Surgical site infection (SSI) rates among patients who underwent mastectomy after the introduction of SSI prevention policies

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 829-834

  Vilar Compte, Diana ^a   Roldán Marín, Rodrigo ^a,b   Robles Vidal, Carlos ^a   Volkow, Patricia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WOUND CARE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33748275655     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/506395     Document Type: Article

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