186 - Current Challenges in SSI Surveillance

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM US ET

Location: B211-B212

CME Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Michael Calderwood, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Chief Quality Officer
Section of Infectious Disease and International Health
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Hanover, NH, United States
Chris Nyquist, MD MSPH (she/her/hers)

Chief Epidemiology Officer
Children's Hospital Colorado/ University of Colorado

Faculty(s)

Caitlin Li, MD MHQS (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Lurie Childrens Hospital
Chicago, IL, United States
Shira Doron, MD

Chief Infection Control Officer
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Michael S. Calderwood, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Chris Nyquist, MD MSPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Caitlin Li, MD MHQS: No financial relationships to disclose.

Shira Doron, MD: DLA Piper, LLC/Medtronic: Expert Testimony

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

explain current adult SSI surveillance definitions;
discuss current pediatric SSI surveillance definitions;
describe variability in SSI definitions and impact on surveillance.

Presentations:

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM US ET

Challenges With Data Integrity in Surgical Site Infection Surveillance
Speaker: Shira Doron, MD – Tufts Medical Center
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM US ET

Challenges With Variation in Pediatric Surgical Site Infection Definitions
Speaker: Caitlin Li, MD MHQS (she/her/hers) – Lurie Childrens Hospital