A model for the management of an atypical endophthalmitis outbreak

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 972-980

  Anderson, O A ^a   Lee, Vickie ^a   Shafi, S ^b   Keegan, D ^a   Vafidis, G ^a  

^a CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract; Endophthalmitis; Phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATARACT; CLEANING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUBLISHING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGEON; TEAMWORK;

EID: 30944469841     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701695     Document Type: Article

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