Surgical site infection prevention: How we do it

Surgical Infections

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-294

  Hranjec, Tjasa ^a   Swenson, Brian R ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; GLUCOSE; VANCOMYCIN; DISINFECTANT AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORE TEMPERATURE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISINFECTANTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77954930310     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.021     Document Type: Article

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