Single-institutional experience with the surgical infection prevention project in intra-abdominal surgery

Surgical Infections

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-435

  Hedrick, Traci L ^a   Turrentine, Florence E ^a   Smith, Robert L ^a   Mcelearney, Shannon T ^a   Evans, Heather L ^a   Pruett, Timothy L ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INCISION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34848840335     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2006.043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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