|
Infection type/detection time
|
Sternal site incisions (N = 14,546)#
|
Harvest site incisions (N = 15,781)
|
|---|
| |
n
|
Rate* (95% CI)
|
%
|
n
|
Rate* (95% CI)
|
%
|
|---|
|
Superficial SSIs
|
331
|
2.3 (2.0-2.5)
| |
1,144
|
7.3 (6.9-7.7)
| |
|
In-hospital
|
151
|
1.0 (0.9-1.2)
|
45.6
|
299
|
1.9 (1.7-2.1)
|
26.1
|
|
Post-discharge
|
180
|
1.2 (1.1-1.4)
|
54.4
|
845
|
5.4 (5.0-5.7)
|
73.9
|
|
Complex SSIs
|
187
|
1.3 (1.1-1.5)
| |
40
|
0.3 (0.2-0.4)
| |
|
In-hospital
|
111
|
0.8 (0.6-0.9)
|
59.4
|
25
|
0.2 (0.1-0.2)
|
62.5
|
|
Post-discharge
|
76
|
0.5 (0.4-0.7)
|
40.6
|
15
|
0.1 (0.1-0.2)
|
37.5
|
|
All infections
|
518
|
3.6 (3.3-3.9)
| |
1,184
|
7.5 (7.1-7.9)
| |
|
In-hospital
|
262
|
1.8 (1.6-2.0)
|
50.6
|
324
|
2.1 (1.8-2.3)
|
27.4
|
|
Post-discharge
|
256
|
1.8 (1.6-2.0)
|
49.4
|
860
|
5.5 (5.1-5.8)
|
72.6
|
- *Per 100 procedures.
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#The total number of sternal site incisions (14,546) were more than the total number of patients (14, 517), as 29 patients underwent a repeat CABG surgery over the reporting period.
