Surgical Wound Infection Surveillance

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1038-1046

  Lee, James T ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incisional infection; Quality improvement; Surgical care improvement; Surgical infection surveillance; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PUS; SERRATIA; SKIN INCISION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MINNESOTA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1642517046     PISSN: 0044409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44849     Document Type: Article

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