Comment from Craig, Rebecca
Rebecca CraigOpposeBusiness
Summary: The commenters from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and New England Baptist Hospital oppose the updated 2026 NHSN definition for deep incisional surgical site infections (SSIs). They argue that the current definition captures noninfectious cases like hematomas and seromas, which increases reporting burdens, costs, and artificially inflates standardized infection ratios (SIRs).
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