Commentary: Controversies in NICE guidance on surgical site infection

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7677, 2008, Pages 1051-1052

  Krukowski, Zygmunt H ^a   Bruce, Julie ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HERNIA; HUMAN; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 55949123384     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2120     Document Type: Note

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