Surgical site infections after arthroscopy: Outbreak investigation and case control study

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-181

  Babcock, Hilary M ^a,c   Carroll, Cathy ^b   Matava, Matthew ^a   L'Ecuyer, Paul ^a   Fraser, Victoria ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Infection control; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037295328     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jars.2003.50016     Document Type: Article

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