Panel discussion: Current issues in the prevention and management of surgical site Infection - Part 1

Surgical Infections

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages

  Aasen, Ansgar O ^a   Barie, Philip S ^b   Faist, Eugen ^c   Ford, Henri R ^d   Fry, Donald E ^e   Hau, Toni ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Nordwest Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTHETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OXYGENATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0036974976     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2002.3.s1-1     Document Type: Note

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