A prospective audit of wound infection rates after caesarean section in five West Yorkshire hospitals

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-61

  Nice, C ^a   Feeney, A ^b   Godwin, P ^c   Mohanraj, M ^d   Edwards, A ^e   Baldwin, A ^e   Choyce, A ^c   Hunt, A ^a   Kinnaird, C ^d   Maloney, M ^b   Anderson, W ^a   Campbell, L ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b HUDDERSFIELD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d District Hospital

^e Halifax Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Caesarean section; Five hospitals; Prophylactic antibiotics; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 15844430093     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(96)90029-8     Document Type: Article

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