Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis: Improved compliance and impact on infection rates

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1326-1331

  Prospero, E ^a,b   Barbadoro, P ^a,b   Marigliano, A ^a   Martini, E ^b   D'Errico, M M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Hospital Hygiene Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hygiene and hospital infections; surveillance system

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 80053117774     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810002505     Document Type: Article

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