Improving Awareness of Best Practices to Reduce Surgical Site Infection: A Multistakeholder Approach

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 297-304

  Skoufalos, Alexandria ^a   Clarke, Janice L ^a   Napp, Marc ^b   Abrams, Kenneth J ^b   Berman, Bettina ^a   Armellino, Donna ^b   Schilling, Mary Ellen ^b   Pracilio, Valerie ^a  

^a JEFFERSON COLLEGE OF POPULATION HEALTH   (United States)

^b North Shore LIJ Health System ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

educational initiative; health care associated infection; patient centric; patient education; quality improvement; surgical site infection; Web based toolkit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84863205753     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611422122     Document Type: Article

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