Lessons learned from the institution of the Surgical Care Improvement Project at a teaching medical center

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 881-888

  Potenza, Bruce ^a   Deligencia, Michelle ^a   Estigoy, Brenda ^a   Faraday, Eema ^a   Snyder, Andrea ^a   Angle, Niren ^a   Schwartz, Alexandra ^a   Chang, Leon ^a   Hackett, James ^a   Minokadeh, Anushirvan ^a   Madani, Michael ^a   MacAulay, Kathryn ^a   Ramamoorthy, Sonia ^a   Blaner, Lynn ^a   James, Charles ^a   Bansal, Vishal ^a   Torriani, Francesca ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Performance improvement quality measures; Surgical care infection project; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 71149092897     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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