Effect of antimicrobial prophylaxis on the incidence of infections in clean surgical wounds in hospitals undergoing renovation

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1372-1376

  Iribarren, Osvaldo ^a   Araujo, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Ministerio de Salud de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFUROXIME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846030174     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509850     Document Type: Article

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