2010 Neurological Institute Outcomes - Cleveland Clinic
2010 Neurological Institute Outcomes - Cleveland Clinic
2010 Neurological Institute Outcomes - Cleveland Clinic
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Pediatric Neurosurgery<br />
Surgical site infection rates decreased in <strong>2010</strong>, at least partly due to efforts to improve perioperative antibiotic timing.<br />
Infection rates in primary shunts decreased from 12 percent in 2009 to zero in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Surgical Site Infection Rate for Primary Shunts<br />
Rate per 100 Clean Cases (%)<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
N =<br />
2007<br />
18<br />
<strong>Neurological</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
2008<br />
15<br />
Surgical Site Infection Rate for Shunt Revisions<br />
Rate per 100 Clean Cases (%)<br />
18<br />
12<br />
6<br />
0<br />
N =<br />
2007<br />
34<br />
2008<br />
18<br />
2009<br />
17<br />
2009<br />
26<br />
0<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
12<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
28<br />
N = number of clean cases per<br />
year. Per Centers for Disease<br />
Control and Prevention (CDC)<br />
guidelines, “clean cases” are<br />
defined as uninfected operative<br />
wounds in which no inflammation<br />
is encountered and, in the case of<br />
brain tumor surgery, neither the<br />
respiratory nor the alimentary tract<br />
is entered.<br />
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