Reducing infections among women undergoing cesarean section in Colombia by means of continuous quality improvement methods

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2357-2365

  Weinberg, M ^a   Fuentes, J M ^a   Ruiz, A I ^a   Lozano, F W ^a   Angel, E ^a   Gaitan, H ^a   Goethe, B ^a   Parra, S ^a   Hellerstein, S ^a   Ross Degnan, D ^a   Goldmann, D A ^a   Huskins, W C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035934920     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.19.2357     Document Type: Article

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