An overview of surgical site infections: Aetiology, incidence and risk factors

World Wide Wounds

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Gottrup, Finn ^a   Melling, Andrew ^b   Hollander, Dirk A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

^c Bethanien Krankenhaus Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated infections (HAIs); Infection control; Sepsis; Surgical site infection (SSI); Wound care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE;

HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 27644536679     PISSN: 13692607     EISSN: 13692607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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