Infection Prevention and Control office at SJHH.
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Furthermore, the Infection Prevention and Control office tracks patients who return to the hospital through the emergency room as a result of operative site infection; SSI is confirmed by the most responsible physician.
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Over the 10-year period, annual plastic surgery operative SSI rates ranged from 0.0028% to 1.4% per annum.
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A total of 96 operative SSIs were identified over this 10-year period, corresponding to a total operative SSI rate of 0.79%.
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Surgeons are trained to minimize the risk of SSI by following strict hygiene protocols.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The abbreviation SSI stands for surgical site infection, with surgical meaning 'related to an operation', site meaning 'place', and infection meaning 'a germ that makes you ill'. So an SSI is an infection that happens at the place where surgery was done.