Electronic surveillance system for monitoring surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1317-1322

  Voit, Sara Bornstein ^a,b   Todd, James K ^a,b   Nelson, Bernard ^a   Nyquist, Ann Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial utilization; Prophylaxis; Surgery; Surveillance; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; ELECTRONICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; ELECTRONICS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33644682640     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1969     Document Type: Article

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