Surveillance, control, and prevention of surgical site infections in breast cancer surgery: A 5-year experience

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 674-679

  Vilar Compte, Diana ^a   Rosales, Samuel ^a   Hernandez Mello, Norma ^a   Maafs, Eduardo ^a   Volkow, Patricia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

breast surgery; Surgical site infections; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349263377     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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