2010 Neurological Institute Outcomes - Cleveland Clinic
2010 Neurological Institute Outcomes - Cleveland Clinic
2010 Neurological Institute Outcomes - Cleveland Clinic
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Brain Tumor Surgical Site Infection Rates<br />
Rate per 100 Clean Cases (%)<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
N =<br />
2006<br />
604<br />
Surgical site infection rates remained under 5 percent in <strong>2010</strong>. N = number of clean cases per year.<br />
Per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, “clean cases” are defined as uninfected<br />
operative wounds in which no inflammation is encountered and, in the case of brain tumor surgery,<br />
neither the respiratory nor the alimentary tract is entered.<br />
<strong>Neurological</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
2007<br />
502<br />
2008<br />
451<br />
2009<br />
530<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
504<br />
17
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