A tale of 2 hospitals: A staggered cohort study of targeted interventions to improve compliance with antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines

Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-262

  Kao, Lillian S ^a   Lew, Debbie F ^a   Doyle, Peter D ^a   Carrick, Matthew M ^c   Jordan, Victoria S ^d   Thomas, Eric J ^a   Lally, Kevin P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERTAPENEM; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECTRUM; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VASCULAR SURGERY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TEXAS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955292667     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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