Nonconcordance with surgical site infection prevention guidelines and rates of surgical site infections for general surgical, neurological, and orthopedic procedures

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4659-4663

  Young, Barnaby ^a   Ng, Tat Ming ^a   Teng, Christine ^a,b   Ang, Brenda ^a   Tai, Hwei Yee ^a   Lye, David C ^a,c  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIA; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80052837913     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00562-11     Document Type: Article

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