Prospective surveillance effectively reduced rates of surgical site infection associated with elective colorectal surgery at a university hospital in Japan

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 526-528

  Konishi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Morikane, Keita ^b   Fukatsu, Kazuhiko ^c   Kitayama, Joji ^a   Umetani, Naoyuki ^a   Kishimoto, Junji ^a   Nagawa, Hirokazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

COLORECTAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33644817600     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/504444     Document Type: Article

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