Is surgical case order associated with increased infection rate after spine surgery?

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1170-1174

  Gruskay, Jordan ^a   Kepler, Christopher ^a   Smith, Jeremy ^a   Radcliff, Kristen ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complications; infection; spinal decompression; spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHILADELPHIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862170552     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182407859     Document Type: Review

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