Surgical site infection prevention and control: An emerging paradigm

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2009, Pages 2-9

  Huddleston, Paul M ^a   Clyburn, Terry A ^a   Evans, Richard P ^a   Moucha, Calin S ^a   Prokuski, Laura J ^a   Joseph, Juleah ^a   Sale, Katherine ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BONE CEMENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENOL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYGLACTIN; POVIDONE IODINE; SOAP; TEICOPLANIN; TRICLOSAN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTISEPSIS; ARTHROTOMY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELLULITIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DENTAL CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; LAVAGE; MALNUTRITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WOUND IRRIGATION; YEAST;

EID: 73349115862     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00549     Document Type: Review

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