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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Jun 26;19(13):4099–4103. doi: 10.1245/s10434-012-2448-6

Table 2.

Proportions with SSI by CDC reporting criteria prior to and after 2010 , per 449 operated sides. Each SSI is categorized only once according to the lowest numerical criterion fulfilled.

CDC Reporting
Guidelines prior
to 2010
CDC Reporting
Guidelines as of
2010
CDC #1 7 (1.6%) 7 (1.6%)
CDC #2 2 (0.4%) 2 (0.4%)
CDC #3 2 (0.4%) 2 (0.4%)
CDC #4 22 (4.9%) 1 (0.2%)
Total 33 (7.3%) 12 (2.7%)