Improved surveillance for surgical site infections after orthopedic implantation procedures: Extending applications for automated data

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1223-1229

  Bolon, Maureen K ^a   Hooper, David ^b   Stevenson, Kurt B ^f,g,h   Greenbaum, Maurice ^e   Olsen, Margaret A ⁱ   Herwaldt, Loreen ^k   Noskin, Gary A ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^i,j   Climo, Michael ^l   Khan, Yosef ^g,h   Vostok, Johanna ^c   Yokoe, Deborah S ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Department of Veterinary Biosciences   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^l VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549085694     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597584     Document Type: Article

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