About the Authors

Melissa Rochon

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

melissa.rochon@gstt.nhs.uk

Affiliation Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Judith Tanner

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

James Jurkiewicz

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Islacare Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Jacqueline Beckhelling

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby, United Kingdom

Akuha Aondoakaa

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Islacare Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Keith Wilson

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Luxmi Dhoonmoon

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Max Underwood

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Islacare Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Lara Mason

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Islacare Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Roy Harris

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Karen Cariaga

Contributed equally to this work with: Melissa Rochon, Judith Tanner, James Jurkiewicz, Jacqueline Beckhelling, Akuha Aondoakaa, Keith Wilson, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Max Underwood, Lara Mason, Roy Harris, Karen Cariaga

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS FT has a commercial collaboration arrangement with Islacare Ltd for surgical site infection surveillance and related artificial intelligence. Melissa Rochon, an employee of GSTT, provides ad hoc consultancy services to Islacare Ltd as a fee-for-service arrangement, whereby GSTT receives all fees paid by Islacare Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Remaining authors report no conflicts.