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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/94617, first published .
Surgeons in blue gowns and gloves use surgical instruments during an operating room procedure.

Explainable Machine Learning Predictive Models for Surgical Site Infections: Scoping Review

Explainable Machine Learning Predictive Models for Surgical Site Infections: Scoping Review

Rui Sun   1 , BM ;   Yao Liu   1 , BM ;   Shuya Lu   2 , MCM ;   Ermira Tartari   3 , PhD ;   Gabriel Birgand   4, 5, 6 , PhD ;   Lin Yang   2, 7 , PhD ;   Lei Zhou   1, 8 , PhD

1 Public Health Emergency Center, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

2 School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Hong Kong)

3 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta

4 Cibles et Médicaments des Infections et de l' Immunité – UR 1155, Nantes Université, Nantes, France

5 Centre d' Appui à la Prévention des Infections Associées aux Soins des Pays de la Loire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) - Le Tourville, Nantes, France

6 National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

7 Research Centre of Textiles for Future Fashion, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Hong Kong)

8 National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Tracking and Forecasting for Infectious Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

Corresponding Author:

  • Lin Yang, PhD
  • School of Nursing
  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • China (Hong Kong)
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  • Email: l.yang@polyu.edu.hk