Improvement in prescribing habits and economic outcomes associated with the introduction of a standardized approach for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 457-461

  Hermsen, Elizabeth D ^a,b,c,d   Shull, Sara Smith ^a   Puumala, Susan E ^a   Rupp, Mark E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 42549091658     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587811     Document Type: Article

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