Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project measures: The whole is greater than the parts

Future Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1781-1785

  Dellinger, E Patchen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Operating room; Prophylaxis; Surgical site infection; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG CHOICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL CARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 78650506140     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.10.145     Document Type: Article

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