Physician compliance with tetanus guidelines for admitted versus discharged patients

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-238

  Alagappan, Kumar ^a   Pulido, Gina ^b   Caldwell, Juliet ^b   Abrahamian, Frederick M ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Compliance; Immunization; Tetanus; Wounds

Indexed keywords

TETANUS ANTIBODY; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TETANUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

EID: 33645110311     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000202705.51101.e3     Document Type: Article

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