Prevention of postsurgical infections: Some like it hot

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 427-432

  Kluytmans, Jan ^a   Voss, Andreas ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Preoperative warming; Prevention; Staphylococcus aureus; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WARMING;

EID: 0036328435     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200208000-00012     Document Type: Review

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