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  <required_header>
    <download_date>ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023</download_date>
    <link_text>Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.</link_text>
    <url>https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03761459</url>
  </required_header>
  <id_info>
    <org_study_id>2017-1251</org_study_id>
    <nct_id>NCT03761459</nct_id>
  </id_info>
  <brief_title>Current Surgical Practices and Surgical Site Infection at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia</brief_title>
  <official_title>Current Surgical Practices and Surgical Site Infection at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia</official_title>
  <sponsors>
    <lead_sponsor>
      <agency>University of Illinois at Chicago</agency>
      <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
    </lead_sponsor>
    <collaborator>
      <agency>Mekelle University</agency>
      <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
    </collaborator>
  </sponsors>
  <source>University of Illinois at Chicago</source>
  <oversight_info>
    <is_fda_regulated_drug>No</is_fda_regulated_drug>
    <is_fda_regulated_device>No</is_fda_regulated_device>
  </oversight_info>
  <brief_summary>
    <textblock>
      This study evaluates the current surgical practices at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized&#xD;
      Hospital in comparison to the World Health Organization's Surgical Unit Based Safety&#xD;
      Programme guidelines and aims to determine how deviations from those guidelines are&#xD;
      associated with varying rates of surgical site infection incidence in this population. The&#xD;
      results of this study will help elucidate risk factors for surgical site infection and&#xD;
      prioritize future interventions to decrease the rate of surgical site infection at Ayder&#xD;
      Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, as well as other low and middle-income hospitals. The&#xD;
      data collected regarding surgical site infection rates will also prove beneficial in&#xD;
      measuring outcomes of any interventions that are developed as a result of this study.&#xD;
    </textblock>
  </brief_summary>
  <detailed_description>
    <textblock>
      Surgical site infection continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality around the&#xD;
      world with low and middle-income countries disproportionately affected with rates as high as&#xD;
      30-40% compared to an average rate of less than 3% in high income countries. In addition to&#xD;
      the grave clinical implications of these infections, the additional costs incurred by both&#xD;
      patients and treating institutions can be catastrophic.&#xD;
&#xD;
      The World Health Organization's &quot;Clean Care is Safer Care&quot; initiated quality improvement&#xD;
      projects in five African hospitals between 2013 and 2015, demonstrating that low-cost&#xD;
      interventions can decrease the rates of surgical site infection in low and middle-income&#xD;
      countries. This successful initiative formed the basis of the World Health Organization's&#xD;
      Surgical Unit Based Safety Programme guidelines.&#xD;
&#xD;
      This will be a prospective cohort study collecting data about surgical practices, pre- and&#xD;
      post-operative care and post-operative infection from time of admission through&#xD;
      post-operative day 30. Patients will be identified when they are scheduled for surgery and&#xD;
      undergo consent process. If they consent to participate in the study their clinical course&#xD;
      will be followed through post-operative day 30. Inpatient observational data will be&#xD;
      collected to determine whether current practices are in line with World Health Organization's&#xD;
      Surgical Unit Based Safety Programme guidelines. Potential confounding risk factors for&#xD;
      infection will be identified, and post-operative information will be collected through&#xD;
      inpatient follow up as well as telephone calls on post-operative day ten and 30 to assess for&#xD;
      signs or symptoms of surgical site infection.&#xD;
    </textblock>
  </detailed_description>
  <overall_status>Active, not recruiting</overall_status>
  <start_date type="Actual">March 20, 2018</start_date>
  <completion_date type="Anticipated">December 30, 2023</completion_date>
  <primary_completion_date type="Actual">October 8, 2019</primary_completion_date>
  <study_type>Observational [Patient Registry]</study_type>
  <has_expanded_access>No</has_expanded_access>
  <study_design_info>
    <observational_model>Cohort</observational_model>
    <time_perspective>Prospective</time_perspective>
  </study_design_info>
  <target_duration>30 Days</target_duration>
  <primary_outcome>
    <measure>Adherence to World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Unit based Safety Programme (SUSP) guidelines</measure>
    <time_frame>12 months</time_frame>
    <description>Determine whether current surgical practices at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (ACSH) follow each of the six components of the WHO SUSP guidelines through prospective data collection via case report form, which is filled out by trained data collector during procedure and during the post-operative period to document whether each of the SUSP guidelines are being followed</description>
  </primary_outcome>
  <secondary_outcome>
    <measure>Surgical site infection incidence at ACSH</measure>
    <time_frame>30 days from operation</time_frame>
    <description>Determine the current surgical site infection rate at ACSH through prospective data collection of operations occurring at ACSH during the study period</description>
  </secondary_outcome>
  <secondary_outcome>
    <measure>Trends between adherence to WHO SUSP guidelines and infection</measure>
    <time_frame>12 months</time_frame>
    <description>Evaluate trends between surgical site infection and the adherence to each of the WHO SUSP guideline components using logistic regression analysis of prospectively collected data regarding adherence to WHO SUSP guidelines and occurrence of post-operative infection</description>
  </secondary_outcome>
  <enrollment type="Anticipated">1240</enrollment>
  <condition>Surgical Wound Infection</condition>
  <condition>Infected Wound</condition>
  <condition>Surgical Site Infection</condition>
  <condition>Surgery--Complications</condition>
  <condition>Surgery</condition>
  <condition>Surgical Wound</condition>
  <eligibility>
    <study_pop>
      <textblock>
        Male and female patients 18 years of age or older undergoing any surgical procedure in the&#xD;
        main operating theaters at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia&#xD;
        during the 12-month study period, not including cases involving permanent implants.&#xD;
        Inpatient collection of data will occur prospectively with supplemental information&#xD;
        recorded from medical records if patient consents. Post-discharge data will be collected&#xD;
        for patients who consent for follow-up.&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </study_pop>
    <sampling_method>Probability Sample</sampling_method>
    <criteria>
      <textblock>
        Inclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  All patients (male and female) 18 years of age or older undergoing any surgery&#xD;
             (elective, scheduled, urgent or emergent) including obstetrics and gynecology cases at&#xD;
             ACSH in Mekelle Ethiopia.&#xD;
&#xD;
        Exclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  Patients under the age of 18.&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  Patients who undergo surgery involving permanent implants (as these patients would&#xD;
             require follow up for 1 year to effectively rule out surgical site infection and this&#xD;
             is beyond the data collection time frame of this study)&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </criteria>
    <gender>All</gender>
    <minimum_age>18 Years</minimum_age>
    <maximum_age>N/A</maximum_age>
  </eligibility>
  <overall_official>
    <last_name>Erin Cavanaugh, MD</last_name>
    <role>Principal Investigator</role>
    <affiliation>University of Illinois at Chicago</affiliation>
  </overall_official>
  <location>
    <facility>
      <name>Ayder Comprehensive Referral Hospital</name>
      <address>
        <city>Mekele</city>
        <state>Tigray</state>
        <country>Ethiopia</country>
      </address>
    </facility>
  </location>
  <location_countries>
    <country>Ethiopia</country>
  </location_countries>
  <link>
    <url>https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/media/en/publications/Publications/120215_SUR_SSI_2008-2009.pdf</url>
    <description>Surveillance of surgical site infections in Europe, 2008-2009 by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control</description>
  </link>
  <link>
    <url>http://www.ijpsr.info/docs/IJPSR15-06-10-013.pdf</url>
    <description>Microbial contamination of operating theatre at Ayder Referral Hospital, Northern Ethiopia. International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Research, 6(10), 1264-1267</description>
  </link>
  <link>
    <url>https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-surgical-unit-based-safety-programme-(susp)-in-african-hospitals</url>
    <description>SUSP project in African Surgical Departments</description>
  </link>
  <reference>
    <citation>Mangram AJ, Horan TC, Pearson ML, Silver LC, Jarvis WR. Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Apr;20(4):250-78; quiz 279-80. doi: 10.1086/501620. No abstract available.</citation>
    <PMID>10219875</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Astagneau P, Rioux C, Golliot F, Brucker G; INCISO Network Study Group. Morbidity and mortality associated with surgical site infections: results from the 1997-1999 INCISO surveillance. J Hosp Infect. 2001 Aug;48(4):267-74. doi: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1003.</citation>
    <PMID>11461127</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Kirkland KB, Briggs JP, Trivette SL, Wilkinson WE, Sexton DJ. The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Nov;20(11):725-30. doi: 10.1086/501572.</citation>
    <PMID>10580621</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Coello R, Charlett A, Wilson J, Ward V, Pearson A, Borriello P. Adverse impact of surgical site infections in English hospitals. J Hosp Infect. 2005 Jun;60(2):93-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.10.019.</citation>
    <PMID>15866006</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Gaynes RP, Culver DH, Horan TC, Edwards JR, Richards C, Tolson JS. Surgical site infection (SSI) rates in the United States, 1992-1998: the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System basic SSI risk index. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Sep 1;33 Suppl 2:S69-77. doi: 10.1086/321860.</citation>
    <PMID>11486302</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Ngaroua, Ngah JE, Benet T, Djibrilla Y. [Incidence of surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis]. Pan Afr Med J. 2016 Jun 29;24:171. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.171.9754. eCollection 2016. French.</citation>
    <PMID>27795768</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Chu K, Maine R, Trelles M. Cesarean section surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country study from Medecins Sans Frontieres. World J Surg. 2015 Feb;39(2):350-5. doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2840-4.</citation>
    <PMID>25358418</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Amenu D, Belachew T, Araya F. Surgical site infection rate and risk factors among obstetric cases of jimma university specialized hospital, southwest ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2011 Jul;21(2):91-100. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v21i2.69049.</citation>
    <PMID>22434989</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Mengesha RE, Kasa BG, Saravanan M, Berhe DF, Wasihun AG. Aerobic bacteria in post surgical wound infections and pattern of their antimicrobial susceptibility in Ayder Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mekelle, Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes. 2014 Aug 27;7:575. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-575.</citation>
    <PMID>25164127</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Wasihun AG, Zemene Y. Bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of otitis media in Ayder Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mekelle University, Northern Ethiopia. Springerplus. 2015 Nov 14;4:701. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1471-z. eCollection 2015.</citation>
    <PMID>26609503</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Aiken AM, Karuri DM, Wanyoro AK, Macleod J. Interventional studies for preventing surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review. Int J Surg. 2012;10(5):242-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.04.004. Epub 2012 Apr 14.</citation>
    <PMID>22510442</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Teshager FA, Engeda EH, Worku WZ. Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors towards Prevention of Surgical Site Infection among Nurses Working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia. Surg Res Pract. 2015;2015:736175. doi: 10.1155/2015/736175. Epub 2015 Dec 15.</citation>
    <PMID>26788549</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Aiken AM, Wanyoro AK, Mwangi J, Mulingwa P, Wanjohi J, Njoroge J, Juma F, Mugoya IK, Scott JA, Hall AJ. Evaluation of surveillance for surgical site infections in Thika Hospital, Kenya. J Hosp Infect. 2013 Feb;83(2):140-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.11.003. Epub 2013 Jan 18.</citation>
    <PMID>23332563</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Nguhuni B, De Nardo P, Gentilotti E, Chaula Z, Damian C, Mencarini P, Nicastri E, Fulment A, Piscini A, Vairo F, Aiken AM, Ippolito G. Reliability and validity of using telephone calls for post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infection following caesarean section at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2017 May 8;6:43. doi: 10.1186/s13756-017-0205-0. eCollection 2017.</citation>
    <PMID>28503302</PMID>
  </reference>
  <reference>
    <citation>Hurwitz EE, Simon M, Vinta SR, Zehm CF, Shabot SM, Minhajuddin A, Abouleish AE. Adding Examples to the ASA-Physical Status Classification Improves Correct Assignment to Patients. Anesthesiology. 2017 Apr;126(4):614-622. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001541.</citation>
    <PMID>28212203</PMID>
  </reference>
  <verification_date>May 2023</verification_date>
  <study_first_submitted>November 29, 2018</study_first_submitted>
  <study_first_submitted_qc>November 30, 2018</study_first_submitted_qc>
  <study_first_posted type="Actual">December 3, 2018</study_first_posted>
  <last_update_submitted>May 4, 2023</last_update_submitted>
  <last_update_submitted_qc>May 4, 2023</last_update_submitted_qc>
  <last_update_posted type="Actual">May 8, 2023</last_update_posted>
  <responsible_party>
    <responsible_party_type>Principal Investigator</responsible_party_type>
    <investigator_affiliation>University of Illinois at Chicago</investigator_affiliation>
    <investigator_full_name>Erin Cavanaugh</investigator_full_name>
    <investigator_title>Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology</investigator_title>
  </responsible_party>
  <keyword>Surgical site infection</keyword>
  <keyword>low and middle income country</keyword>
  <keyword>low resource setting</keyword>
  <keyword>Africa</keyword>
  <keyword>Ethiopia</keyword>
  <condition_browse>
    <!-- CAUTION:  The following MeSH terms are assigned with an imperfect algorithm            -->
    <mesh_term>Infections</mesh_term>
    <mesh_term>Communicable Diseases</mesh_term>
    <mesh_term>Surgical Wound Infection</mesh_term>
    <mesh_term>Wound Infection</mesh_term>
    <mesh_term>Wounds and Injuries</mesh_term>
    <mesh_term>Surgical Wound</mesh_term>
  </condition_browse>
  <patient_data>
    <sharing_ipd>No</sharing_ipd>
    <ipd_description>Individual participant data will not be available to anyone outside of our study.</ipd_description>
  </patient_data>
  <!-- Results have not yet been posted for this study                                          -->
</clinical_study>


download date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023
link text: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
url: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03761459
org study id: 2017-1251
nct id: NCT03761459
lead sponsor: 
collaborator: 
is fda regulated drug: No
is fda regulated device: No
This study evaluates the current surgical practices at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized
      Hospital in comparison to the World Health Organization's Surgical Unit Based Safety
      Programme guidelines and aims to determine how deviations from those guidelines are
      associated with varying rates of surgical site infection incidence in this population. The
      results of this study will help elucidate risk factors for surgical site infection and
      prioritize future interventions to decrease the rate of surgical site infection at Ayder
      Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, as well as other low and middle-income hospitals. The
      data collected regarding surgical site infection rates will also prove beneficial in
      measuring outcomes of any interventions that are developed as a result of this study.
Surgical site infection continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality around the
      world with low and middle-income countries disproportionately affected with rates as high as
      30-40% compared to an average rate of less than 3% in high income countries. In addition to
      the grave clinical implications of these infections, the additional costs incurred by both
      patients and treating institutions can be catastrophic.

      The World Health Organization's "Clean Care is Safer Care" initiated quality improvement
      projects in five African hospitals between 2013 and 2015, demonstrating that low-cost
      interventions can decrease the rates of surgical site infection in low and middle-income
      countries. This successful initiative formed the basis of the World Health Organization's
      Surgical Unit Based Safety Programme guidelines.

      This will be a prospective cohort study collecting data about surgical practices, pre- and
      post-operative care and post-operative infection from time of admission through
      post-operative day 30. Patients will be identified when they are scheduled for surgery and
      undergo consent process. If they consent to participate in the study their clinical course
      will be followed through post-operative day 30. Inpatient observational data will be
      collected to determine whether current practices are in line with World Health Organization's
      Surgical Unit Based Safety Programme guidelines. Potential confounding risk factors for
      infection will be identified, and post-operative information will be collected through
      inpatient follow up as well as telephone calls on post-operative day ten and 30 to assess for
      signs or symptoms of surgical site infection.
observational model: Cohort
time perspective: Prospective
measure: Adherence to World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Unit based Safety Programme (SUSP) guidelines
time frame: 12 months
description: Determine whether current surgical practices at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (ACSH) follow each of the six components of the WHO SUSP guidelines through prospective data collection via case report form, which is filled out by trained data collector during procedure and during the post-operative period to document whether each of the SUSP guidelines are being followed
measure: Surgical site infection incidence at ACSH
time frame: 30 days from operation
description: Determine the current surgical site infection rate at ACSH through prospective data collection of operations occurring at ACSH during the study period
measure: Trends between adherence to WHO SUSP guidelines and infection
time frame: 12 months
description: Evaluate trends between surgical site infection and the adherence to each of the WHO SUSP guideline components using logistic regression analysis of prospectively collected data regarding adherence to WHO SUSP guidelines and occurrence of post-operative infection
study pop: 
sampling method: Probability Sample
criteria: 
gender: All
minimum age: 18 Years
maximum age: N/A
last name: Erin Cavanaugh, MD
role: Principal Investigator
affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago
facility: 
country: Ethiopia
url: https://ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/media/en/publications/Publications/120215_SUR_SSI_2008-2009.pdf
description: Surveillance of surgical site infections in Europe, 2008-2009 by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
url: http://www.ijpsr.info/docs/IJPSR15-06-10-013.pdf
description: Microbial contamination of operating theatre at Ayder Referral Hospital, Northern Ethiopia. International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Research, 6(10), 1264-1267
url: https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-surgical-unit-based-safety-programme-(susp)-in-african-hospitals
description: SUSP project in African Surgical Departments
citation: Mangram AJ, Horan TC, Pearson ML, Silver LC, Jarvis WR. Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Apr;20(4):250-78; quiz 279-80. doi: 10.1086/501620. No abstract available.
PMID: 10219875
citation: Astagneau P, Rioux C, Golliot F, Brucker G; INCISO Network Study Group. Morbidity and mortality associated with surgical site infections: results from the 1997-1999 INCISO surveillance. J Hosp Infect. 2001 Aug;48(4):267-74. doi: 10.1053/jhin.2001.1003.
PMID: 11461127
citation: Kirkland KB, Briggs JP, Trivette SL, Wilkinson WE, Sexton DJ. The impact of surgical-site infections in the 1990s: attributable mortality, excess length of hospitalization, and extra costs. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Nov;20(11):725-30. doi: 10.1086/501572.
PMID: 10580621
citation: Coello R, Charlett A, Wilson J, Ward V, Pearson A, Borriello P. Adverse impact of surgical site infections in English hospitals. J Hosp Infect. 2005 Jun;60(2):93-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.10.019.
PMID: 15866006
citation: Gaynes RP, Culver DH, Horan TC, Edwards JR, Richards C, Tolson JS. Surgical site infection (SSI) rates in the United States, 1992-1998: the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System basic SSI risk index. Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Sep 1;33 Suppl 2:S69-77. doi: 10.1086/321860.
PMID: 11486302
citation: Ngaroua, Ngah JE, Benet T, Djibrilla Y. [Incidence of surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis]. Pan Afr Med J. 2016 Jun 29;24:171. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.171.9754. eCollection 2016. French.
PMID: 27795768
citation: Chu K, Maine R, Trelles M. Cesarean section surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country study from Medecins Sans Frontieres. World J Surg. 2015 Feb;39(2):350-5. doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2840-4.
PMID: 25358418
citation: Amenu D, Belachew T, Araya F. Surgical site infection rate and risk factors among obstetric cases of jimma university specialized hospital, southwest ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Sci. 2011 Jul;21(2):91-100. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v21i2.69049.
PMID: 22434989
citation: Mengesha RE, Kasa BG, Saravanan M, Berhe DF, Wasihun AG. Aerobic bacteria in post surgical wound infections and pattern of their antimicrobial susceptibility in Ayder Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mekelle, Ethiopia. BMC Res Notes. 2014 Aug 27;7:575. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-575.
PMID: 25164127
citation: Wasihun AG, Zemene Y. Bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of otitis media in Ayder Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mekelle University, Northern Ethiopia. Springerplus. 2015 Nov 14;4:701. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1471-z. eCollection 2015.
PMID: 26609503
citation: Aiken AM, Karuri DM, Wanyoro AK, Macleod J. Interventional studies for preventing surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review. Int J Surg. 2012;10(5):242-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.04.004. Epub 2012 Apr 14.
PMID: 22510442
citation: Teshager FA, Engeda EH, Worku WZ. Knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors towards Prevention of Surgical Site Infection among Nurses Working in Amhara Regional State Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia. Surg Res Pract. 2015;2015:736175. doi: 10.1155/2015/736175. Epub 2015 Dec 15.
PMID: 26788549
citation: Aiken AM, Wanyoro AK, Mwangi J, Mulingwa P, Wanjohi J, Njoroge J, Juma F, Mugoya IK, Scott JA, Hall AJ. Evaluation of surveillance for surgical site infections in Thika Hospital, Kenya. J Hosp Infect. 2013 Feb;83(2):140-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.11.003. Epub 2013 Jan 18.
PMID: 23332563
citation: Nguhuni B, De Nardo P, Gentilotti E, Chaula Z, Damian C, Mencarini P, Nicastri E, Fulment A, Piscini A, Vairo F, Aiken AM, Ippolito G. Reliability and validity of using telephone calls for post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infection following caesarean section at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2017 May 8;6:43. doi: 10.1186/s13756-017-0205-0. eCollection 2017.
PMID: 28503302
citation: Hurwitz EE, Simon M, Vinta SR, Zehm CF, Shabot SM, Minhajuddin A, Abouleish AE. Adding Examples to the ASA-Physical Status Classification Improves Correct Assignment to Patients. Anesthesiology. 2017 Apr;126(4):614-622. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001541.
PMID: 28212203
responsible party type: Principal Investigator
investigator affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago
investigator full name: Erin Cavanaugh
investigator title: Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
mesh term: Infections
mesh term: Communicable Diseases
mesh term: Surgical Wound Infection
mesh term: Wound Infection
mesh term: Wounds and Injuries
mesh term: Surgical Wound
sharing ipd: No
ipd description: Individual participant data will not be available to anyone outside of our study.