Surgical site infection in patients submitted to orthopedic surgery: the NNIS risk index and risk prediction Infección de sitio quirúrgico en pacientes sometidos a cirugías ortopédicas: el índice de riesgo NNIS y la predicción de riesgo Infecção de sítio cirúrgico em pacientes submetidos a cirurgias ortopédicas: o índice de risco NNIS e predição de risco

• Main Authors: Flávia Falci Ercole (Author), Tânia Couto Machado Chianca (Author), Denise Duarte (Author), Carlos Ernesto Ferreira Starling (Author), Mariângela Carneiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The applicability of the risk index for surgical site infection of the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (NNIS) has been evaluated for its performance in different surgeries. In some procedures, it is necessary to include other variables to predict. Objective: to evaluate the applicability...