The role of pre-operative assessment and ringfencing of services in the control of methicillin resistant Staphlococcus aureus infection in orthopaedic patients

Surgeon

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-79

  Kelly, J C ^a   O'Briain, D E ^a   Walls, R ^a   Lee, S I ^a   O'Rourke, A ^a   Mc Cabe, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fencing; Implant; MRSA; Orthopaedics; Ring; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; IRELAND; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 84857688937     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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