Healthcare Associated Infections terms starting with S

20 terms

  1. Sensitivity When referring to a medical test, sensitivity refers to the percentage of people who test positive for a specific disease among a group of people who have…
  2. Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) A voluntary membership organization representing members of this profession who have a medical degree or a graduate degree related to epidemiology.
  3. specificity When referring to a medical test, specificity refers to the percentage of people who test negative for a specific disease among a group of people who do…
  4. Spectrum of Healthcare Health services provided in a range of settings, including acute care hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, long-term acute care hospitals, long-term…
  5. Spore A term used to describe a particle in plants, bacteria and fungi.
  6. SSI Rate Surgical site infection rates per 100 operative procedures are found by dividing the number of SSIs by the number of total number of specific operative…
  7. Stakeholder A person or group of people who are involved in a project and feel ownership.
  8. Standard Precautions/Universal Precautions Precautions used in a medical facility that involve “protection as needed” to implement infection control and to protect the medical team and the…
  9. Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) Number of cases of infections developed in a hospital divided by the number of infections both in and out of a hospital.
  10. Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR) Statistical Method This indirect standardization method accounts for differences in the risk of surgical site infections among a group of procedures.
  11. Strategy A plan of action.
  12. Strict Isolation Designed to prevent transmission of highly contagious or virulent infections that may be spread by air or contact.
  13. Stringent A strict set of rules.
  14. Superficial Affecting cells on the surface. Not invasive.
  15. Surgical incision site A cut into a body tissue or organ, made during surgery.
  16. Surgical Site Infection (SSI) SSIs are infections that occur as the result of surgical procedures.
  17. Surgical Site Infections Associated with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Surgical Site Infections Associated with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Summarized as a Standardized Infection Ratio.
  18. Surgical Site Infections Associated with Total Knee Replacement Surgery Surgical Site Infections Associated with Total Knee Replacement Surgery Summarized as a Standardized Infection Ratio.
  19. Surveillance (ser-VAY-lents) In medicine, the ongoing collection of information about a disease, such as cancer, in a certain group of people.
  20. Symptom A sign or indication that a person has a condition or disease. Some examples of symptoms are headache, fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, and pain.