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The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Cardiac Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Surveillance
1998-present
Protocol 
Data Collection Form
Working Group
Preliminary Results
Participants: average of 4 adult cardiac centres and 3 pediatric cardiac centres contributing data each year. NNIS definitions for SSIs are used. Overall rates, NNIS-stratified rates, and age-stratified rates are calculated.
| Risk index 0,1 | Risk index 2,3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procedures | Rate | Procedures | Rate | |
| CABG - incision unspecified |
2907
|
3.2
|
901
|
4.9
|
| Open procedures on valve or septum of heart |
1152
|
3.1
|
386
|
5.4
|
| CABG - chest and donor site incision |
2241
|
6
|
654
|
11
|
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