Surgical site infection rates following cardiac surgery: The impact of a 6-year infection control program

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 450-454

  Finkelstein, Renato ^a,b   Rabino, Galit ^a   Mashiah, Tania ^a   Bar El, Yaron ^b   Adler, Zvi ^b   Kertzman, Victor ^b   Cohen, Oved ^b   Milo, Simcha ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INPATIENTS; MEDIASTINITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 26444445057     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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