Infection control practices (safe injection and medication vial utilization) for interventional techniques: Are they based on relative risk management or evidence?

Pain Physician

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 425-434

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Malla, Yogesh ^a   Wargo, Bradley W ^a   Fellows, Bert ^a  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Infection; Interventional pain management; Interventional techniques; Multi dose vials; Relative risk; Safe injection practices; Single dose vials; Surgical face masks

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052836342     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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