The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) initiative to reduce infection in elective colorectal surgery: Which performance measures affect outcome?

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1012-1016

  Nguyen, Nhien ^a   Yegiyants, Sara ^a   Kaloostian, Carolyn ^a   Abbas, Maher A ^a   DiFronzo, L Andrew ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLONE; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COLON DISEASE; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECTUM DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COLECTOMY; COLONIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55949121581     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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