The impact of mixing surgical subspecialty patients on wound infection rates

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 261-264

  Anwar, Mohiemen ^a   Ferguson, Louisa ^a   Awad, Zaid ^a   Ghufoor, Khalid ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Health economics; Microbiology; Mixed wards; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84857063488     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-011-1578-y     Document Type: Article

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