Use of diagnosis codes and/or wound culture results for surveillance of surgical site infection after mastectomy and breast reconstruction

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 544-547

  Olsen, Margaret A ^a   Fraser, Victoria J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77951077240     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652155     Document Type: Article

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