| AAA | Abdominal Aortic Aneurism repair and related SSIs |
| ASC | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
| CARD | Cardiac Surgery |
| CAUTI | Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection |
| CBGB | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft with both chest and donor site incisions
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| CBGC | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft with chest incision only |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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| CEA | Carotid Endarterectomy and related SSIs |
| CLABSI | Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infection |
| CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| COLO | Colon Surgery and related SSIs |
| DSHS | Texas Department of State Health Services |
| DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services (U.S) |
| FUSN | Spinal Fusion and related SSIs |
| HAI | Health care-associated infection |
| HICPAC | Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
| HPRO | Hip Prosthesis and related SSIs |
| HTP | Heart Transplant and related SSIs |
| HYST | Abdominal Hysterectomy and related SSIs |
| ICD-9 | International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| KPRO | Knee Prosthesis and related SSIs |
| LAM | Laminectomy and related SSIs |
| MDRO | Multidrug-resistant organism |
| MRSA | Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| NHSN | National Healthcare Safety Network |
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| PAE | Preventable Adverse Event |
| POA | Present on admission |
| PVBY | Peripheral Vascular Bypass Surgery and related SSIs |
| QIO | Quality Improvement Organization |
| RFUSN | Refusion of Spine and related SSIs |
| SCIP | Surgical Care Improvement Project |
| SHEA | Society for Healthcare Epidemiologists of America |
| SIR | Standardized Infection Ratio |
| SSI | Surgical site infection |
| TXHSN | Texas Healthcare Safety Network |
| VAE | Ventilator-associated event |
| VHYS | Vaginal Hysterectomy and related SSIs |
| VSHN | Ventricular Shunt |
