Perioperative infection control: An update for patient safety in orthopedic surgery

Orthopedics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-339

  Gurkan, Ilksen ^a   Wenz, James F ^b   Henze, Elaine P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROSCOPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG HALF LIFE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LAMINAR FLOW; LAMINECTOMY; LIMB AMPUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33646018605     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20060401-13     Document Type: Review

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