Novel Surveillance for SSI

The goal of this study is to determine the risk factors and outcomes for SSI in solid organ transplants. To that end, we aim to have a complete 2-year cohort of all solid organ transplants completed by 12/01/2002. Transplant surgery patients are followed for 60 days for SSI. All patients who have had solid organ transplants from 10/01/2000 to 9/30/2002 will be entered into the cohort. The infection control service has been doing prospective surveillance at UMMS for infections in kidney and pancreas transplants from 10/01/2000 to present. Transplants performed and subsequent infections have been documented through prospective surveillance.  Analysis of the collected data is complete and the abstract has been submitted for publication.