Validation of the first computerized indicator for orthopaedic surgical site infections in France: ISO-ORTHO.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The French national authority for health (HAS) develops in-hospital indicators for improving quality of care, safety and patient outcome. Since 2017, it has developed a measurement of surgical site infections (SSI) after total hip or knee arthroplasty (TH/KA) by using a computerized indicator, called ISO-ORTHO, based on a hospital discharge database (HDD) algorithm. The aim of the study was to assess the performance of this new indicator .

Methods

The ISO-ORTHO performance was estimated via its positive predictive value (PPV) among adult patients having undergone a TH/KA between January 1st and September 30th 2018, based on the orthopaedic procedure codes. Patients at very high risk of SSI and/or with SSI not related to the in-hospital care were excluded. SSI were

SUBMITTER: Grammatico-Guillon L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10161661 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature